Where Does MagicaVoxel Store Models and Config?
MagicaVoxel is portable: models, config, and palettes live beside the executable wherever you put it.
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MagicaVoxel keeps everything next to its own executable. Models save as .vox files where you put them, settings live in config files beside the app, and palettes ship in the folder.
Portability is the entire backup strategy. The app writes nothing to AppData or the registry, so the folder is the install, the settings, and the archive all at once. Copy it to a USB stick and it runs from there with everything intact.
Where MagicaVoxel stores this, by platform
MagicaVoxel folder (models + config beside exe)
Models as .vox files wherever you save them. Config and palettes sit beside the executable. The whole folder is portable: copy it and everything follows.
MagicaVoxel folder (models + config beside app)
Same portable layout on Mac. Keep .vox files with your art and the folder intact for settings.
MagicaVoxel folder (models + config beside binary)
Same portable layout on Linux. No system directories involved; back up the folder like documents.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move everything to a new PC?
Copy the whole MagicaVoxel folder. Models, config, and palettes travel together since everything lives beside the executable by design.
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