# Install duply with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Frontend to the duplicity backup system. Version 2.5.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:duply ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install duply ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install duply ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/duply/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add duply ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: duply from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install duply ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: duply from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install duply ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: duply from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#duply ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/duply/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install duply ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: duply from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:duply - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.5.6 - **Source summary:** Frontend to the duplicity backup system - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-22T18:55:51-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - duply (cli) - duply (alias) ## Dependencies - duplicity ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.5.6 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://duply.net/Main_Page - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage duply is a shell frontend for duplicity that keeps recurring backup settings in profiles and makes encrypted incremental backup jobs easier to run from cron or the command line. ### Project history The duply homepage traces the project back to ftplicity, a GPLv2 shell frontend released by the German computer magazine c't in 2006 for encrypted FTP backups with duplicity. After duplicity changes broke the original software, several fixes appeared, and duply began as one of those ftplicity continuations. The SourceForge ftplicity project was created to maintain and extend the tool. In version 1.5, the limitation to FTP as the only backend was removed, all duplicity backends became supported, and the project was renamed from ftplicity to duply, short for simple duplicity. ### Adoption history duply's adoption is tied directly to duplicity users who want profiles, batch commands, key import/export helpers, pre/post scripts, and precondition checks without writing their own shell wrapper. Package metadata shows duply distributed by Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, and zypper-style ecosystems, which fits its role as a small admin helper installed alongside duplicity. ### How it is used Users create a profile under `~/.duply//conf` or use a system profile such as `/etc/duply/conf`, then run duply commands for backup, verify, purge, or combined batch operations. The homepage gives `backup_verify_purge` as an example of batch execution. duply is not a backup engine by itself; it delegates the actual encrypted incremental backup work to duplicity and adds persistent profile configuration plus hook scripts. ### Why package nerds care duply matters because it is classic Unix packaging glue: a small shell frontend that turns a powerful but option-heavy backup command into repeatable named jobs. Its ftplicity-to-duply rename is also a neat packaging history footnote: the name changed when the wrapper stopped being FTP-specific and inherited duplicity's broader backend universe. ### Timeline - 2006: c't releases ftplicity as a GPLv2 duplicity frontend for encrypted FTP backups. - 2009: The duply homepage identifies ftplicity 1.2 from October 21, 2009 as a c't ftplicity version. - Version 1.5: ftplicity removes the FTP-only limitation and is renamed duply. - 2026: The duply homepage lists 2.5.6 as a release download. ### Related projects - duplicity is the underlying backup engine and duply's reason to exist. - Déjà Dup, Backupninja, duplicity-unattended, and other shell wrappers are adjacent frontends listed by duply's alternatives section. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.duply//conf, /etc/duply/conf ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.duply//conf, /etc/duply/conf, ~/.duply//gpgkey.*.asc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** duply - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - duply - 2.5.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: duply from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | easy to use frontend to the duplicity backup system | https://duply.net - Nix - duply: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/duply/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - duply - 2.4.1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: duply from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | easy to use frontend to the duplicity backup system | http://duply.net - apk - duply - 2.5.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: duply from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Wrapper for duplicity | https://duply.net - apk - duply-doc - 2.5.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: duply-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Wrapper for duplicity (documentation) | https://duply.net - dnf - duply - 2.5.6-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: duply from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Wrapper for duplicity | http://duply.net/ - zypper - duply - 2.5.6-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: duply from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A frontend for the "duplicity" backup program | https://duply.net/ - MacPorts - duply: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/duply/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [duplicity](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duplicity/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rsync-time-backup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rsync-time-backup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, shell, system. - [afio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, system. - [bacula-fd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bacula-fd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, system. - [borgbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/borgbackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, system. - [borgmatic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/borgmatic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, system. - [bup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, system. - [bupstash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bupstash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, system. - [burp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/burp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, system. - [apcupsd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apcupsd/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, system. - [avfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/avfs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, system. - [bsdsfv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdsfv/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/duply.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/duply.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph