Advanced Backups vs FolderRewind

Advanced Backups is a free, open-source backup mod for Minecraft Java edition, supporting NeoForge, Forge, Fabric and Spigot. It can run entirely on a server; a client installation is needed only to receive backup notifications. The mod supports ZIP, differential and incremental backups, with options for schedules, startup and shutdown backups, and minimum and maximum intervals. Automatic purging can be set by storage size, age or backup count, while command-created snapshots are protected from that cleanup. A command-line tool can restore a whole backup or an individual file and export a backup; it requires Java on the system PATH. The tool can detect backups created by other mods, but it cannot export those backups. Client-side toasts report when backups occur and can be disabled or limited to operators. The README says many Minecraft versions are supported and invites requests for additional versions. The project lists a BSD-3-Clause license, and its backup scope is worlds-only with local storage. One limitation matters for incremental backups: losing a partial backup can damage that chain until the next full backup, and incremental restores take the longest.

FolderRewind is a free Windows application for backing up and restoring files, project data, and game saves. It offers full, smart incremental, and overwrite backups using 7-Zip, with 7z and zip compression and configurable levels, methods, and thread counts. The home page says encrypted backups use AES-256. Automation can run at intervals, on a schedule, at startup, for selected targets, or when conditions are met. FolderRewind uses rclone to transfer local backup chains to cloud storage as an extra redundancy layer; its guide demonstrates OneDrive setup and mentions WebDAV bridges such as OpenList. The official MineRewind extension adds Minecraft save discovery, hot backup and restore, hotkeys, and coordination with the current world. Restoring partial backups forces Overwrite and disables Clean to prevent removing files outside the backup scope. Requirements are Windows 10 version 1809 or later, or Windows 11, on x64 or ARM64. The maker recommends Microsoft Store; MSI is marked beta and MSIX is offered for advanced sideloading.