by bonjorno7·Workflow
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PowerBackup earns its place in the superhive library as a focused preferences backup and restore add-on built for artists who lean on addons and custom Blender setups.
PowerBackup is a Blender add-on from bonjorno7 that backs up and restores your Blender and addon preferences. It writes the preferences you choose to json files inside an archive, then lets you decide which items to bring back when restoring.
You can copy userpref.blend and startup.blend from appdata by hand, but that restores everything at once. PowerBackup handles the case where you want to restore some preferences while leaving others intact, and it does the backup and restore in just a few clicks. When you load an addon's preferences, it enables that addon for you.
The tool is aimed at power users who rely on addons or otherwise customize their Blender setup. It's a Blender extension-compatible add-on licensed under GPL, supporting Blender versions 2.8 through 5.0. Documentation is provided, and there's a Discord community for users. A demo video is available.
Powerbackup is best for power users who rely on addons or otherwise customize their Blender setup and want to back up and selectively restore their preferences.
Powerbackup is completely free to download and use.
PowerBackup lists compatibility with Blender versions 2.8 through 5.0, covering a wide span of releases from the 2.8 series onward. It's marked as Blender extension compatible and distributed as an add-on. For the most current version support and any details specific to your own Blender release, check the developer's page and the included documentation. The developer also maintains a Discord community where you can ask about compatibility directly.
PowerBackup is listed as free in this catalog, where it appears as a tool for backing up and restoring Blender and addon preferences. Licensing and pricing can change over time, so check the developer's page for the current terms before you download. The add-on is released under the GPL license. For anything beyond that, the developer maintains documentation and an FAQ, plus a Discord community where you can ask about usage and licensing directly.
PowerBackup backs up your chosen Blender and addon preferences to json files inside an archive, and when you restore, it lets you choose which items to load back. Copying userpref.blend and startup.blend from appdata by hand brings back everything at once, so PowerBackup is what you'd use when you want to restore some preferences while leaving others intact. The whole process takes just a few clicks.
PowerBackup enables an addon for you when you load that addon's preferences during a restore, so you don't need to turn the addon on separately afterward. Alongside this, it can back up and restore your chosen Blender and addon preferences to json files inside an archive in just a few clicks. See the developer's documentation and FAQ for more detail on how restoring specific items works.
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