This is an advanced feature, only use if you know what you are doing.
Decky can be given various environment variables on startup which are used to overwrite various settings. On a standard install you'd do this by editing the .service file. For more info, the code for these can be viewed in the 3 localplatform python files in the backend folder.
| Environment Variable | Description | Default Value |
| String options | ||
PRIVILEGED_PATH |
The root of the decky folder | /home/deck/homebrew[1] |
UNPRIVILEGED_PATH |
The root of the decky folder | /home/deck/homebrew[1:1] |
SERVER_HOST |
The host for decky's server | 127.0.0.1 |
SERVER_PORT |
Which port decky runs the server on | 1337 |
LOG_LEVEL |
The level of logging | INFO[2] |
| Boolean Options | ||
CHOWN_PLUGIN_PATH |
Is the plugin path chowned | 1 |
LIVE_RELOAD |
Should plugins automatically reload when changes are detected | 1 |
KEEP_SYSTEMD_SERVICE |
Should the systemd service be kept on decky updates | 0 |