diff --git a/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/lib.rs b/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/lib.rs
index 48b8f728..570a2c7d 100644
--- a/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ pub mod process_command;
 pub mod process_event;
 pub mod reconcile;
 pub mod scrolling;
+pub mod settings;
 pub mod state;
 pub mod static_config;
 pub mod theme_manager;
diff --git a/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/settings.rs b/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/settings.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7056427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/settings.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+//! The settings of this daemon, as one snapshot (plan step 10, `docs/dev/settings.md`).
+//!
+//! Nothing reads this yet: the process-wide statics are still the source of truth, and each
+//! migration step moves one group of them (writers and readers together) into
+//! [`settings()`]. Until then the value is the starting values of those statics.
+
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+
+use komorebi_settings::Handle;
+use komorebi_settings::Shared;
+use komorebi_settings::shared::PlatformDefaults;
+
+/// The part of the settings that only this platform has.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct KdeSettings {}
+
+pub type Settings = komorebi_settings::Settings<KdeSettings>;
+
+static SETTINGS: LazyLock<Handle<KdeSettings>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    Handle::new(Settings::new(
+        Shared::defaults_for(PlatformDefaults::KDE),
+        KdeSettings::default(),
+    ))
+});
+
+/// The settings of the running daemon: take a [`Handle::snapshot`] once per unit of work.
+pub fn settings() -> &'static Handle<KdeSettings> {
+    &SETTINGS
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::border_manager;
+
+    // The statics are still the source of truth. These pin that the starting values of the
+    // settings are the starting values of the statics, so that moving a group over changes nothing.
+    // (They read the statics without any test writing them first: no test here sets them.)
+    #[test]
+    fn the_starting_settings_are_the_starting_values_of_the_statics() {
+        let shared = &settings().snapshot().shared;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            shared.defaults.container_padding,
+            crate::DEFAULT_CONTAINER_PADDING.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            shared.defaults.workspace_padding,
+            crate::DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_PADDING.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(shared.defaults.resize_delta, crate::DEFAULT_RESIZE_DELTA);
+        assert_eq!(
+            shared.defaults.mouse_follows_focus,
+            crate::DEFAULT_MOUSE_FOLLOWS_FOCUS
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            shared.border.enabled,
+            border_manager::BORDER_ENABLED.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            shared.border.width,
+            border_manager::BORDER_WIDTH.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            shared.border.offset,
+            border_manager::BORDER_OFFSET.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            shared.border.radius,
+            border_manager::BORDER_RADIUS.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        let colours = shared.border.colours;
+        assert_eq!(
+            colours.single,
+            border_manager::FOCUSED.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(colours.stack, border_manager::STACK.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
+        assert_eq!(
+            colours.monocle,
+            border_manager::MONOCLE.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            colours.floating,
+            border_manager::FLOATING.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            colours.unfocused,
+            border_manager::UNFOCUSED.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            colours.unfocused_locked,
+            border_manager::UNFOCUSED_LOCKED.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        );
+    }
+}