CLUSTER BACKS-DESKTOP-EXTENSIONS · 6 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-12-14
Desktop environment backup tools
This cluster consists of desktop utilities that back up, restore, synchronize, or manage desktop environment configurations, shell extensions, and browser extension settings across systems. The dated history shows six entries from December 2023 to June 2026, each appearing in a different month with intervals ranging from about three to sixteen months, indicating an irregular, low-frequency pattern. Browser-Extension-Backup-Tool-2026 leads in traction with 16 stars, while the other two named products have none.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 6 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 5 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 6 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Browser-Extension-Backup-Tool-202616★1 mo—hobbyDesktop utility that backs up and restores browser extensions and their settings across multiple browsers.
- 02gnome-backup0★1 moliveopen sourceTool that backs up and restores GNOME desktop settings and shell extensions.
- 03plasmasafe0★4 moliveopen sourceCommand-line tool that backs up and restores KDE Plasma desktop configuration files for easy system recovery.
- 04Extension Manager0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop application for browsing, installing, and managing desktop-environment shell extensions from an online extension repository.
- 05Extensions0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceSystem utility for managing GNOME extensions that installs, updates, configures, and disables installed add-ons.
- 06gem0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCommand-line utility that backs up and manages GNOME desktop extension configurations and settings.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.