Where Does Foliate Store Progress and Notes?
Where Foliate keeps reading progress, annotations, and app data on Linux systems.
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Foliate stores progress and annotations in its app data dir while leaving ebook files untouched where you opened them. Linux paths follow the usual data home, with Flatpak sandboxing shifting the root.
That split confuses restores: books without data open at page one. Copy the data folder whole instead of cherry-picking files, since internal filenames shift between releases. Keep book paths stable across machines.
Where Foliate stores this, by platform
~/.local/share/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate/
Progress, annotations, and settings. Books stay in place on disk. Flatpak uses the app sandbox data path; exact internal names may vary by version.
Frequently asked questions
How do I migrate reading progress?
Copy the whole data folder below to the new machine with Foliate closed. Books themselves stay wherever you opened them, so keep those paths identical or progress detaches. Exact internal names may vary by Foliate version.
Books versus progress: what to back up?
Progress and notes live in app data (local storage plus databases), while ebooks stay in place on disk. Back up the data folder rather than the books to preserve marks. Flatpak nests this under its sandbox path.
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