File Locations

This page provides a quick reference for where Floe creates and stores its files on your system.

Windows

macOS

Linux

Public files

• Default sample libraries folder: C:\Users\Public\Floe\Libraries\
• Default presets folder: C:\Users\Public\Floe\Presets\
• Preferences: C:\Users\Public\Floe\Preferences\floe.ini
• Autosaves: C:\Users\Public\Floe\Autosaves\

Plugins

• CLAP plugin: C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\Floe.clap
• VST3 plugin: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Floe.vst3

Auxiliary files

• Persistent store: %APPDATA%\Floe\persistent_store
• Device ID: %APPDATA%\Floe\device_id
• Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Floe\Logs\

Mirage files

These are only relevant if you used to have Mirage installed.

• Preferences: C:\ProgramData\Mirage\Settings\mirage.json
• Preferences (alternate): C:\Users\<your-name>\AppData\Local\FrozenPlain\Mirage\mirage.json
• VST2: C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins\mirage64.dll
• VST2 (alternate): C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\mirage64.dll
• VST2 (alternate): C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST2\mirage64.dll
• VST2 (alternate): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\VST2\mirage64.dll

Notes

Auxiliary files can be deleted at any time (although you may have to re-set some preferences) - they will be recreated by Floe the next time it starts up.

floe.ini is user-editable. We currently do not have have documentation for its contents. But the mechanisms are in place: changes you make to this file are instantly reflected in Floe. Floe's UI preferences panel also edits this file.

persistent_store is a small binary file for storing things that are preferable to persist between sessions.

device_id is a randomly generated ID that we use when error-reporting is switched on so that we can identify 'devices' and get data on the error/crash rate of our releases.

Logs are small diagnostic text files that can be useful when troubleshooting issues.