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Duplicati vs Harbor

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Duplicati and Harbor — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Duplicati vs Harbor: at a glance

FeatureDuplicatiHarbor
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs
Velocity score5.05.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesbackup, ransomware-recovery, object-storage, self-hostedcontainer-registry, cncf, security-patch, kubernetes
Last editorial update1h ago2h ago
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What is Duplicati?

Duplicati can now restore from versioned storage as it looked at a past point in time.

The 2.4.0.105 canary adds --remote-point-in-time, which reads a versioned bucket as it was at a chosen time, read-only, so a damaged or tampered destination can be restored without manually copying old versions. Object-lock handling now detects unsupported destinations, and Duplicati Storage gains object locks and can act as a secondary destination.

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What is Harbor?

Harbor 2.14.6 RC2 adds Go CVE fixes on top of the regression rollbacks.

Harbor v2.14.6-rc2 keeps the rollbacks from RC1, so webhooks can reach private networks and legacy signer pulls are allowed by default, and adds Go dependency upgrades for High and Critical CVEs, Go 1.26.10, an actual byte limit in the CNAI parser to stop decompression attacks, and a nil-event panic fix in user audit. The 2.15 line got the same rollbacks in 2.15.4 RC1.

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Duplicati vs Harbor: editorial side-by-side

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Duplicati
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Duplicati can now restore from versioned storage as it looked at a past point in time.

◆ Current state

The 2.4.0.105 canary adds --remote-point-in-time, which reads a versioned bucket as it was at a chosen time, read-only, so a damaged or tampered destination can be restored without manually copying old versions. Object-lock handling now detects unsupported destinations, and Duplicati Storage gains object locks and can act as a secondary destination.

◆ Where it's heading

The 2.4 canaries keep pushing recoverability: restore tests, filelist recovery, Hyper-V and MSSQL as restorable sources, and now point-in-time reads against versioned storage. Together they target ransomware and corruption scenarios, while the stable 2.4.0.x line receives the fixes.

◆ Prediction

Expect these canary features to land in the next 2.4 stable release, with more work on Duplicati's own storage service.

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Harbor
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Harbor 2.14.6 RC2 adds Go CVE fixes on top of the regression rollbacks.

◆ Current state

Harbor v2.14.6-rc2 keeps the rollbacks from RC1, so webhooks can reach private networks and legacy signer pulls are allowed by default, and adds Go dependency upgrades for High and Critical CVEs, Go 1.26.10, an actual byte limit in the CNAI parser to stop decompression attacks, and a nil-event panic fix in user audit. The 2.15 line got the same rollbacks in 2.15.4 RC1.

◆ Where it's heading

Harbor's recent releases are split between security hardening and undoing the parts of that hardening that broke real deployments. Both supported lines now carry the rollbacks, and new work is CVE fixes rather than features.

◆ Prediction

Expect 2.14.6 and 2.15.4 finals shortly; the entries don't show a 2.16 feature release yet.

Alternatives to Duplicati and Harbor

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 Duplicati or Harbor.

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Recent activity from Duplicati and Harbor

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 2d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary adds point-in-time restores from versioned storage
  2. 2d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.105 canary binaries published
  3. 4d agoHarbor2.14.6 RC2: Go CVE fixes and decompression limit
  4. 13d agoHarbor2.14.6 RC1: private-network webhooks and legacy signer pulls restored
  5. 15d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary makes Hyper-V and MSSQL restorable sources
  6. 15d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.104 canary binaries published
  7. 18d agoHarbor2.15.4 RC1: rolls back webhook and signer-pull restrictions
  8. 19d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable hardens restore and adds reduced reporting
  9. 19d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable binaries published
  10. 1mo agoHarbor2.15.3 RC2: security fixes for proxy cache, uploads and exports
  11. 1mo agoHarbor2.15.3 RC1: security fix batch
  12. 3mo agoHarbor2.15.2 RC3: Valkey replaces Redis as cache backend

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Duplicati and Harbor?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Duplicati and Harbor are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Duplicati better than Harbor?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Duplicati and Harbor are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.

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.

What are the best alternatives to Harbor?

Top Harbor alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Harbor alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/harbor for the full list with editorial commentary on each.