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+date: "2017-04-08T11:34:00+02:00"
+title: "Environment variables"
+slug: "environment-variables"
+weight: 20
+toc: false
+draft: false
+menu:
+  sidebar:
+    parent: "advanced"
+    name: "Environment variables"
+    weight: 20
+    identifier: "environment-variables"
+---
+
+# Environment variables
+
+This is an inventory of Gitea environment variables. They change Gitea behaviour.
+
+Initialize them before Gitea command to be effective, for example:
+
+```
+GITEA_CUSTOM=/home/gitea/custom ./gitea web
+```
+
+## From Go language
+
+As Gitea is written in Go, it uses some Go variables, such as:
+
+  * `GOOS`
+  * `GOARCH`
+  * [`GOPATH`](https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-GOPATH_environment_variable)
+
+For documentation about each of the variables available, refer to the
+[official Go documentation](https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Environment_variables).
+
+## Gitea files
+
+  * `GITEA_WORK_DIR`: Absolute path of working directory.
+  * `GITEA_CUSTOM`: Gitea uses `GITEA_WORK_DIR`/custom folder by default. Use this variable
+     to change *custom* directory.
+  * `GOGS_WORK_DIR`: Deprecated, use `GITEA_WORK_DIR`
+  * `GOGS_CUSTOM`: Deprecated, use `GITEA_CUSTOM`
+
+## Operating system specifics
+
+  * `USER`: System user that Gitea will run as. Used for some repository access strings.
+  * `USERNAME`: if no `USER` found, Gitea will use `USERNAME`
+  * `HOME`: User home directory path. The `USERPROFILE` environment variable is used in Windows.
+
+### Only on Windows
+
+  * `USERPROFILE`: User home directory path. If empty, uses `HOMEDRIVE` + `HOMEPATH`
+  * `HOMEDRIVE`: Main drive path used to access the home directory (C:)
+  * `HOMEPATH`: Home relative path in the given home drive path
+
+## Macaron (framework used by Gitea)
+
+  * `HOST`: Host Macaron will listen on
+  * `PORT`: Port Macaron will listen on
+  * `MACARON_ENV`: global variable to provide special functionality for development environments
+     vs. production environments. If MACARON_ENV is set to "" or "development", then templates will
+     be recompiled on every request. For more performance, set the MACARON_ENV environment variable
+     to "production".
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+  * `SKIP_MINWINSVC`: If set to 1, do not run as a service on Windows.