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pluton

A modern, self-hosted backup solution for secure, encrypted backups across local and cloud storage.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

pluton is a backup program.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: self-hosting on your own server, data encryption, end-to-end encryption, incremental backups and deduplication, web interface, notifications.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Self-hosted, supports 70+ cloud storage providers, and puts you in complete control of your data.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Pluton is a free, open-source backup solution with end-to-end encryption.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “A modern, self-hosted backup solution for secure, encrypted backups across local and cloud storage.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Pluton is a free, open-source backup solution with end-to-end encryption.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Pluton is a self-hosted backup management platform that simplifies automated, incremental backups across your storage destinations.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Pluton leverages powerful open-source tools - Restic for secure incremental backups and Rclone for versatile cloud storage connectivity - wrapped in an intuitive web interface designed for both beginners and advanced…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Get immediate push notifications or emails if a backup hits a snag” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of pluton is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub plutonhq/pluton (Apache-2.0)

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