Settings & Configuration

Customize FlareDeck to fit your workflow

Theme

FlareDeck supports three theme modes:

  • Light — Bright interface for well-lit environments
  • Dark — Reduced eye strain for extended sessions
  • System — Automatically matches your OS theme preference

Change the theme from Settings → Appearance.

cloudflared Binary Path

By default, FlareDeck looks for cloudflared in your system PATH. If cloudflared is installed in a non-standard location, you can set the path manually:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Under cloudflared Path, click Browse or enter the full path to the binary.
  3. FlareDeck validates the binary and displays the detected version.
# Default locations
C:\Program Files\cloudflared\cloudflared.exe    # Windows (winget)
C:\Users\<user>\scoop\apps\cloudflared\current\cloudflared.exe  # Windows (scoop)

If you update cloudflared to a new version, FlareDeck will detect the change automatically on next launch.

Default Settings

FlareDeck uses sensible defaults that work for most development scenarios:

SettingDefaultDescription
ThemeSystemMatches OS preference
cloudflared pathAuto-detectSearches PATH
Log buffer size1000 linesMax lines kept in memory per profile
Auto-scroll logsEnabledLog viewer follows new output

Backup Configuration

FlareDeck's state is stored locally. To back up your configuration:

  1. Tunnel configs — Copy ~/.cloudflared/*.yml files. These contain your ingress rules and tunnel settings.
  2. Tunnel credentials — Copy ~/.cloudflared/*.json files. These are required to run named tunnels.
  3. Certificate — The ~/.cloudflared/cert.pem file is your account authorization.

Treat credential files and cert.pem as secrets. Never commit them to version control or share them publicly.

To restore on a new machine, place these files in ~/.cloudflared/ and launch FlareDeck — it will discover and import the existing tunnels as profiles.

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