--- title: KDE Software Now Has Stable Btrfs Snapshot Integration... description: KIO-Snapshot has reached its 1.0 milestone, bringing stable Btrfs snapshot integration to KDE software. The tool adds a KIO worker that lets users browse... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kde-software-now-has-stable-btrfs-snapshot-integration-with-kio-snapshot-1-0-hdkib9z9x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: KDE Software Now Has Stable Btrfs Snapshot Integration With KIO-Snapshot 1.0 | daily.dev og:description: KIO-Snapshot has reached its 1.0 milestone, bringing stable Btrfs snapshot integration to KDE software. The tool adds a KIO worker that lets users browse... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kde-software-now-has-stable-btrfs-snapshot-integration-with-kio-snapshot-1-0-hdkib9z9x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hDKIB9z9X.png og:image:alt: KDE Software Now Has Stable Btrfs Snapshot Integration With KIO-Snapshot 1.0 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # KDE Software Now Has Stable Btrfs Snapshot Integration With KIO-Snapshot 1.0 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary KIO-Snapshot has reached its 1.0 milestone, bringing stable Btrfs snapshot integration to KDE software. The tool adds a KIO worker that lets users browse subvolume snapshots and previous file versions, plus a context menu plugin exposing snapshot versions directly in Dolphin and other KDE apps. Led by KDE developer Bharadwaj Raju, it interfaces with libbtrfsutil and KDE Frameworks Solid. KDE Linux, the project's own distribution, plans to ship Snapper alongside KIO-Snapshot for a built-in Btrfs experience. The release is available for download from KDE.org. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does KIO-Snapshot 1.0 add to KDE software? KIO-Snapshot 1.0 adds stable Btrfs snapshot integration to KDE, providing a KIO worker for browsing snapshots of a subvolume and viewing previous versions of a file. It also includes a context menu plugin that exposes different snapshot versions directly within Dolphin and other KDE applications. It interfaces with Btrfs' libbtrfsutil and KDE Frameworks' Solid code. _Track new releases like KIO-Snapshot as Btrfs tooling on Linux keeps maturing via daily.dev._ ### Which Linux distribution will ship with Snapper and KIO-Snapshot together? KDE Linux, KDE's own in-house distribution, plans to soon ship with both Snapper and KIO-Snapshot bundled together to provide a complete Btrfs snapshot experience out of the box, combining automated snapshot management with the new KIO-based browsing and restoration capabilities. _Developers evaluating KDE Linux for Btrfs workflows can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@agustinbarrientos** · 0 upvotes > Dolphin snapshot browsing looks genuinely useful ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [WinBtrfs 1.10 Released With Two Years Worth Of Improvements For Btrfs On Windows](https://daily.dev/posts/winbtrfs-1-10-released-with-two-years-worth-of-improvements-for-btrfs-on-windows-0hhm5exls) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AlmaLinux gives Btrfs a home after Red Hat kicked it out](https://daily.dev/posts/almalinux-gives-btrfs-a-home-after-red-hat-kicked-it-out-6pngm1znl) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#filesystems](https://daily.dev/tags/filesystems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-software-now-has-stable-btrfs-snapshot-integration-with-kio-snapshot-1-0-hdkib9z9x) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"KDE Software Now Has Stable Btrfs Snapshot Integration With KIO-Snapshot 1.0","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kde-software-now-has-stable-btrfs-snapshot-integration-with-kio-snapshot-1-0-hdkib9z9x","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/kde-software-now-has-stable-btrfs-snapshot-integration-with-kio-snapshot-1-0-hdkib9z9x"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T16:26:00.432Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:47:21.737Z","description":"KIO-Snapshot has reached its 1.0 milestone, bringing stable Btrfs snapshot integration to KDE software. 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