Kopia
Kopia is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Backup category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 14,458 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 14,458
- Forks
- 771
- Open issues
- 783
- Commits, last 12 months
- 437
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.23.1Jun 16, 2026
- Created
- Dec 19, 2015
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 437 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 437 |
| Latest release | v0.23.1 (Jun 16, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 86 |
| Open issues | 783 |
| Open pull requests | 145 |
| Good first issues | 16 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 19, 2015 |
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About Kopia
Cross-platform backup tool with encryption, deduplication and a web UI.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/kopia/kopia.
Topics
- deduplication
- backup
- google-cloud-storage
- encryption
- cloud
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Is Kopia free and open source?
Yes. Kopia is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Kopia with Docker?
Yes. Kopia provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Kopia?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Kopia include restic, Duplicati and BorgBackup.
Is Kopia actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Kopia was on Oct 25, 2026 with 437 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.23.1, published Jun 16, 2026. It had 783 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.