FastBack vs Nice Backup
FastBack
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| Figure | FastBack | Nice Backup |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Backup Software | 8.5 (#1) | 6.5 (#23) |
| Integrations | FastBack supports LuckPerms through the Fabric Permissions API for fine-grained command permissions. | The maker lists Discord or email notifications and AWS S3 or Google Drive storage as possible future ideas. |
| Purpose | FastBack is a Minecraft mod that creates incremental world backup snapshots, saving only changed parts of the world. | Nice Backup is an Endstone plugin that automatically backs up Minecraft Bedrock Dedicated Server worlds without stopping the server. |
| Retention | FastBack supports snapshot pruning and retention policies. | The default policy retains the last three backups; configurable rules support keeping backups by count, days, hours, weeks, or months. |
| Scheduling | Backups can run automatically when a world shuts down or after Minecraft autosaves. | Backups run daily at 3 AM by default, and the schedule can be customized with cron expressions. |
Plans
In their own words
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.
Nice Backup
Nice Backup has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.