What does Duplicati replace?

Duplicati is a free alternative to IDrive Personal ($143.88/yr).

Is Duplicati open source?

Yes. Duplicati is licensed under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Yes (AUR: duplicati-bin). Install with: yay -S duplicati-bin.

There's nothing to host: Duplicati is a desktop app that runs on your own machine.

A free, open-source alternative to IDrive Personal. Switching saves $143.88/yr at list price.

Checked Oct 17, 2026 · How we check

Desktop app

Replaces it Active Open source · MIT Linux Arch/AUR

duplicati/duplicati15.1k★last push Oct 16, 2026checked Oct 17, 2026

You supply the cloud or NAS storage that IDrive includes, and there's no phone backup.

Install

$ yay -S duplicati-bin

What does Duplicati replace?: Duplicati is a free alternative to IDrive Personal ($143.88/yr).
Is Duplicati open source?: Yes. Duplicati is licensed under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.
Does Duplicati run on Linux?: Yes (AUR: duplicati-bin). Install with: yay -S duplicati-bin.
Can you self-host Duplicati?: There's nothing to host: Duplicati is a desktop app that runs on your own machine.