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Duplicati vs Jackett

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

Duplicati vs Jackett: at a glance

FeatureDuplicatiJackett
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs
Velocity score5.05.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesbackup, ransomware-recovery, object-storage, self-hostedtorrent indexers, open source, media automation, maintenance
Last editorial update2d ago1d 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 Jackett?

Jackett ships a daily build to keep hundreds of torrent indexers working as sites move and close.

Jackett is an open-source proxy that turns hundreds of torrent tracker sites into a single Torznab API for media automation tools. It ships an auto-generated release roughly every day, and nearly every one is indexer upkeep: new domains, category mappings, selector fixes after site redesigns, and removing dead trackers.

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Duplicati vs Jackett: 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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Jackett
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Jackett ships a daily build to keep hundreds of torrent indexers working as sites move and close.

◆ Current state

Jackett is an open-source proxy that turns hundreds of torrent tracker sites into a single Torznab API for media automation tools. It ships an auto-generated release roughly every day, and nearly every one is indexer upkeep: new domains, category mappings, selector fixes after site redesigns, and removing dead trackers.

◆ Where it's heading

The work is entirely maintenance. Its value depends on keeping up with a tracker ecosystem where sites change domains and layouts weekly. Where possible, the project is moving definitions to sturdier integrations, such as switching world-of-tomorrow to its Torznab API and retiring trackers that moved to direct downloads.

◆ Prediction

Expect the daily cadence to continue, with more trackers moved to API-based definitions and more dead sites removed. Core changes stay rare.

Alternatives to Duplicati and Jackett

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 Jackett.

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Recent activity from Duplicati and Jackett

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

  1. 1d agoJackettJackett adds bigbbs, flags magnetz as pay-to-download
  2. 2d agoJackettUATorrent multi-category search disabled
  3. 2d agoJackettJackett adds UATorrent and Pornorip, bumps three domains
  4. 3d agoJackettJackett drops ptying and bluebird, bumps core packages
  5. 4d agoJackettJackett adds binarybay, renames tocashare to sapibr
  6. 5d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary adds point-in-time restores from versioned storage
  7. 5d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.105 canary binaries published
  8. 5d agoJackettJackett updates thebrothers categories and v3x engine tag
  9. 18d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary makes Hyper-V and MSSQL restorable sources
  10. 18d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.104 canary binaries published
  11. 22d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable hardens restore and adds reduced reporting
  12. 22d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable binaries published

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Duplicati and Jackett?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Duplicati and Jackett 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 Jackett?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Duplicati and Jackett 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 Jackett?

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