Content
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- [Content](#content)
- [Data Directory](#data-directory)
- [Database](#database)
    - [MySQL](#mysql)
    - [PostgreSQL](#postgresql)

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Data Directory
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Shiori is designed to work out of the box, but you can change where it stores your bookmarks if you need to.

By default, Shiori saves your bookmarks in one of the following directories:

| Platform |                          Directory                           |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Linux    | `${XDG_DATA_HOME}/shiori` (default: `~/.local/share/shiori`) |
| macOS    | `~/Library/Application Support/shiori`                               |
| Windows  | `%LOCALAPPDATA%/shiori`                                      |

If you pass the flag `--portable` to Shiori, your data will be stored  in the `shiori-data` subdirectory alongside the shiori executable.

To specify a custom path, set the `SHIORI_DIR` environment variable.

Database
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Shiori uses an SQLite3 database stored in the above data directory by default. If you prefer, you can also use MySQL or PostgreSQL database by setting it in environment variables.

### MySQL

MySQL example: `SHIORI_DATABASE_URL="mysql://username:password@(hostname:port)/database?charset=utf8mb4"`

You can find additional details in [go mysql sql driver documentation](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name).

### PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL example: `SHIORI_DATABASE_URL="postgres://pqgotest:password@hostname/database?sslmode=verify-full"`

You can find additional details in [go postgres sql driver documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/lib/pq).