dconf

dconf
DeveloperThe GNOME Project (Allison Lortie)
Initial releaseSeptember 16, 2009 (2009-09-16)
Stable release
0.49.0  / 15 September 2025 (15 September 2025)
Written inC
TypeConfiguration, settings management
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License
Websitewiki.gnome.org/Projects/dconf
Repository

dconf is a low-level configuration system and settings management tool. Its main purpose is to provide a back end to GSettings on platforms that don't already have configuration storage systems. It depends on GLib. It is part of GNOME as of version 3, and is a replacement for GConf.