diff --git a/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/components/panel/Settings.vue b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/components/panel/Settings.vue
index 454b71b9..8f9ccb06 100644
--- a/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/components/panel/Settings.vue
+++ b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/components/panel/Settings.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref } from 'vue'
 import { getBackend } from '../../backends'
 import { fetchData } from '../../state/data'
 import { settings } from '../../state/settings'
 
 const backend = getBackend()
+
+const showConfigDialog = ref(false)
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -60,6 +63,12 @@ const backend = getBackend()
         <div i-ph-arrows-clockwise-duotone />
         Refetch Data
       </button>
+      <button btn-action @click="showConfigDialog = true">
+        <div i-ph-file-code-duotone />
+        Save as config file
+      </button>
     </div>
+
+    <PanelSettingsConfigDialog v-model="showConfigDialog" />
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/components/panel/SettingsConfigDialog.vue b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/components/panel/SettingsConfigDialog.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86314648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/components/panel/SettingsConfigDialog.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { useClipboard } from '@vueuse/core'
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+import { generateConfigFile } from '../../utils/config'
+
+const open = defineModel<boolean>({ required: true })
+
+const CONFIG_FILENAME = 'node-modules-inspector.config.ts'
+
+const content = computed(() => (open.value ? generateConfigFile() : ''))
+
+const { copy, copied } = useClipboard({ source: content, copiedDuring: 1500 })
+
+function close() {
+  open.value = false
+}
+
+function download() {
+  const blob = new Blob([content.value], { type: 'text/typescript;charset=utf-8' })
+  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
+  const link = document.createElement('a')
+  link.href = url
+  link.download = CONFIG_FILENAME
+  link.click()
+  URL.revokeObjectURL(url)
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <Teleport to="body">
+    <Transition name="config-dialog-backdrop">
+      <div
+        v-if="open"
+        fixed inset-0 z-drawer-backdrop bg-black:30
+        @click="close"
+      />
+    </Transition>
+    <Transition name="config-dialog-panel">
+      <div
+        v-if="open"
+        fixed inset-0 z-drawer-content
+        flex="~ items-center justify-center" p4
+        pointer-events-none
+      >
+        <div
+          w-full max-w-3xl max-h-90vh
+          bg-base border="~ base" rounded-lg shadow-2xl
+          flex="~ col" of-hidden pointer-events-auto
+          @click.stop
+        >
+          <div flex="~ items-center gap-2" border="b base" px4 py3>
+            <div i-ph-file-code-duotone text-lg op75 />
+            <div flex="~ col" flex-auto>
+              <div font-500>
+                Save as config file
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <button
+              w-8 h-8 rounded-full op50 flex="~ items-center justify-center"
+              hover="op100 bg-active"
+              title="Close"
+              @click="close"
+            >
+              <div i-ph-x />
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          <div flex-auto of-y-auto p4>
+            <p text-sm op-fade mb3>
+              Save the following as
+              <code color-active bg-primary:10 rounded px1 py0.5>{{ CONFIG_FILENAME }}</code>
+              in your project root to reuse the current filters and settings as defaults.
