FastBack vs Nice Backup
FastBack
pcal43.github.ioNice Backup
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| Figure | FastBack | Nice Backup |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Backup Software | 7.3 (#12) | 6.5 (#23) |
| Integrations | FastBack supports LuckPerms permissions and remote backups to Git servers such as GitHub. | The maker lists Discord or email notifications and AWS S3 or Google Drive storage as possible future ideas. |
| License | FastBack is distributed under GNU General Public License version 2. | The project states that it is licensed under the MIT License. |
| 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 daily, fixed-count, GFS, or all-snapshots retention policies; its default keeps the last snapshot from each day and all snapshots from the last three days. | The default policy retains the last three backups; configurable rules support keeping backups by count, days, hours, weeks, or months. |
| Scheduling | Backups can run when a world shuts down or after Minecraft autosaves, with a configurable minimum wait between automatic backups. | Backups run daily at 3 AM by default, and the schedule can be customized with cron expressions. |
In their own words
FastBack
FastBack is a free Minecraft mod for making incremental snapshots of Java worlds: each snapshot records only the parts that have changed. It can save backups locally, send them to another Git repository, or write them to a network drive without a Git server. Automatic backups can run when a world shuts down or after Minecraft autosaves, with a configurable minimum wait between runs. A snapshot can be restored as a separate world copy, so the current world files remain unchanged. Retention options include daily, fixed-count, GFS, and all-snapshots policies; snapshots can also include mod jars and configuration files. FastBack works on Minecraft clients and dedicated servers, with Linux, Mac, and Windows support. Separate Fabric and NeoForge mod files are listed. It requires native Git and Git LFS to be installed and available on the Minecraft process PATH. Garbage collection can take more than five minutes, and the documentation recommends running git gc directly for worlds larger than 1 GB. The mod is distributed under GNU Public License version 2; modpack use requires attribution with a link to the project page.
Nice Backup
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