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tebjan/vvvv-skills

vvvv-startup

Covers launching vvvv gamma from the command line or programmatically -- normal startup, opening specific .vl patches, command-line arguments, package repositories, and key filesystem paths (install directory, user data, sketches, exports, packages).

First seen Mar 5, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add tebjan/vvvv-skills --skill vvvv-startup
View on skills.sh ↗ GitHub repository ↗

Summary

  • Covers launching vvvv gamma from the command line or programmatically -- normal startup, opening specific .vl patches, command-line arguments, package repositories, and key filesystem paths (install directory, user data, sketches, exports, packages).
  • Use when starting vvvv, configuring launch arguments, setting up package repositories, or finding vvvv's data directories.

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Version1.0
LicenseCC-BY-SA-4.0
CompatibilityDesigned for coding AI agents assisting with vvvv gamma development
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author
Tebjan Halm
version
1.0

Package contents

Files included with this skill beyond the listing page.

  • skill md SKILL.md 4,110 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 393 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 51 installs

SKILL.md

Launching vvvv gamma

Filesystem Paths

Location Path
Install directory C:\Program Files\vvvv\vvvvgammaX.Y-win-x64\
User data (AppData) %LOCALAPPDATA%\vvvv\gamma\
Documents root %USERPROFILE%\Documents\vvvv\gamma\
Sketches %USERPROFILE%\Documents\vvvv\gamma\Sketches
Exports %USERPROFILE%\Documents\vvvv\gamma\Exports
User packages %LOCALAPPDATA%\vvvv\gamma\nugets
Log file (when enabled) %USERPROFILE%\Documents\vvvv\gamma\vvvv.log

Preview builds use gamma-preview instead of gamma in the above paths.

Normal Launch

# Launch vvvv (opens with default empty patch)
"C:\Program Files\vvvv\vvvv_gamma_7.0-win-x64\vvvv.exe"

# Open a specific patch
vvvv.exe MyProject.vl

# Open multiple files
vvvv.exe --open "FileA.vl;FileB.vl"

Package Repositories and Editable Packages

These two arguments work together and are the most important for development:

  • --package-repositories tells vvvv where to look for packages. Provide the parent folder of each package (the folder containing the package directory, not the package directory itself).
  • --editable-packages tells vvvv which packages from those repositories to load from source instead of pre-compiled cache (read-only). Glob patterns are supported.

You must use both together when working on a package from source:

# Given this folder structure:
#   D:\Projects\
#     VL.MyLib\           <-- the package
#       VL.MyLib.vl
#     VL.MyOtherLib\      <-- another package
#       VL.MyOtherLib.vl

# The parent folder "D:\Projects" is the package repository
vvvv.exe --package-repositories "D:\Projects" --editable-packages "VL.MyLib*" --debug

# Multiple repositories (semi-colon separated)
vvvv.exe --package-repositories "D:\Projects;D:\SharedLibs" --editable-packages "VL.MyLib*;VL.SharedUtils" --debug

# Open a specific help patch for testing
vvvv.exe --package-repositories "D:\Projects" --editable-packages "VL.MyLib*" -o "D:\Projects\VL.MyLib\help\HowTo Use Feature.vl" --debug

Without --package-repositories, vvvv won't find your local package sources, and --editable-packages will have no effect.

Common Argument Combinations

# Development: debug symbols + allow multiple instances
vvvv.exe MyProject.vl --debug --allowmultiple

# Troubleshooting: skip cache, enable logging
vvvv.exe MyProject.vl --nocache --log

# Minimal startup: no extensions, no backend (fast launch for patch editing)
vvvv.exe --noextensions --disable-backend

# Paused on startup (runtime won't start until you press play)
vvvv.exe MyProject.vl --stoppedonstartup

# Skip splash screen
vvvv.exe --no-splash

For the complete argument reference, see [cli-reference.md](cli-reference.md).

Detecting vvvv Installations

To find vvvv programmatically:

  1. Windows Registry: Enumerate HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for subkeys starting with vvvvgamma. Read the InstallLocation value.
  2. Default path: Scan C:\Program Files\vvvv\ for directories matching vvvvgamma*.
  3. Version parsing: Extract version from directory name format vvvvgammaMAJOR.MINOR[-PREVIEW-HASH-PLATFORM].
  4. Filtering: Exclude -beta, -alpha, -rc, -test, -dev, etc. variants if not explicitly requested.
  5. Selection: Sort by major DESC, minor DESC, preview number DESC. Pick the latest and ask the user if that or another one should be used.

The executable is at <install-dir>\vvvv.exe.