https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot

Mugshot - User Management Utility for Linux
https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot

gtk linux user-management xfce

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Mugshot - User Management Utility for Linux

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot
• Owner: bluesabre
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2019-05-27T10:31:01.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-26T12:29:08.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-31T04:06:24.360Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: gtk, linux, user-management, xfce
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.49 MB
• Stars: 76
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 13
• Open Issues: 11
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: NEWS
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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# Mugshot

**Mugshot** is a lightweight user configuration utility for Linux designed for simplicity and ease of use. Quickly update your personal profile and sync your updates across applications.

![Mugshot window](https://screenshots.bluesabre.org/mugshot/docs/mugshot-main-2.png)

## Features

 - Update your user profile image (~/.face and AccountService)

 - Update user details stored in /etc/passwd (used by *finger* and other desktop applications)

 - (Optionally) sync your profile image to your *Pidgin* buddy icon

 - (Optionally) sync your user details to *LibreOffice*

## Dependencies

### Build Requirements

 - gir1.2-gtk-3.0

 - python3

 - python3-distutils

 - [python3-distutils-extra](https://launchpad.net/python-distutils-extra)

 - python3-gi

 - python3-pexpect

### Runtime Requirements

 - chfn

 - python3-cairo

 - python3-gi

 - python3-pexpect

### Optional (for webcam support)

 - gstreamer1.0-plugins-good

 - gstreamer1.0-tools

 - gir1.2-cheese-3.0

 - gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0

## Installation

Please refer to the [Mugshot Wiki](https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot/wiki/Installation) for installation instructions.

## Links

 - [Homepage](https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot)

 - [Releases](https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot/releases)

 - [Bug Reports](https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot/issues)

 - [Translations](https://www.transifex.com/bluesabreorg/mugshot)

 - [Wiki](https://github.com/bluesabre/mugshot/wiki)

## Troubleshooting

If you see the following error:

    (mugshot:22748): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.bluesabre.mugshot' is not installed

Be sure to copy data/glib-2.0/schemas/org.bluesabre.mugshot.gschema.xml to either:

 - /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas, or

 - /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas

and run glib-compile-schemas on that directory before running **Mugshot**.