Reference

Files and environment

Where MOVIE-ADE keeps its own files, and the environment variables it reads or sets.

#userData folder

App data lives in Electron's userData folder. Its name is pinned to ade-movie (not the product name), so data survives renames. Override it with --user-data-dir=<path>.

OS	Path
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/ade-movie/`
Windows	`%APPDATA%\ade-movie\`
Linux	`~/.config/ade-movie/` (or `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ade-movie/`)

settings.json       # settings before 0.1.1, kept as a backup (now ~/.movie-ade/settings.json)
stt-keys.bin        # API keys, encrypted with safeStorage
models/             # downloaded whisper models (ggml-*.bin)
accounts/claude/<id>/   # CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR for added accounts
accounts/codex/<id>/    # CODEX_HOME for added accounts

Your settings are not in this folder: they live in ~/.movie-ade/ (see Configure with settings.json).

A model you picked yourself can live anywhere. The legacy default location ~/.cache/ade-movie/models/ggml-small.bin is still checked.

#Environment variables

Variable	Effect
`CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`, `CODEX_HOME`	Set by MOVIE-ADE for agent tabs when an added account is selected
`GH_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_TOKEN`	Used by `gh` ahead of its own login. MOVIE-ADE warns when either is set
`MOVIE_ADE_CONFIG_DIR`	Folder for `settings.json`, `state.json` and `settings.schema.json` instead of `~/.movie-ade`
Names in `apiKeyEnv`	API keys you point to from `settings.json`. Also read from the project's `.env` and `~/.movie-ade/.env`
`ADE_PROJECT_DIR`	Open (and register) this folder as the project on launch
`ADE_INITIAL_URL`	Load this URL in the built-in browser on launch
`ADE_WHISPER_MODEL`	Absolute path of a GGML model to use for on-device transcription, overriding the downloaded default
`MOVIE_ADE_SENTRY_DSN`	Where crash reports go. Empty means none are sent (see Crash reports)
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	Read from `.env` in development only (`pnpm dev`), never in packaged builds
`PATH`	Used to find `claude`, `codex`, `gh`, `git`, `whisper-cli`. On macOS and Linux, Homebrew, linuxbrew, and snap locations are added

#Inside your project

.ade-movie/reviews/<id>/: reviews (see Data and privacy)
.git/info/exclude: one line, .ade-movie/, added on first recording

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