FolderRewind vs InvRewind

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.

InvRewind is a free, open-source inventory backup and restore plugin for Minecraft Java servers running Paper, Purpur, or Folia. It can back up player data when players die, change worlds, join, quit, or reach scheduled intervals. Administrators can create backups on demand through a GUI or force backups for one player or everyone. The restore interface can recover selected inventory, armor, offhand, ender chest, XP, or location data, and backups can be exported as shulker boxes. Storage options are YAML, SQLite, and MySQL; the documentation describes YAML for small servers, SQLite for medium servers, and MySQL for large or multi-server setups. Database operations run asynchronously, and Folia region-based threading is supported. Operators can choose fields such as health and hunger and configure per-type retention limits. Scheduled backups are disabled in the example configuration, which shows a 30-minute interval when enabled. The project is licensed under GNU GPL version 3.0 and directs support requests to GitHub Issues.