Settings
Control Orbit’s machine-level behavior.
Settings collects app preferences, local domain setup, service defaults, cleanup actions, and version context.
Settings
Use tabs for machine-level concerns.
Settings is divided into General, Local Domains, Services, and About. These tabs affect Orbit itself, not one project.
Use this view when the decision affects Orbit itself. Project-specific behavior belongs in project detail, not machine-level settings.
General
Launch and notifications are operational controls.
Start at login keeps local domains available after a macOS login. Notifications surface project crashes and local TLS certificate expiry.
These controls are operational, not cosmetic. They decide whether Orbit starts with macOS and how failures reach you.
Services
Service defaults affect new projects.
Service settings control automatic management, idle stop, which engines are enabled for new projects, service disk usage, first-run wizard reset, and destructive service data cleanup.
- Clear data stops all services and deletes captured data such as mail and databases.
- Installed binaries stay in place when service data is cleared.
- Default engines are applied when a new project is added.
Use this tab to change what new projects inherit. Existing projects keep their own service selection unless you edit them.
Cleanup
Confirm destructive service cleanup before it runs.
Clear data stops services and removes captured service state such as local mail, databases, buckets, and cache files while leaving installed binaries in place.
- Use cleanup only when captured service state is disposable.
- Installed service binaries remain available after cleanup.
- Start affected services again before using Mail, Database, or Storage.
Use this dialog as a boundary before destructive cleanup. It removes captured service state, not the installed service binaries.
About
About confirms the installed desktop runtime.
About shows the Orbit icon, version, platform, domain suffix, proxy address, and project attribution.
Use About when reporting version, platform, domain suffix, or proxy address. It gives support context without leaving the app.