Data Directory

About

The HELIO Data Directory is a crucial component of the HELIO runtime environment. It is the primary location where the runtime stores all of its data, including project files, user databases, and basic runtime configuration.

Default Location

HELIO keeps its Data Directory in an OS-specific location. This folder is created when you first launch the Runtime on your development machine or your target device.

Operating System	Path
Linux	~/.config/HELIO
Windows	%AppData%HELIO
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/HELIO

Anatomy

Organized by HELIO-Version Number

HELIO manages this directory using folders for every HELIO version that has been installed on this machine:

  HELIO (Data Directory)
  ├─ 8.4.0
  │  ├─	...
  ├─ 9.7.0
  │  ├─	...

Upgrades & Migrations Handled with Care

When a new HELIO version is run for the first time, the most recent version folder with all of its data will be cloned.

Tip: The version directories are cloned by creating hard links instead of proper copies. This preserves disk space, since assets do not occupy any additional disk space as more cloned slots are created.

If you revert to a previous HELIO version, the original data will be used.

  HELIO (Data Directory)
  ├─ 8.4.0
  │  ├─	...
  ├─ 9.7.0
  │  ├─	... 
  ├─ 10.0.0
  │  ├─	Most of the new files in here will be hard
  │  │  links to previous versions.

If the upgrade didn’t work, you can always go back and open your previous version of HELIO which will simply uses the old untouched version folder.

Once this done, you can safely report a bug by contacting our support, have the issues resolved and fixed. And then update to the fixed version.