Better Backups vs FastBack
Better Backups
github.comFastBack
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| Figure | Better Backups | FastBack |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 2 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Backup Software | 7.1 (#15) | 8.5 (#1) |
| Purpose | Better Backups is a Minecraft world backup mod. | FastBack is a Minecraft mod that creates incremental world backup snapshots, saving only changed parts of the world. |
| Restore | Restore actions wait before applying a selected backup and can be cancelled during that wait. | A restore creates a copy of the world from a selected snapshot, leaving the current world files untouched. |
| Retention | It can keep only the newest backups up to a configured limit. | FastBack supports snapshot pruning and retention policies. |
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In their own words
Better Backups
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FastBack
FastBack is a free, open-source Minecraft mod for incremental world backups: snapshots save changed parts rather than the entire world. Backups can be stored locally, on a Git server, or on a network volume without a Git server. They can run when a world shuts down or after Minecraft autosaves. Restoring a snapshot creates a copy of the selected world, leaving the current files untouched. Snapshot pruning and retention policies help manage backups, which can also include mod JARs and configuration files. FastBack works with Minecraft clients and dedicated servers on Linux, Mac, and Windows. It requires native Git and Git LFS to be installed and available on Minecraft's process PATH. The project describes it as intended for worlds up to about 5GB and recommends GitHub remotes only for smaller worlds under 500MB because of GitHub size restrictions. Documentation links to CurseForge for downloads and Discord for questions and help installing native Git. FastBack is distributed under GNU GPL version 2.