Buttercup for Desktop - Mac, Linux and Windows
Configuration files are stored in OS-specific locations.
Application configuration.
- Linux:
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Buttercup/desktop.config.json - Mac:
~/Library/Preferences/Buttercup/desktop.config.json - Windows:
$APPDATA/Buttercup/Config/desktop.config.json
Storage of connected vaults (not actual vault contents).
- Linux:
$XDG_DATA_HOME/Buttercup/vaults.json - Mac:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Buttercup/vaults.json - Windows:
$LOCALAPPDATA/Buttercup/Data/vaults.json
Stored copies of vaults for offline use.
- Linux:
$(node -e "console.log(os.tmpdir())")/$(whoami)/Buttercup/vaults-offline.cache.json - Mac:
$(node -e "console.log(os.tmpdir())")/Buttercup/vaults-offline.cache.json - Windows:
$(node -e "console.log(os.tmpdir())")/Buttercup/vaults-offline.cache.json
Logs are written for all app sessions.
- Linux:
~/.local/state/Buttercup-nodejsor$XDG_STATE_HOME/Buttercup-nodejs - Mac:
~/Library/Logs/Buttercup-nodejs - Windows:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Buttercup-nodejs\Log
Note that logs for portable Windows applications will be written to the same directory that the executable resides in.
You can view the current releases on the Buttercup Desktop releases page. Under each release are some assets - the various binaries and installers for each platform Buttercup supports. When installing or downloading, make sure to pick the right operating system and architecture for your machine.
Note that at this time, Buttercup only supports x64 (64 bit) machines.
We provide an AppImage build for Linux, because it is the most desirable format for us to release. AppImages support auto-updating, a crucial feature (we feel) for a security application. The other build types do not.
We won't be supporting formats like Snapcraft, deb or rpm images as they do not align with our requirements. Issues requesting these formats will be closed immediately. Discussion on topics like this should be started on other social channels.