copyparty vs Duplicati

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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FeaturecopypartyDuplicati
CategoryFile Sync & StorageBackup & Recovery
LicenseMITMIT
LanguagePythonC#
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM64 MB256 MB
Deploymentdocker, binarydocker, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 46,121★ 14,864
First released20192008
ReplacesDropbox, Google DriveBackblaze, Carbonite

Why pick each one

Choose copyparty if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 46.1k GitHub stars
copyparty details

Choose Duplicati if…

  • Friendly GUI
  • Broad storage support
  • Free
Duplicati details

Frequently asked questions

Is copyparty or Duplicati better?

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

Are copyparty and Duplicati free and open-source?

Yes. copyparty is licensed under MIT and Duplicati under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run copyparty and Duplicati with Docker?

copyparty: yes. Duplicati: yes.

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