Duplicacy vs MinIO
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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Compare Duplicacy with
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Compare MinIO with
choose an app… Immich Syncthing LocalSend Rclone copyparty Puter PhotoPrism croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser Restic SeaweedFS Cloudreve Ente Photos DeepFace Magic Wormhole Snapdrop gallery-dl Kubo (IPFS) Ceph transfer.sh ProjectSend alt: Vert.sh File converter Seafile Duplicati Stalwart Kopia Color Thief BorgBackup darktable SFTPGo PairDrop ShareDrop Dufs Thumbor qrcp Nextcloud All-in-One Velero FilePizza OctoPrint ownCloud LibrePhotos CryptPad miniserve FileBrowser Quantum bup Conduit File Sync Backrest Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare wger Photoview closet GoToSocial NoNo upspin imaginary h5ai Tiny File Manager Send Google Photos Takeout Helper OpenCloud WebDAV Server Go Unison Flying Carpet CKAN SparkleShare elFinder Pingvin Share gocryptfs Kinto pgBackRest Syncthing Android Wrapper bitmagnet Nextcloud Desktop Sync slskd Updog Zipline FileGator PicoShare RcloneView gohttpserver Gokapi LubeLogger Chibisafe Mazanoke Syncthing-Fork Directory Lister Peergos Palmr Reitti CryFS Pydio Cells Mainsail OpenCloud Files Enclosed git-annex ProjectSend Zenko CloudServer bittorrent-tracker Apaxy PsiTransfer Plik Firefox SyncStorage Nextcloud companion go-filecoin none WebDAV-Aria Syncany Sync-in HortusFox FreeFileSync Garage Linx Slink Sharry rmfakecloud Morphos server Picsur rsync.net alternative Stash NoDuplicate HomeHub Uguu rustypaste XBackBone Zen scanservjs Gossa Threema Web FileRise Pomf Readur Poznote Webtor QuickShare ownCloud Web DumbDrop Wingfit Local Content Share Cryptomator CLI 015 IFM mikochi Open Web Calendar ThinkDashboard Davros goploader Lufi Files Sharing Filebin Kleeja Z-Push PrivyDrop Flare Nephele File Drop Cryptomator Hub hash-calendar ZeroNote Pydio Cells Sync Shifter Passky Client Pydio Cells Client elixire Dropgate Server IPFS Podcasting Digirecord Feber FileRun GoSƐ Jirafeau LibreOffice pacebin Resilio Sync ResourceSpace Samba slcl Surfer Yetishare
Feature Duplicacy MinIO Category Backup & Recovery File Sync & Storage License Proprietary AGPL-3.0 Language Go Go Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 256 MB 256 MB Deployment binary, docker docker, kubernetes, binary GitHub stars ★ 5,671 ★ 61,387 First released 2016 2015 Replaces Backblaze, Carbonite Amazon S3
Why pick each one
Choose Duplicacy if… Efficient deduplication Good cloud support Reliable Duplicacy details Choose MinIO if… Excellent performance Drop-in S3 replacement Scales horizontally MinIO details
Frequently asked questions Is Duplicacy or MinIO better? Neither is universally better. MinIO has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Duplicacy and MinIO free and open-source? Yes. Duplicacy is licensed under Proprietary and MinIO under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Duplicacy and MinIO with Docker? Duplicacy: yes. MinIO: yes.