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Version: v2.2.1

Synchronization

At some point, you might need to synchronize your configuration between devices. Luckly, the Espanso file-based configuration makes it easy, letting you synchronize the config using any Cloud Storage service (such as Dropbox, Google Drive, ecc) or even GitHub!

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From now on, we'll only mention "Dropbox folder" for brevity, but you can apply the same process for every service.

The general idea, which applies to all operating systems, is the following:

  • Move the Espanso configuration folder inside your Dropbox folder (also a subdirectory is perfectly fine)
  • Create a symbolic link in the original position, pointing to the synced folder.

Before diving in the actual process, you'll need to determine the current Espanso's configuration path used on your system. To do so, open a terminal and type:

espanso path config

The command's output is the configuration path, make sure to note it somewhere as you'll need it later. From now on, we'll refer to this path as $CONFIG.

The specific commands are explained in the following sections, depending on your OS.

Make sure to replace $CONFIG!

In the following sections, we'll refer to the current configuration path as $CONFIG. Make sure to replace it with the actual path, determined in the previous section.

For example, if you see this command:

mklink /J "$CONFIG" "C:\Users\user\Dropbox\espanso"

You should run something like:

mklink /J "C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\espanso" "C:\Users\user\Dropbox\espanso"

Windows

The first step is moving the $CONFIG folder inside your Dropbox directory, for example in:

C:\Users\user\Dropbox\espanso

Now you need to create a symbolic link. Open the Command Prompt and type the following command, making sure you specify the correct paths:

mklink /J "$CONFIG" "C:\Users\user\Dropbox\espanso"

Now restart Espanso and you should be ready to go!

macOS

The first step is moving the $CONFIG folder inside your Dropbox directory, for example in:

$HOME/Dropbox/espanso

Now you need to create a symbolic link. Open the Terminal and type the following command, making sure you specify the correct paths:

Note: Before running the following command, make sure that there is no folder called espanso in the Application Support folder, as otherwise it will create another nested folder espanso/espanso (which is wrong).

ln -s "$HOME/Dropbox/espanso" "$CONFIG"

Now restart espanso and you should be ready to go!

Linux

The first step is moving the $CONFIG folder inside your Dropbox directory, for example in:

/home/user/Dropbox/espanso

Now you need to create a symbolic link. Open the Terminal and type the following command, making sure you specify the correct paths:

ln -s "/home/user/Dropbox/espanso" "$CONFIG"

Now restart espanso and you should be ready to go!

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Hi! I'm Federico, the creator of espanso. I develop espanso in my (little) spare time and I decided to make it open source because I thought it could be useful to many people.

If you liked the project, please consider making a small donation, it really helps :)

A special thanks goes to all the wonderful people who supported espanso along the way

Together, we will make espanso the first universal text expander, open to everyone.

Contributing

Espanso is open source and hosted on GitHub.

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