Documentation

Pinman 2

Pinman 2 configures, troubleshoots, and optimizes the machine. It runs in Operator Mode (a phone-friendly remote) and Technician Mode (the full configuration tool). The Free tier is for seeing and understanding your configuration; Pro adds recover, create, change, and automate. Reference material marked Pro covers paid capabilities.

Start hereGetting StartedInstall, first run, and what the Free tier includes versus what Pro unlocks.UnderstandConceptsCaptures, checkpoints, drift, and the fs / winreg / winrt realms — the mental model.Operator ModeOperator guideThe phone remote: volume, brightness, messages, presets, schedules, and power.Look it upReferenceThe full CLI command reference, config settings, and Pro authoring for schemas, profiles, and catalogs.

Concepts and comparisons

Put Pinman in familiar technical terms.

Focused explanations of where an analogy helps, where it stops, and which existing tools Pinman is designed to complement.

Is Pinman a backup solution?Why Pinman and backup software have different responsibilities.Pinman and GitA useful version-control analogy — and where it ends.Configuration managementHow Pinman works beside Ansible, Intune, and similar tools.

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