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elementary/settings

Extensible System Settings app designed for elementary OS

System Settings

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System Settings Screenshot

Plugins

System Settings is the container application for Switchboard Plugs, which provide the actual settings for various hardware and software.

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Building, Testing, and Installation

You'll need the following dependencies:

  • libgee-0.8-dev
  • libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.76)
  • libgranite-7-dev (>= 7.7.0)
  • libgtk-4-dev
  • libadwaita-1-dev (>= 1.4)
  • meson (>= 0.57.0)
  • sassc
  • valac

Run meson to configure the build environment and then ninja to build

meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja

To install, use ninja install then execute with io.elementary.settings

sudo ninja install
io.elementary.settings

Making Settings Plugins

Documentation for LibSwitchboard is available on Valadoc.org

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GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
Created April 11, 2017
Updated January 22, 2026
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