File locations

Akron file paths for saves, recordings, captures, proofs, and mod data.

Most paths are relative to Everest.PathGame (the active Celeste/Everest installation directory). StartPos snapshots resolve from AppContext.BaseDirectory, which normally points to the same installation root. The exact root varies across Steam, Flatpak, Wine, portable installs, and custom prefixes.

User data

Path	Contents
Saves/AkronSetups	Exported and imported .akr setup packs.
Saves/AkronBackups	Automatic and manual save backups.
Saves/AkronLogs	Akron diagnostic logs and rotated log files.
Saves/AkronStartPos	Runtime-managed, compressed v10 StartPos snapshots. Do not edit these files manually.
Saves/AkronRecordings	Video recordings and clips. Akron writes here by default; the output folder is configurable via the recorder settings.
Saves/AkronAutomation	Automation command-queue input and result files. Normal player workflows do not need this directory.
Saves/AkronProof	Proof sidecar JSON files written by the proof system and area-completion captures.
Saves/AkronRoomStats	Room practice statistics exported as TSV files.
Saves/AkronControlDisplay	Control Display preset files for import and export.
Saves/AkronThemes	Overlay theme .akr packs for import and export.
Saves/AkronHudLabels	Custom HUD label .akr packs for import and export.
Saves/AkronTools	Locally supplied tool binaries. The recorder checks Saves/AkronTools/ffmpeg before system locations.
Saves/AkronNative	Extracted native runtime libraries, organized by runtime identifier.
Saves/AkronDebug	Debug snapshots written on demand for troubleshooting.
Saves/AkronShowcaseMarkers	Diagnostic timeline and detail TSV files. Akron creates this directory only when showcase markers are explicitly enabled.

For a Flatpak-based Steam install, the typical base path is:

~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Celeste

Screenshot tool exports

The screenshot scanner writes images to an export tree under Everest.PathGame. The default root folder is AkronScreenshotTool_Exports and is configurable via the screenshot tool settings.

The directory layout is:

{ExportRoot}/{chapter SID}/{side letter}/{room name}/{filename}.{png|jpg}

Each captured room also gets a room.json file with room position, room size, camera size, and viewport dimensions. Tile filenames use ScreenshotTool-style center-relative camera offsets, such as 0000,dx=160,dy=90.png.

Room Capture writes a merged room collage as merged.png or merged.jpg in the captured room directory when the scan tiles can be merged safely. Map Capture writes the same per-room output and also writes a world-space chapter collage as map.png or map.jpg at the side-level export directory when at least one scanned room can be merged. If Only marked rooms is enabled, Map Capture writes separate room images under marked-rooms/<timestamp>/ instead of writing a side-level map collage. If Downscale map is enabled, the map collage may be scaled down to avoid unsafe image dimensions.

Mod data

Path	Contents
Source/Resources	Embedded Akron resources included with the mod source.

Streamer Mode

When Streamer Mode is active, Akron-owned UI displays only the filename or final folder name instead of the full local filesystem path.

Shareable files

File type	Sharing note
.akr files	Setup, theme, HUD-label, and control-display packs intended for preserving setup state or sharing. These are separate from Backups tab ZIPs.
Catalog JSON	Community-pack index data maintained for shared catalog browsing.
Runtime-managed files	Not intended for manual editing unless a troubleshooting page gives explicit recovery steps.