Runtime Environment Variables

Elide reads a set of ELIDE_* environment variables from the host at startup to configure directories, logging, and tooling. These are distinct from the guest process.env model (see Environment Variables) — they configure the runtime itself.

Variable	Purpose
`ELIDE_HOME`	Elide home directory.
`ELIDE_LOG`	Runtime log configuration.
`ELIDE_SYS_TMP`	Override for the system temporary directory (used by `os.tmpdir()`).
`ELIDE_CRASH_ROOT`	Override for the crash-report directory (see Crash Reports).
`ELIDE_ERROR_FORMAT`	Selects the terminal error-output format.
`ELIDE_EDITOR`	Editor to open when a command needs one.
`ELIDE_BAZEL`	Bazel-integration toggle for the drop-in compilers.
`ELIDE_KOTLINC_ABI_STRIP`	Enables the experimental Kotlin ABI body-stripping fast path (see the Kotlin compiler page).
`ELIDE_ENGINE_LOG`	When set to `1`, dumps sub-INFO engine logs raw to stderr.
`ELIDE_LOG_STYLE`	Controls log color / styling.
`ELIDE_LOCALE`	Overrides the runtime locale (BCP-47 language tag).
`ELIDE_NO_UPDATE_CHECK`	Disables the background upgrade check (as does a set `CI`).
`ELIDE_DATA_HOME`	Root directory for Elide data and licensing state.

Build-time-only and npm-installer variables are out of scope for this page.