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**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 0
This category is news that are relevant to Duplicati, similar to Announcements but users are not default subscribed to this category. --- ## [Halting donations](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/halting-donations/17583)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/halting-donations/17583 "2026-08-21T08:46:37Z")
As mentioned, Duplicati Inc. now handles all expenses required to run the Duplicati OSS project. This leaves us with the question: What about donations? As a commercial company we do not accept any donations and therefo… --- ## [Introducing secrets with 10 different providers](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-secrets-with-10-different-providers/19465)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-secrets-with-10-different-providers/19465 "2025-10-09T12:54:46Z")
Being a trust-no-one backup solution, a key problem is to guard the different secrets, in particular the backup passphrase. Until now, Duplicati has supported injecting secrets either via the command line interface or by… --- ## [Moving forum to new IP](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/moving-forum-to-new-ip/17768)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/moving-forum-to-new-ip/17768 "2024-04-20T12:40:18Z")
Tomorrow at roughly 06:00 AM UTC the forum will be put in read-only mode and moved to a new machine. During this period, the forum will likely be unavailable and flaky for 1 hour or more. After the move the site is expe… --- ## [Introducing the Duplicati Portal: Your New Hub for Cloud-Based Backup Monitoring and Management](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-the-duplicati-portal-your-new-hub-for-cloud-based-backup-monitoring-and-management/17855)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-the-duplicati-portal-your-new-hub-for-cloud-based-backup-monitoring-and-management/17855 "2024-11-06T20:54:57Z")
We’re excited to announce the launch of a our first commercial feature designed to make it easier to setup and manage your Duplicati backups: the Duplicati Portal. app.duplicati.com Our goal is to make it as easy as pos… --- ## [Upgrading GAE OAuth Server](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/upgrading-gae-oauth-server/19832)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/upgrading-gae-oauth-server/19832 "2025-01-14T10:40:45Z")
On January 13th 2025 we will update the OAuth service running in Google App Engine. The current version is running a deprecated Python 2.7 and the upgrade is going to be with Python 3. We have tested as much as possible… --- ## [Announcing Remote Backup Management in the Duplicati Console](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/announcing-remote-backup-management-in-the-duplicati-console/19644)
**Author:** [@cpodlaski](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/cpodlaski)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/announcing-remote-backup-management-in-the-duplicati-console/19644 "2024-12-11T01:44:26Z")
Today we’re announcing a major update to the Duplicati Console: Remote Backup Management. Together with the ability to pre-configure and activate agents remotely, we’ll enable IT teams to deploy Duplicati to many machine… --- ## [Why use JWT for authentication tokens (hint: it’s not performance)](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/why-use-jwt-for-authentication-tokens-hint-it-s-not-performance/18638)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/why-use-jwt-for-authentication-tokens-hint-it-s-not-performance/18638 "2024-07-09T12:19:08Z")
I was implementing a new authentication setup for Duplicati where I was using JSON Web Tokens as the underlying token format. By chance I happened to also read an article about using JWT that concluded that you do not ne… --- ## [Duplicati Quarterly Update](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/duplicati-quarterly-update/18063)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/duplicati-quarterly-update/18063 "2024-06-09T20:59:37Z")
It has now been 3 months since Duplicati Inc was created and it has been a wild ride already. I would like to highlight some of the key achievements we have made in that short timespan. A new open-source beta release It… --- ## [Securing a JSON file with a hidden signature](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/securing-a-json-file-with-a-hidden-signature/18008)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/securing-a-json-file-with-a-hidden-signature/18008 "2024-05-30T11:57:21Z")
I promised myself I would never write a file format without a version field, but here we are. As part of upgrading Duplicati to .NET8, I discovered that the updater manifest file for Duplicati pointed to the “one golden… --- ## [Migrating from .NET 4 to .NET 8 in 300+ commits](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-net-4-to-net-8-in-300-commits/17975)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/migrating-from-net-4-to-net-8-in-300-commits/17975 "2024-05-21T14:55:35Z")
Duplicati is a free and open source backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services and remote file servers. I’ve worked on the project for 15 years, along with ove… --- ## [Introducing the new Duplicati website](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-the-new-duplicati-website/17831)
**Author:** [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/introducing-the-new-duplicati-website/17831 "2024-05-08T12:52:07Z")
As part of launching the new company we are hitting many milestones and having a tremendous momentum. Unlike most of the achievements, the launch of our new Duplicati website is a very visual milestone. The original sit…