Where Does Mellium Store Accounts and Chats?
Mellium keeps accounts and chat state in XDG config and data folders on Linux, with everything in plain files.
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Mellium follows XDG on Linux. Accounts and settings sit under the config tree, chat state under the data tree. Plain files throughout, no hidden databases to decode.
Confirm exact folder names on your install before scripting backups, since Mellium packaging differs across distros. The pair of trees is the whole migration: copy both with the client closed and the new machine continues cleanly. Server side archives cover gaps when the client copy is partial.
Where Mellium stores this, by platform
~/.config/mellium
Accounts and settings in the XDG config tree. Confirm the folder name on your build. Copy with the client closed.
~/.local/share/mellium
Chat state and caches beside the config. Pair both trees for complete moves. Server archives fill gaps when local history is incomplete.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Mellium to a new computer?
Copy the config and data folders to the same XDG paths on the new machine. Accounts, history, and settings travel together. Confirm the exact folder names on your build first, since packaging varies.
Where is Mellium chat history?
In the data tree beside the config, as plain files per account. Export anything critical to text as well, since client formats shift between releases.
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