---
name: "goa-daemon"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-online-accounts"
version: "3.58.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/goa-daemon"
---

# goa-daemon(8)

GNOME Online Accounts Daemon

## NAME

goa-daemon - GNOME Online Accounts Daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**goa-daemon** \[**--help**\] \[**--replace**\] \[**--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **goa-daemon** program provides the *org.gnome.OnlineAccounts* name on the session message bus. Users or administrators should never need to start this daemon as it will be automatically started by [**dbus-daemon**(1)](/dbus-daemon/1.md) whenever an application sends a D-Bus message to the *org.gnome.OnlineAccounts* name on the session bus.

## CONFIGURATION FILE

The **goa-daemon** program stores configuration in the $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/goa-1.0/accounts.conf (typically ~/.config/goa-1.0/accounts.conf) file. The format of this file is private and 3rd party programs or libraries should never read it. This file does not contain any passwords or secrets.

See the **XDG Base Directory Specification**\[1\] for more information about $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME.

## SECRETS

The **goa-daemon** program stores secrets (such as OAuth tokens) in **GNOME Keyring**\[2\]. The format of the stored secrets is private and 3rd party programs or libraries should never read, modify or delete these secrets.

## OPTIONS

- **--replace**

  Replace existing instance.

- **--version**

  Show program version.

- **--help**

  Show help options.

## AUTHOR

Written by David Zeuthen \<zeuthen@gmail.com\> with a lot of help from many others.

## BUGS

Please send bug reports to either the distribution bug tracker or the upstream bug tracker at **https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-online-accounts/issues**. There are some debugging tips at **https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeOnlineAccounts/Debugging**

## SEE ALSO

[**dbus-daemon**(1)](/dbus-daemon/1.md)

## NOTES

- 1\.

  XDG Base Directory Specification

  http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

- 2\.

  GNOME Keyring

  https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring