Services

Track your enabled systemd services alongside your dotfiles. Synx snapshots which services are enabled so you can re-enable them on a new machine.

Note: This feature requires systemctl (systemd-based systems). On other systems, synx svc will show a clear error and all other synx commands continue to work normally.

Commands

Command	Description
`synx svc sync`	Snapshot currently enabled services
`synx svc status`	Show services added or removed since last snapshot
`synx svc restore`	Enable missing services from the saved list
`synx svc list`	Display the saved service list

How It Works

synx svc sync captures two lists from systemctl:

File	Source	Contents
`~/.config/synx/services.system`	`systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled`	System-level enabled units
`~/.config/synx/services.user`	`systemctl --user list-unit-files --state=enabled`	User-level enabled units

These files are automatically backed up to .synx/ in your dotfiles repo during a regular synx sync, and restored during synx -r.

Typical Workflow

# After setting up your system
synx svc sync                  # Save current service state

# Later, check what changed
synx svc status                # Shows added/removed services

# On a new machine after synx -r
synx svc restore               # Enable all missing services

Restore Behavior

System services are enabled via sudo systemctl enable
User services are enabled via systemctl --user enable
Services are only enabled, not started — a reboot (or manual start) activates them

Example Output

╭───────────────────────╮
│ ⚙ SYNX - Service Sync │
╰───────────────────────╯

→ Capturing enabled services...

─────────────────────────────────────
34 system  │  7 user
─────────────────────────────────────

  ✓ Service state saved

Integration

Doctor checks whether a saved service state exists
Service lists are backed up during synx and restored during synx -r
Works alongside Profiles — each profile can have its own service set. To track services specifically for a profile, run synx --add services.system and/or synx --add services.user while the profile is active.