+            </p>
+            <pre
+              text-xs p3 rounded-lg border="~ base" bg-code
+              of-x-auto whitespace-pre font-mono
+            >{{ content }}</pre>
+          </div>
+
+          <div flex="~ items-center justify-end gap-2" border="t base" px4 py3>
+            <button
+              btn-action text-sm
+              :class="copied ? 'text-primary' : ''"
+              @click="copy()"
+            >
+              <div :class="copied ? 'i-ph-check' : 'i-ph-copy-duotone'" />
+              {{ copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy' }}
+            </button>
+            <button
+              btn-action text-sm
+              @click="download()"
+            >
+              <div i-ph-download-simple-duotone />
+              Download
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </Transition>
+  </Teleport>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.config-dialog-backdrop-enter-active,
+.config-dialog-backdrop-leave-active {
+  transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
+}
+.config-dialog-backdrop-enter-from,
+.config-dialog-backdrop-leave-to {
+  opacity: 0;
+}
+
+.config-dialog-panel-enter-active,
+.config-dialog-panel-leave-active {
+  transition: opacity 0.2s ease, transform 0.2s ease;
+}
+.config-dialog-panel-enter-from,
+.config-dialog-panel-leave-to {
+  opacity: 0;
+  transform: scale(0.98);
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/state/settings.ts b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/state/settings.ts
index 8c41a1c5..59b02e3d 100644
--- a/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/state/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/state/settings.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
 import type { SettingsOptions } from '../../shared/types'
 import { useLocalStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
 
+export const SETTINGS_DEFAULT: SettingsOptions = {
+  graphRender: 'normal',
+  moduleTypeSimple: false,
+  moduleTypeRender: 'badge',
+  deepDependenciesTree: true,
+  dependenciesGroupBy: 'none',
+  packageDetailsTab: 'dependents',
+  colorizePackageSize: true,
+  showInstallSizeBadge: true,
+  showPublishTimeBadge: false,
+  showProvenanceBadge: 'present',
+  showFileComposition: false,
+  showDependencySourceBadge: 'dev',
+  showPublintMessages: false,
+  showMaintainerActions: false,
+  showThirdPartyServices: false,
+  treatFauxAsESM: false,
+  chartColoringMode: 'spectrum',
+  collapseSidepanel: false,
+  chartAnimation: true,
+  preferNpmx: true,
+}
+
 export const settings = useLocalStorage<SettingsOptions>(
   'node-modules-inspector-settings',
-  {
-    graphRender: 'normal',
-    moduleTypeSimple: false,
-    moduleTypeRender: 'badge',
-    deepDependenciesTree: true,
-    dependenciesGroupBy: 'none',
-    packageDetailsTab: 'dependents',
-    colorizePackageSize: true,
-    showInstallSizeBadge: true,
-    showPublishTimeBadge: false,
-    showProvenanceBadge: 'present',
-    showFileComposition: false,
-    showDependencySourceBadge: 'dev',
-    showPublintMessages: false,
-    showMaintainerActions: false,
-    showThirdPartyServices: false,
-    treatFauxAsESM: false,
-    chartColoringMode: 'spectrum',
-    collapseSidepanel: false,
-    chartAnimation: true,
-    preferNpmx: true,
-  },
+  { ...SETTINGS_DEFAULT },
   {
     deep: true,
     mergeDefaults: true,
diff --git a/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/utils/config.ts b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/utils/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0433cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-modules-inspector/src/app/utils/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import type { FilterOptions } from '../../shared/filters'
+import type { NodeModulesInspectorConfig, SettingsOptions } from '../../shared/types'
+import { objectMap } from '@antfu/utils'
+import { toRaw } from 'vue'
+import { FILTERS_SCHEMA } from '../../shared/filters'
+import { rawPayload } from '../state/data'
+import { filters } from '../state/filters'
+import { settings, SETTINGS_DEFAULT } from '../state/settings'
+
+/**
+ * The hard schema defaults, independent of any loaded config file. Diffing
+ * against these makes the generated config reproduce the current UI state
+ * exactly, regardless of an existing `node-modules-inspector.config.ts`.
+ */
+const FILTERS_DEFAULT = objectMap(FILTERS_SCHEMA, (k, v) => [k, v.default]) as FilterOptions
+
+/**
+ * Filter keys that represent transient navigation state rather than
+ * persistent configuration, and therefore should not be serialized.
+ */
+const TRANSIENT_FILTER_KEYS = new Set<keyof FilterOptions>([
+  'search',
+  'focus',
+  'why',
+  'compareA',
+  'compareB',
+])
+
+function isDeepEqual(a: unknown, b: unknown): boolean {
+  if (a === b)
+    return true
+  if (Array.isArray(a) && Array.isArray(b)) {
+    if (a.length !== b.length)
+      return false
+    return a.every((v, i) => isDeepEqual(v, b[i]))
+  }
+  if (a && b && typeof a === 'object' && typeof b === 'object') {
+    const ak = Object.keys(a)
+    const bk = Object.keys(b)
+    if (ak.length !== bk.length)
+      return false
+    return ak.every(k => isDeepEqual((a as any)[k], (b as any)[k]))
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+/**
+ * Collect the current filters that differ from their defaults, omitting
+ * transient navigation state.
