Export/Import Settings

JackGruber · 2021-02-07T08:40:03.227Z

due to the more and more plugins and also settings in the plugins, maybe a function or menue to export / import the settings as JSON would be great.

Export all public Plugin Settings
Export public settings from one Plugin
Export all Joplin settings

Passwords, tokens, ... should not be exported or only as empty string.

What do you think?

Regards
Alex

laurent · 2021-02-07T09:04:48.643Z

Yes that makes sense. Ideally we should make this change that's been discussed before of putting all user settings in an external JSON file, so that it can be backed up and restored more easily. I'll probably look at this rather than have a function to import/export from the database.

Akito · 2021-02-08T18:40:57.204Z

Yes, that is indeed a very important feature. I would need it right now, but well, nothing I can do about that.

andypiper · 2022-03-06T14:11:11.918Z

I'd love to be able to export the list of plugins that I use so that I can import on another system. Right now I use Joplin on 2x Mac, 1x Linux and 1x Windows machines (!!) and there's no easy way to get the same plugins on all of them. Also, since I cannot open the preferences and also have a note open to edit (that I know about?), I cannot make a list in a note while looking at the prefs - unless I do that in another editor!

roman_r_m · 2022-03-06T14:27:11.568Z

andypiper:

I'd love to be able to export the list of plugins that I use so that I can import on another system. Right now I use Joplin on 2x Mac, 1x Linux and 1x Windows machines (!!) and there's no easy way to get the same plugins on all of them.another system.

Install plugins on one machine and then copy ~/.config/joplin-desktop/plugins (or the equivalent path on Mac/Windows) to other machines. This will sync plugins but not plugin settings.

andypiper · 2022-03-06T14:42:52.150Z

Ah, that's helpful - thank you!

Daeraxa · 2022-03-06T14:59:25.958Z

For what its worth one of the ideas for GSoC is to implement a settings sync which should include plugins and plugin settings.

notstyle · 2023-09-15T07:08:11.903Z

Yes, migrating without setting and plugins sync is painful but not critical.

Also custom css should be included.

JackGruber · 2023-12-14T19:41:54.128Z

@laurent I would like to bring up the subject again. To backup the increasing number of plugins and their settings.

laurent · 2023-12-14T19:55:25.070Z

Many of the settings are now in a json file, and normally what's left in the database is more like application state that shouldn't be shared. Or did you notice some settings that are missing from the json file?

JackGruber · 2023-12-14T20:09:54.166Z

Only the application settings. But all the plugin settings are stored in the database.

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personalizedrefriger · 2023-12-14T20:16:44.081Z

It's possible to store plugin settings in the JSON file (using SettingStorage.File, example).

It's opt-in, however, so I'm not sure how many plugins do this.

JackGruber · 2023-12-15T06:05:32.992Z

personalizedrefriger:

SettingStorage.File

On a quick check, only one plugin and thats yours.

muzak · 2024-03-21T18:44:12.278Z

How can this be streamlined to other existing plugins?

How can this feature be made more visible to plugin developers?