Where Does Pulsar Store Settings and Packages?
Pulsar keeps config.cson, init scripts, and packages in a .pulsar folder in your home directory.
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Pulsar inherited Atom's layout. Everything lives in .pulsar at your home root: ~/.pulsar on macOS and Linux, %USERPROFILE%\.pulsar on Windows. Settings go in config.cson, custom commands in init.coffee, keybindings in keymap.cson, and packages in packages/ and node_modules/.
CSON is CoffeeScript-flavored JSON: indentation instead of braces, comments allowed. Edit through the settings UI or by hand; both write the same files. For a carry-anywhere setup, place .pulsar beside the executable (or pass --portable) and the install becomes self-contained.
Where Pulsar stores this, by platform
~/.pulsar
config.cson, init.coffee, keymap.cson, snippets.cson, plus packages/. ATOM_HOME relocates the whole tree.
~/.pulsar
Same files as macOS. Portable mode uses a .pulsar folder next to the binary instead.
%USERPROFILE%\.pulsar
Same layout under your profile. Dot folders are hidden in Explorer; paste the path directly.
Frequently asked questions
How do I migrate Pulsar to a new machine?
Copy the whole .pulsar folder onto the new machine with Pulsar closed, then launch. Settings, keymaps, snippets, and the package list travel together. Reinstall packages through the built-in manager afterward.
Can I run two separate Pulsar profiles?
Set the ATOM_HOME environment variable to a different folder before launching. Pulsar reads and writes everything there instead, which keeps profiles (say work versus personal) fully separate.
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