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Bareos vs Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted backup & recovery options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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BA Bareos Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced VS DU Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta Backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL
FeatureBareosDuplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta
CategoryBackup & RecoveryBackup & Recovery
LicenseAGPL-3.0BSD-3-Clause
LanguageC++C
Setup difficultyHardHard
Min. RAM1,024 MB128 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metalbare-metal, binary
GitHub stars★ 1,232★ 303
First released20102021
ReplacesVeeam, CommVaultVeeam

Why pick each one

Choose Bareos if…

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.2k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C++
Bareos details

Choose Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta if…

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • Written in C
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta details

Frequently asked questions

Is Bareos or Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta better?

Neither is universally better. Bareos has the larger community; both share a hard setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Bareos and Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta free and open-source?

Yes. Bareos is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta under BSD-3-Clause. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Bareos and Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta with Docker?

Bareos: yes. Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta: check the project docs for container support.

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