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20. Command-line options (the useful ones)

Option What it does
--data-dir <folder> Keep settings, projects and logs in this folder (portable use, testing).
--theme <id> Start with a theme: azure, dark, steel, light, high-contrast, graphite, olive, umber, pine, …
--lang <code> Use a translation if one is installed beside the app.
--settings-page <page> Open Settings on a page (appearance, audio, instrument, midi, export, about).
--export-one-shots <folder> Write the royalty-free one-shot library as files.
--screenshot <file> Save a picture of the window and quit.

There are also many --demo-* switches (used to build the screenshots in this manual and the project's interface sweep); nebula --help lists them all.

Updated 2026-11-02

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