“Click to register”, is a paid service, right? should help clarify trial.
Pricing plans shows the levels, including a free level below “Pro”.
Duplicati Inc & Open Source gave short summary of the situation:
Duplicati Inc is founded with an Open Core model, where the open source client is further developed as open source, but with additional enterprise focused tools and services as a paid feature.
That’s new business model. Open source client went MIT license.
IMO community contributions are down but Duplicati Inc.'s are up.
As a community volunteer, I’m happy to get help from any source.
News & Articles has more, and there have also been forum topics.
Introducing “Duplicati, Inc. in March 2024 has more on this history.
The lead developer might comment or answer any more questions.