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Easily save, restore, and share your Cinnamon desktop configurations.\n\n\u003e [!WARNING]  \n\u003e This project is in **beta**. Expect bugs and incomplete features. Please report any issues you encounter!\n\n## Features\n\n- **Create profiles** from your current Cinnamon settings\n- **Switch between profiles** to quickly change your entire desktop environment\n- **Import/Export profiles** to share configurations between computers\n- **Automatic backups** before making changes to your settings\n- **Manual backups** for extra safety\n\n## What Gets Backed Up?\n\nEach profile preserves your complete Cinnamon desktop configuration, including:\n\n- Panel layouts and settings\n- Applets and their configurations\n- Desktop themes and appearance settings\n- Window manager settings\n- Keyboard shortcuts and bindings\n- Menu configurations\n- Workspace settings\n- Fonts\n- Other Cinnamon-specific configurations\n\n## Installation\n\n### Prerequisites\n\nThe following tools are required:\n\n- `zip` and `unzip` utilities\n- `dconf` (usually installed with Cinnamon)\n\n```bash\n# Install prerequisites on Debian/Ubuntu-based systems such as Linux Mint\nsudo apt install zip unzip dconf-cli\n```\n\n### Install the Application\n\n#### Method 1: Download pre-compiled binary\n\nThe easiest ways to install Cinnamon Profile Manager are to use the below command-line script, or by downloading the pre-compiled binary from the [Releases](https://github.com/claytontdm/cinnamon-profile-manager/releases) section on GitHub.\n\n```bash\n# Download latest binary\nwget https://github.com/ClaytonTDM/cinnamon-profile-manager/releases/download/v0.2.1/cinnamon-profile-manager-x86_64\n\n# Mark it as executable\nchmod +x cinnamon-profile-manager-x86_64\n\n# Move it into a directory in your PATH (optional)\nsudo mv cinnamon-profile-manager-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/cinnamon-profile-manager\n```\n\n#### Method 2: Run directly with Deno\n\nClone the repository and run using Deno:\n\n```bash\n# Clone the repository\ngit clone https://github.com/claytontdm/cinnamon-profile-manager.git\ncd cinnamon-profile-manager\n\n# Run the application\ndeno task start\n```\n\n#### Method 3: Install from source\n\n```bash\n# Clone the repository\ngit clone https://github.com/claytontdm/cinnamon-profile-manager.git\ncd cinnamon-profile-manager\n\n# Compile the application\ndeno task compile\n\n# Move the compiled binary to your PATH\nsudo mv cinnamon-profile-manager /usr/local/bin/\n\n# Make it executable\nsudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cinnamon-profile-manager\n```\n\n#### Method 4: Cross-platform binaries\n\nYou can compile the binary using this command:\n\n```bash\ndeno task compile\n```\n\nThe compiled binary will be created in the project directory.\n\n\u003e **Note**: The pre-compiled binary is available in the [Releases](https://github.com/claytontdm/cinnamon-profile-manager/releases) section of the GitHub repository. This is the recommended installation method for most users.\n\n## Usage\n\n```\nUsage: cinnamon-profile-manager [options] [command]\n\nA tool for managing Cinnamon desktop environment profiles. Includes settings, spices, panels, etc.\n\nOptions:\n  -V, --version            output the version number\n  -h, --help               display help for command\n\nCommands:\n  list|ls                  List all available profiles.\n  create [options] \u003cname\u003e  Create a new profile from current Cinnamon settings (files, dconf, themes, icons, and fonts).\n  switch [options] \u003cname\u003e  Switch to a different profile (restores files, dconf, themes, icons, and fonts).\n  delete|rm \u003cname\u003e         Delete an existing profile.\n  backup [options]         Create a manual backup of current Cinnamon settings (files, dconf, themes, icons, and fonts).\n  restore [options]        Restore Cinnamon settings from a manual backup (files, dconf, themes, icons, and fonts).\n  list-backups|lb          List all available backup files (manual and automatic).\n  export \u003cname\u003e            Export a profile to an external zip file (includes dconf settings, themes, icons, and fonts if present).\n  import \u003cfilepath\u003e        Import a profile from an external zip file (applies dconf, themes, icons, and fonts if present).\n  update|up [options]      Update the currently active profile with current settings (including themes, icons, and fonts).\n  reset                    DANGER: Delete all profiles, backups, and manager settings.\n  help [command]           display help for command\n```\n\n### Basic Commands\n\n```bash\n# Show help\ncinnamon-profile-manager --help\n\n# List all available profiles\ncinnamon-profile-manager list\n\n# Create a new profile from your current setup\ncinnamon-profile-manager create my-awesome-profile\n\n# Switch to a different profile\ncinnamon-profile-manager switch my-awesome-profile\n\n# Update the active profile with your current settings\ncinnamon-profile-manager update\n\n# Delete a profile\ncinnamon-profile-manager delete unwanted-profile\n```\n\n### Backup and Restore\n\n```bash\n# Create a manual backup of your current settings\ncinnamon-profile-manager backup\n\n# Restore settings from a backup\ncinnamon-profile-manager restore\n# (You'll be prompted to select from available backups)\n```\n\n### Import and Export Profiles\n\n```bash\n# Export a profile to share with others\ncinnamon-profile-manager export my-awesome-theme\n# (Saves to ~/Downloads or ~/ by default)\n\n# Import a profile from a zip file\ncinnamon-profile-manager import ~/Downloads/cinnamon-profile-my-awesome-theme-export-2025-05-16T12-00-00-000Z.zip\n```\n\n### Advanced Commands\n\n```bash\n# Reset all profiles and settings (BE CAREFUL!)\ncinnamon-profile-manager reset\n```\n\n## Configuration\n\nBy default, profiles are stored in `~/.cinnamon-profiles/`. You can change this location by setting the `CINNAMON_PROFILES_DIR` environment variable:\n\n```bash\nexport CINNAMON_PROFILES_DIR=\"/path/to/custom/directory\"\n```\n\n## Development\n\nThis project is built using Deno and TypeScript:\n\n```bash\n# Run in development mode with automatic reloading\ndeno task dev\n\n# Run normally\ndeno task start\n\n# Compile binary\ndeno task compile\n```\n\n### Automated Builds\n\nThis project uses GitHub Actions for automated builds and releases:\n\n- **CI Build**: Every push to the `main` branch triggers a build to ensure compilation works\n- **Linting \u0026 Formatting**: Automatically ensures code style consistency\n- **Releases**: When a new tag with format `v*` (e.g., `v0.1.0`) is pushed, GitHub Actions automatically:\n  1. Builds binary for Linux\n  2. Creates a new GitHub Release with this binary\n  3. 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