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Comparison · Infra & APIs
Currents vs Duplicati
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Currents and Duplicati — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Currents vs Duplicati: at a glance
What is Currents?
Currents now lets agents walk a Playwright trace instead of downloading it.
Currents is a Playwright test dashboard rebuilding itself around agent access. In six weeks it shipped agent-readable failure links, scoped personal access tokens, a hosted MCP server with OAuth, run attachments, and now a trace API built for agents. The trace API lets an agent read a Playwright trace one part at a time, choosing each next call from what it just read.
What is Duplicati?
Duplicati turns Hyper-V and MSSQL backups into restorable, named sources.
Duplicati ships a canary roughly weekly and patched its 2.4 stable line on October 7. The 2.4.0.1 stable release focuses on restore reliability, abort handling and security hardening, and adds a reduced reporting mode that strips text and file names from anything leaving the machine. The October 11 canary makes Hyper-V machines and MSSQL databases first-class sources that can be restored to their original location.
Currents vs Duplicati: editorial side-by-side
Currents
6.3INFRA · APIS
Currents now lets agents walk a Playwright trace instead of downloading it.
◆ Current state
Currents is a Playwright test dashboard rebuilding itself around agent access. In six weeks it shipped agent-readable failure links, scoped personal access tokens, a hosted MCP server with OAuth, run attachments, and now a trace API built for agents. The trace API lets an agent read a Playwright trace one part at a time, choosing each next call from what it just read.
◆ Where it's heading
The sequence goes deeper each time: from a failure summary an agent can fetch, to a secure way in, to the logs around a run, to the trace itself. Currents is positioning as the place a coding agent goes to debug a CI failure, with humans as a second audience.
◆ Prediction
The likely next step is wiring the trace API and attachments into the MCP server so one agent session can reach all of it. The entries don't yet confirm that the trace API is exposed through MCP.
Duplicati
5.0INFRA · APIS
Duplicati turns Hyper-V and MSSQL backups into restorable, named sources.
◆ Current state
Duplicati ships a canary roughly weekly and patched its 2.4 stable line on October 7. The 2.4.0.1 stable release focuses on restore reliability, abort handling and security hardening, and adds a reduced reporting mode that strips text and file names from anything leaving the machine. The October 11 canary makes Hyper-V machines and MSSQL databases first-class sources that can be restored to their original location.
◆ Where it's heading
Canaries are moving Duplicati from file-level backup toward workload-aware backup for Windows servers, while stable releases harden restore and privacy. Restore correctness is the common thread, with restore-test commands, error reporting and link handling all fixed in the last month.
◆ Prediction
Expect the Hyper-V and MSSQL providers and restore-test command to reach a 2.4.x stable release after a few more canaries.
Alternatives to Currents and Duplicati
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Currents or Duplicati.
Payload CMS
Payload v4 enters beta: redesigned admin, TanStack Start support and agent instructions.
Tolgee
Tolgee adds task-aware filters as editor gains and billing plumbing alternate.
Cloudflare Tunnel
Cloudflare Tunnel keeps a steady release cadence, but its notes list checksums, not changes.
Skipper
Skipper patches a cache() filter security advisory amid routine maintenance tags.
ToolJet
ToolJet's latest tags are maintenance; the AI Builder features still wait on beta.
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Recent activity from Currents and Duplicati
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoCurrents[New] Trace API for agents ⚡
- 4d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary makes Hyper-V and MSSQL restorable sources
- 4d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.104 canary binaries published
- 8d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable hardens restore and adds reduced reporting
- 8d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable binaries published
- 9d agoCurrents[New] Run attachments
- 13d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary adds reduced reporting and filelist recovery
- 13d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.103 canary binaries published
- 16d agoCurrents[New] Remote MCP Server with OAuth
- 22d agoCurrents[New] Personal Access Tokens
- 1mo agoCurrents[New] Shareable AI context for test failures ⚡
- 2mo agoCurrents[Improved] Better Slack notifications for CI test runs
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Currents and Duplicati?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Currents is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Currents better than Duplicati?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Currents is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Currents?
Top Currents alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Currents alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/currents-dev for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Duplicati?
Top Duplicati alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Duplicati alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/duplicati for the full list with editorial commentary on each.