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Features like element templates and plugins allow you to add your own resources to Desktop Modeler. For these resources to be found, they have to be in one of two directories depending on how local or global you want them to be.

App data directory​

The resources directory relative to the directory containing the Camunda Modeler executable file. In our documentation we refer to it as {APP_DATA_DIRECTORY}.

Resources in the app data directory will be found by any local Camunda Modeler instance.

Example (Windows)​

└── camunda-modeler-5.10.0-win-x64
    ├── Camunda Modeler.exe
    └── resources
        ├── element-templates
        |   └── my-element-templates.json
        └── plugins
            └── my-plugin
                └── index.js

User data directory​

The camunda-modeler/resources directory relative to the per-user application data directory, which by default points to:

  • %APPDATA% on Windows
  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config on Linux
  • ~/Library/Application Support on macOS

In our documentation we refer to it as {USER_DATA_DIRECTORY}.

Resources in the user data directory will be found by all Camunda Modeler instances.

Example (Windows)​

└── AppData
    └── Roaming
        └── camunda-modeler
            └── resources
                ├── element-templates
                |   └── my-element-templates.json
                └── plugins
                    └── my-plugin
                        └── index.js

Example (macOS)​

└── Library
    └── Application Support
        └── camunda-modeler
            └── resources
                ├── element-templates
                |   └── my-element-templates.json
                └── plugins
                    └── my-plugin
                        └── index.js

It is possible to change the user data directory using the --user-data-dir option via when starting Camunda Modeler from the command line. Refer to the flags documentation on how to configure the application with a flags file.