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Where does Drafft save projects?

A topic by Designer Vale created Apr 05, 2023 Views: 177 Replies: 3
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I use an external hard drive and work on multiple computers. When I opened Drafft on another computer none of my project showed up. Does anyone know where Drafft saves the project files, or if there is a way to make the default save location my external hard drive?

Developer

Hello! Unfortunately there is no customization yet for project folders: Projects and user settings are saved in Per-user application data directory, which by default points to:

%APPDATA% on Windows
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config on Linux
~/Library/Application Support on macOS

example in Linux:

~/.config/drafft ls -lh

18:35:24
Permissions Size User Date Modified Name
drwxrwxr-x     - baj   8 Apr  2:49  backups
drwx------     - baj   8 Apr  0:52  blob_storage
drwx------     - baj   8 Apr  2:50  Cache
drwx------     - baj  12 Dec  2020  Code Cache
.rw-rw-r--  2,3k baj   8 Apr  2:49  config.json
.rw-------   20k baj  15 Dec  2020  Cookies
.rw-------     0 baj  15 Dec  2020  Cookies-journal
drwx------     - baj  12 Dec  2020  Crash Reports
.rw-------    67 baj  14 Dec  2020  Custom Dictionary.txt
.rw-------    57 baj  14 Dec  2020  Custom Dictionary.txt.backup
drwx------     - baj  12 Dec  2020  databases
drwx------     - baj  12 Dec  2020  Dictionaries
drwxrwxr-x     - baj  12 Dec  2020  extensions
.rw-rw-r--  1,7k baj  24 Feb 19:01  fgf.json
drwx------     - baj  12 Dec  2020  GPUCache
drwx------     - baj  24 Feb 19:27  IndexedDB
drwx------     - baj  12 Dec  2020  Local Storage
.rw-------  1,2k baj  30 Mar 20:09  Network Persistent State
.rw-------   32k baj   8 Apr  2:39  Preferences
.rw-------   53k baj   8 Apr  2:49  QuotaManager
.rw-------  8,7k baj   8 Apr  2:50  QuotaManager-journal
drwx------     - baj   8 Apr  2:22  Session Storage
drwx------     - baj  15 Dec  2020  shared_proto_db
.rw-------   372 baj  17 Dec  2020  TransportSecurity
drwx------     - baj  15 Dec  2020  VideoDecodeStats

I agree it would be nice to make it more portable and customizable! Hope it helps!

Meanwhile a (rather cumbersome) workaround you could try is using exports. but its not what you are asking for.

No, this is great. If I did it thought the export option, would I import it using the "Restore Database from file in a new project"?

Also, since I have your attention, I love this product. I bought it a couple months ago, and hadn't used it a lot, but since you have added GML to Drafft I use it daily and I have made more progress with my project in 2 weeks than I have in 2 years. I have ADHD and this is one of the few organizational/project management products that actually helps keep me on track. So thank you a lot, this is a great tool and I hope you continue to update it and make it even better than it already is. I really appreciate all of your work on this amazing product!

Developer

Yes, “Restore Database from file in a new project” would be the workaround, it’s not really thought to be used as a “portable” save system, but might work! I will add “Customize Install location” as a feature request. Another approach could be just copying/syncing the %APPDATA%/drafft folder (untested)

Thanks! It really means a lot!! I have a few ideas on next features to add, and comment like this are really motivating. I’m really glad you are finding the tool useful.