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* Duplicacy is the *only* cloud backup tool that allows multiple computers to back up to the same cloud storage, taking advantage of cross-computer deduplication whenever possible, without direct communication among them. This feature turns any cloud storage server supporting only a basic set of file operations into a sophisticated deduplication-aware server.
* Unlike other chunk-based backup tools where chunks are grouped into pack files and a chunk database is used to track which chunks are stored inside each pack file, Duplicacy takes a database-less approach where every chunk is saved independently using its hash as the file name to facilitate quick lookups. The lack of a centralized chunk database not only makes the implementation less error-prone but also produces a highly maintainable piece of software with plenty of room for the development of new features and usability enhancements.
* Unlike other chunk-based backup tools where chunks are grouped into pack files and a chunk database is used to track which chunks are stored inside each pack file, Duplicacy takes a database-less approach where every chunk is saved independently using its hash as the file name to facilitate quick lookups. The avoidance of a centralized chunk database not only produces a simpler and less error-prone implementation, but also makes it easier to develop advanced features, such as [Asymmetric Encryption](https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/wiki/RSA-encryption) for stronger encryption and [Erasure Coding](https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/wiki/Erasure-coding) for resilient data protection.
* Duplicacy is fast. While the performance wasn't the top-priority design goal, Duplicacy has been shown to outperform other backup tools by a considerable margin, as indicated by the following results obtained from a [benchmarking experiment](https://github.com/gilbertchen/benchmarking) backing up the [Linux code base](https://github.com/torvalds/linux) using Duplicacy and 3 other open-source backup tools.
[![Comparison of Duplicacy, restic, Attic, duplicity](https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/blob/master/images/duplicacy_benchmark_speed.png "Comparison of Duplicacy, restic, Attic, duplicity")](https://github.com/gilbertchen/benchmarking)
## Getting Started
* [A brief introduction](https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy/wiki/Quick-Start)