# Announcements **URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/c/announcements/12.md [Latest](https://forum.duplicati.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.duplicati.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.duplicati.com/tags.md) --- ## [Duplicati 2.3 (Stable) – Now with SaaS Backups, Multiple Destinations, and major pricing updates!](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/duplicati-2-3-stable-now-with-saas-backups-multiple-destinations-and-major-pricing-updates/22334)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/duplicati-2-3-stable-now-with-saas-backups-multiple-destinations-and-major-pricing-updates/22334 "2026-04-28T14:24:01Z")
Hi everyone, We are thrilled to announce the official release of Duplicati 2.3 (Stable)! This is a massive milestone for the project. Thanks to the incredible support of our community - through bug reports, code contri… --- ## [The first stable release of Duplicati 2.x is out!](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/the-first-stable-release-of-duplicati-2-x-is-out/20246)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/the-first-stable-release-of-duplicati-2-x-is-out/20246 "2025-08-28T08:10:16Z")
For too long, Duplicati has been stuck in a perpetual beta phase, but now the cycle is broken! After forming Duplicati Inc, we have been able to hire staff to help deal with the issues that were preventing the removal o… --- ## [Introducing "Duplicati, Inc."](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-duplicati-inc/17491)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-duplicati-inc/17491 "2025-03-02T10:03:18Z")
It is my pleasure to introduce the newly formed Duplicati company! I have worked on Duplicati for over 15 years, but it has always been a side project that I spent my spare time on. The project has grown quite a lot wit… --- ## [New retention policy deletes old backups in a smart way](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/new-retention-policy-deletes-old-backups-in-a-smart-way/2195)
**Author:** [@renestach](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/renestach)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/new-retention-policy-deletes-old-backups-in-a-smart-way/2195 "2023-06-12T11:08:17Z")
Hello everyone! Smart backup retention is a feature that has been discussed lately on the forum and on github. It can delete old backups in an intelligent way. Assume you run your backup every day, then you have 365 bac… --- ## [Donations to the duplicati project](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/donations-to-the-duplicati-project/2183)
**Author:** [@renestach](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/renestach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/donations-to-the-duplicati-project/2183 "2022-01-08T07:37:02Z")
Hello! We cleaned up a few things around donations. On our website there is now a detailed description how to donate to the Duplicati project. For instance, we made OpenCollective more visible and introduced more crypto… --- ## [IMPORTANT: TransIP's STACK free storage plan will be discontinued](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/important-transips-stack-free-storage-plan-will-be-discontinued/11100)
**Author:** [@kees-z](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kees-z)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/important-transips-stack-free-storage-plan-will-be-discontinued/11100 "2021-02-05T14:37:22Z")
Anyone who uses STACK Storage (a free 1000 GB cloud storage service from the Dutch hosting company TransIP), should note that TransIP will discontinue this service shortly. After 2 incidents of hard drives failing in t… --- ## [Interview and background for Duplicati featured on Websiteplanet](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/interview-and-background-for-duplicati-featured-on-websiteplanet/11191)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/interview-and-background-for-duplicati-featured-on-websiteplanet/11191 "2020-11-21T21:20:21Z")
Excerpt from the interview: Most people have data that they consider valuable on their devices as well. If it’s a business, there’s obviously some monetary value to it, but data can also have a lot of emotional value. … --- ## [Amazon Cloud Drive discontinued](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/amazon-cloud-drive-discontinued/7391)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/amazon-cloud-drive-discontinued/7391 "2019-08-20T14:29:25Z")
Amazon is discontinuing access to their Cloud Drive API, meaning that Duplicati will not be able to read or write files from Cloud Drive after August 16th 2019. If you are using Amazon Cloud Drive, you should start movi… --- ## [2nd beta version of Duplicati 2.0 now available](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/2nd-beta-version-of-duplicati-2-0-now-available/3085)
**Author:** [@renestach](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/renestach)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/2nd-beta-version-of-duplicati-2-0-now-available/3085 "2018-06-30T15:29:47Z")
Hello everyone! Our second beta version is now available at duplicati.com. A complete list of changes can be found at Duplicati - Changelog on Github. Here is a summary of the major changes: We introduced a smart reten… --- ## [News archive (2016, 2017)](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/news-archive-2016-2017/2164)
**Author:** [@renestach](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/renestach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/news-archive-2016-2017/2164 "2018-01-20T12:20:02Z")
Hi! As the forum is a great success, we are going to move our news section from the website to the forum. That means, the website will not link to old news anymore. To still make old news accessible, here are the old ne…