SaveDesktop

Save the current configuration of your desktop environment

About

Supported environments:

• GNOME
• Xfce
• Cinnamon
• Budgie
• COSMIC (Pop!_OS)
• Pantheon
• MATE
• KDE Plasma

SaveDesktop can save:

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

Configuration directories that will be included in the archive

• General directories

- ~/.config/dconf/user
- ~/.local/share/backgrounds 
- ~/.themes
- ~/.icons
- ~/.local/share/icons 
- ~/.fonts
- ~/.config/gtk-4.0 
- ~/.config/gtk-3.0 

• GNOME

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

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

• 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

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).

Installation

• Flathub (stable version)

  

• Install on the system (native version)

  # Install
  git clone https://github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop /tmp/SaveDesktop && sh /tmp/SaveDesktop/install_native.sh --install
  # Remove
  git clone https://github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop /tmp/SaveDesktop && sh /tmp/SaveDesktop/install_native.sh --remove

  NOTE: For this installation method you need to have GTK4 (v4.10) and LibAdwaita (v1.3) installed.

• Build with Flatpak builder (beta version)

  git clone https://github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop && cd SaveDesktop && flatpak-builder build *.yaml --install --user
  # Maybe you will need to install org.gnome.Sdk (version 44) with flatpak