+ */
+export function getNonDefaultFilters(): Partial<FilterOptions> {
+  const state = toRaw(filters.state) as FilterOptions
+  const result: Partial<FilterOptions> = {}
+  for (const key of Object.keys(state) as (keyof FilterOptions)[]) {
+    if (TRANSIENT_FILTER_KEYS.has(key))
+      continue
+    if (!isDeepEqual(state[key], FILTERS_DEFAULT[key]))
+      result[key] = structuredClone(toRaw(state[key])) as any
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+/**
+ * Collect the current settings that differ from their defaults.
+ */
+export function getNonDefaultSettings(): Partial<SettingsOptions> {
+  const current = settings.value
+  const result: Partial<SettingsOptions> = {}
+  for (const key of Object.keys(SETTINGS_DEFAULT) as (keyof SettingsOptions)[]) {
+    if (!isDeepEqual(current[key], SETTINGS_DEFAULT[key]))
+      result[key] = structuredClone(toRaw(current[key])) as any
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+/**
+ * Keep only the string entries of a config array (function-based matchers
+ * cannot be serialized and are already stripped when the config is sent to
+ * the frontend).
+ */
+function toStringArray(value: unknown): string[] | undefined {
+  if (!Array.isArray(value))
+    return undefined
+  return value.filter((v): v is string => typeof v === 'string')
+}
+
+const IDENTIFIER_RE = /^[a-z_$][\w$]*$/i
+
+function serialize(value: unknown, indent: number): string {
+  const pad = '  '.repeat(indent)
+  const padInner = '  '.repeat(indent + 1)
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    if (value.length === 0)
+      return '[]'
+    const items = value.map(v => `${padInner}${serialize(v, indent + 1)},`).join('\n')
+    return `[\n${items}\n${pad}]`
+  }
+
+  if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
+    const keys = Object.keys(value)
+    if (keys.length === 0)
+      return '{}'
+    const items = keys.map((k) => {
+      const key = IDENTIFIER_RE.test(k) ? k : JSON.stringify(k)
+      return `${padInner}${key}: ${serialize((value as any)[k], indent + 1)},`
+    }).join('\n')
+    return `{\n${items}\n${pad}}`
+  }
+
+  if (typeof value === 'string')
+    return `'${value.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/'/g, '\\\'')}'`
+
+  return String(value)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate the source of a `node-modules-inspector.config.ts` file that
+ * captures the current filters and settings as defaults, merged on top of the
+ * existing config so its other fields (name, publint, excludes, ...) are
+ * preserved.
+ */
+export function generateConfigFile(): string {
+  const existing = (rawPayload.value?.config ?? {}) as NodeModulesInspectorConfig
+  const config: NodeModulesInspectorConfig = {}
+
+  // Preserve non-filter/settings fields from the existing config, dropping any
+  // that equal the built-in defaults (unconfig injects `fetchNpmMeta`/`publint`
+  // into every loaded config, so they would otherwise always be emitted).
+  if (existing.name != null)
+    config.name = existing.name
+  if (existing.fetchNpmMeta != null && existing.fetchNpmMeta !== true)
+    config.fetchNpmMeta = existing.fetchNpmMeta
+  if (existing.publint != null && existing.publint !== false)
+    config.publint = existing.publint
+  const excludePackages = toStringArray(existing.excludePackages)
+  if (excludePackages?.length)
+    config.excludePackages = excludePackages
+  const excludeDependenciesOf = toStringArray(existing.excludeDependenciesOf)
+  if (excludeDependenciesOf?.length)
+    config.excludeDependenciesOf = excludeDependenciesOf
+
+  // The current filter/settings state already folds in the existing config's
+  // defaults, so diffing against the hard defaults yields the fully-merged
+  // result (existing config values + the user's changes, including resets).
+  const defaultFilters = getNonDefaultFilters()
+  if (Object.keys(defaultFilters).length)
+    config.defaultFilters = defaultFilters
+
+  const defaultSettings = getNonDefaultSettings()
+  if (Object.keys(defaultSettings).length)
+    config.defaultSettings = defaultSettings
+
+  return [
+    `import { defineConfig } from 'node-modules-inspector'`,
+    '',
+    `export default defineConfig(${serialize(config, 0)})`,
+    '',
+  ].join('\n')
+}