mcp-duplicati

MCP server for Duplicati backup management. Exposes 9 tools for checking status, running backups, viewing logs, and controlling the scheduler.

Quick Start

With uvx (recommended):

DUPLICATI_PASSWORD=yourpassword uvx mcp-duplicati

With Docker:

docker run -i \
  -e DUPLICATI_PASSWORD=yourpassword \
  -e DUPLICATI_HOST=http://10.0.0.30:8200 \
  ghcr.io/aaronckj/mcp-duplicati:latest

Add to Claude Code:

claude mcp add duplicati -- uvx mcp-duplicati

Then set env vars in Claude Code MCP settings (DUPLICATI_PASSWORD, DUPLICATI_HOST).

Configuration

Variable	Required	Default	Description
DUPLICATI_PASSWORD	Yes	—	Duplicati web UI password
DUPLICATI_HOST	No	http://localhost:8200	Duplicati host URL
DUPLICATI_TIMEOUT	No	30	HTTP timeout in seconds

Tools

Tool	Description
server_info	Server version and current state
list_backups	All configured backup jobs
backup_status	Detailed status of a specific job
run_backup	Trigger a job to run immediately
progress	Active backup/restore progress
list_versions	Available restore points for a job
pause	Pause the scheduler (optional duration in seconds)
resume	Resume the scheduler
get_logs	Recent log entries (optionally filtered by job)

Development

git clone https://github.com/aaronckj/mcp-duplicati
cd mcp-duplicati
uv sync --extra dev
uv run pytest -v