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Save Desktop

Save your desktop configuration.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: sync across devices.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Set up automatic periodic backups and synchronize your desktop configuration with cloud storage.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Save Desktop is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Save Desktop helps you back up, restore, and synchronize your entire desktop environment with ease. It saves and imports your themes, icons, fonts, wallpapers, extensions, desktop folder, Flatpak apps and their data, as well as other desktop settings — all in one archive. Choose what to include and keep your setup consistent across devices with automatic periodic saves and synchronization.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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