SaveDesktop

Save your desktop configuration

Content

About

Supported environments:

GNOME
Xfce
Cinnamon
Budgie
COSMIC (Rust and GNOME version)
Pantheon
MATE
KDE Plasma
Deepin
Hyprland (logging out of the system doesn't work yet)

SaveDesktop can save:

your icons, fonts, and themes
your settings
your backgrounds (including dynamic wallpapers, provided that the same username is retained)
your installed Flatpak apps and their data
your Desktop folder in the home directory
other items related to your desktop environment (e.g., Cinnamon extensions and applets, KDE Plasma widgets, GNOME and Nautilus extensions, etc.)

NOTE: It can happen that a backup file will not be created, in that case, just allow access to the folder in the Flatseal app.

Configuration directories that will be included in the archive

General directories

- ~/.config/dconf
- ~/.local/share/backgrounds 
- ~/.themes
- ~/.icons
- ~/.local/share/icons
- ~/.local/share/fonts
- ~/.fonts
- ~/.config/gtk-4.0 
- ~/.config/gtk-3.0
- ~/.var/app
- /var/lib/flatpak/app

GNOME

 - ~/.local/share/gnome-background-properties
 - ~/.local/share/gnome-shell
 - ~/.local/share/nautilus-python
 - ~/.local/share/nautilus
 - ~/.local/share/gnome-control-center

Pantheon

- ~/.config/plank 
- ~/.config/marlin

Cinnamon

- ~/.config/nemo
- ~/.local/share/cinnamon
- ~/.cinnamon

Budgie

- ~/.config/budgie-desktop
- ~/.config/bugie-extras
- ~/.config/nemo

Cosmic (Old)

- ~/.config/pop-shell
- ~/.local/share/gnome-shell

Cosmic (New)

- ~/.config/cosmic
- ~/.local/state/cosmic

Xfce

- ~/.config/xfce4
- ~/.config/Thunar
- ~/.xfce4

MATE

- ~/.config/caja

KDE Plasma

- ~/.config/[k]* (all directories and files beginning with k)
- ~/.config/gtkrc
- ~/.config/dolphinrc
- ~/.config/gwenviewrc
- ~/.config/plasmashellrc
- ~/.config/spectaclerc
- ~/.config/plasmarc
- ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
- ~/.local/share/konsole
- ~/.local/share/dolphin
- ~/.local/share/sddm
- ~/.local/share/wallpapers
- ~/.local/share/plasma-systemmonitor
- ~/.local/share/plasma
- ~/.local/share/aurorae
- ~/.local/share/kscreen
- ~/.local/share/color-schemes

Deepin

- ~/.config/deepin
- ~/.local/share/deepin

Hyprland

- ~/.config/hypr

Contributing

See to the CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

Translations

If you want to help localize SaveDesktop, you can use the Weblate tool (it is possible to register with, e.g., GitHub or Google).

SaveDesktop application (click on widget below)	SaveDesktop Github wiki (click on widget below)

Reporting issues

You can report an issue on GitHub, or if you are not registered on GitHub, you can use this web page. You can also use Github Discussions.

Installation

Stable releases

Flathub
Snap

Install on the system (native version)

# Install
wget -qO /tmp/savedesktop-native-installer.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop/main/native/native_installer.py && python3 /tmp/savedesktop-native-installer.py --install

# Remove
wget -qO /tmp/savedesktop-native-installer.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop/main/native/native_installer.py && python3 /tmp/savedesktop-native-installer.py --remove

Beta releases

If you want to help with the testing of the future releases of this app, you can use one of these options:

1. Flathub Beta

Add the Flathub Beta repository to your system:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo

Install the SaveDesktop Beta from this repository:

flatpak install flathub-beta io.github.vikdevelop.SaveDesktop

2. Snap

To install the SaveDesktop Beta, run the following command:

snap install savedesktop --beta

3. Flatpak Builder

Before building this app using Flatpak Builder, ensure if you have installed org.gnome.Sdk runtime. If not, use this command: flatpak install org.gnome.Sdk//47

Then, you can continue in building this app using Flatpak Builder by entering this command:

git clone https://github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop && cd SaveDesktop && flatpak-builder build *.yaml --install --user

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