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Julien Mangeard
Co-founder of Plakar, an open source backup platform built around the immutable storage engine Kloset; experienced engineer focused on secure, deduplicated, end-to-end encrypted backup solutions.
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Jan 15, 2026
• 40min
E189: Why Your Backup Platform Should Be Open Source with Plakar
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Julien Mangeard, Co-founder of Plakar, an innovative open source backup platform, shares insights on modern data backup challenges. He discusses how legacy systems are failing to cope with the explosion of data and the threats of ransomware. Julien emphasizes the importance of independent backups, resilient design, and end-to-end encryption. He also compares Plakar's community-driven approach to hype-driven cloud solutions and shares his personal motivations stemming from past data loss, advocating for transparency and trust in the open source landscape.
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