Where Does Foliate Store Library and Settings?
Foliate data folders on Linux with book database, annotations and settings.
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Foliate keeps its book database, annotations and reading progress in XDG data folders, with app settings in gsettings rather than files. Ebooks stay wherever you opened them and are never imported.
Annotations anchor to book files by path, so moved libraries orphan notes. Back up the data folder plus the books together.
Where Foliate stores this, by platform
~/.local/share/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate
Holds the book database with annotations, bookmarks and progress. Settings live in gsettings under the matching schema. Copy the data folder with Foliate closed; moving book files afterward breaks annotation links.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Foliate annotations?
Copy the data folder above with Foliate closed. Keep book files at identical paths or notes detach from their pages.
Where are Foliate settings?
In gsettings, not files. Dump the schema subtree with dconf to migrate preferences alongside the data folder.
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