Settings
Settings opens over whatever screen you are on, with its sections listed down the left. Press G then S from the main window, or click the gear at the bottom of the sidebar.
The five sections down the left. Machines are not among them — they have their own place in the sidebar.
The five sections
Section titled “The five sections”| Section | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Roasting | Recording Automation, Automatic Milestone Marking, and the Rate of Rise reading and scale. See Roast Automation and Rate of Rise. |
| Preferences | Appearance, units and currency, keyboard, assistant, privacy, and the support tools. Covered below. |
| Warehouses | The storage locations your Lots sit in. See Coffee lines. |
| Your data | Export a copy of your whole account. See Export your data. |
| Account | Your plan, billing, and sign-out, and Import from Artisan or Cropster. To delete your account, email hello@rostoc.co from the account’s email address. Deletion is permanent. |
Each section has its own address, so a link that points at one lands on it rather than dropping you at the top. Links made before Settings became a hub still work — Rostoc forwards them to the section that now owns them.
Machines are no longer in Settings. They have their own place in the sidebar; press G then M or see Manage Machines.
Your settings follow your account
Section titled “Your settings follow your account”Your choices are kept with your Rostoc account, not with the computer: keyboard shortcuts, the Rate of Rise reading, chart and inventory views, Roast Studio’s Readouts and panels, the sidebar, the label stock you last printed on, and the columns each table shows. Sign in on another computer, or in the web app, and they are as you left them. When several people share one computer, each account keeps its own, and signing in as someone else never changes yours. Setting up Rostoc is remembered per account on each computer, so a second person signing in does not send you back to setup.
Appearance
Section titled “Appearance”Rostoc has a light and a dark theme for the whole app. Toggle Dark mode under Appearance to switch between them.
Units & Measurements
Section titled “Units & Measurements”Set how Rostoc displays values everywhere — roasting, inventory, and stock valuation:
- Temperature unit — Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- Working unit — kilograms (kg) or pounds (lb).
- Currency — pick yours from the searchable list.
These are display preferences: changing them converts what you see, so you can switch at any time. Currency is the one you read totals in; each purchase keeps the currency it was actually made in. See Coffee lines for what that means for stock value.
Keyboard
Section titled “Keyboard”The Keyboard group holds the Single-key shortcuts switch — letter keys like F for First Crack work without a modifier. Turn it off if single letters conflict with assistive tools; shortcuts using Cmd or Ctrl stay active. See Keyboard shortcuts for the full list and customization.
Assistant
Section titled “Assistant”Two switches control when the in-app assistant offers help without being asked:
- Batch suggestions — starting points for discussing a roast when you open a Batch. Turn it off and the assistant stays quiet; you can still ask about the Batch yourself.
- Connection help — help offered when a Machine fails to connect.
See AI and support for what the assistant can do.
Privacy
Section titled “Privacy”Find other roasting software looks for other roasting software on this computer, so Rostoc can set itself up faster. It is on by default; turn it off here.
Import from Artisan or Cropster
Section titled “Import from Artisan or Cropster”Account has a Roasting software card with Import from Artisan or Cropster. Click it and Rostoc reads your Artisan or Cropster setup on this computer again — machines, Plans, green coffee and roast history — and offers only what is not in your account yet, so nothing comes in twice. Use it after installing Rostoc on another computer you roast from, or to bring in profiles you left out during setup. While it reads, the screen says Looking for Artisan or Cropster. When everything is in your account already, it says Nothing new on this computer; with neither program on the computer, Nothing found on this computer.
It walks you through the setup steps again; see Bring in your Artisan or Cropster setup. It is in the desktop app only.
Your plan and roast count
Section titled “Your plan and roast count”Account shows your plan and how many roasts you have used.
- On the free trial, you have 30 recorded roasts on Growth, with no time limit. Account shows how many of the 30 you have used.
- After the trial, you keep roasting on the free Hobby plan: 30 recorded roasts a month, starting fresh on the 1st. The roasts you made during the trial don’t count toward your first month. Account shows Roasts this month, and when you get close to 30 it tells you the date your roasts come back.
- Imported roasts never count, on the trial or on any plan. Only a roast you record in Rostoc does.
To roast more than your plan allows in a month, upgrade from Account. See rostoc.co/pricing for the plans.
Support & Diagnostics
Section titled “Support & Diagnostics”The Support & Diagnostics group collects the tools for getting help: Send Feedback reaches the Rostoc team from inside the app, Export Diagnostics creates a ZIP file with logs and system info to share with support, and Open Logs Folder shows the raw log files. See AI and support for when to use each.
Updates
Section titled “Updates”Rostoc keeps itself up to date without interrupting your work. The app checks for updates shortly after it starts and downloads new versions in the background — you’ll see a small progress chip in the top-right corner of the main window while this happens, and you can keep roasting normally.
When the download is ready, the chip changes to Update ready. Click it to review the release notes and choose Restart now or Later:
- Restart now applies the already-downloaded update. On macOS and Linux, Rostoc restarts in a few seconds. On Windows, the app closes and the installer runs; from Rostoc 0.4.6 this takes much less time than it used to.
- Later keeps the update waiting; the chip stays in the corner until you’re ready. The downloaded update survives quitting the app, so nothing is re-downloaded next time.
If a roast is recording when you click Restart now, the roast carries on. A message reads The update will install after this roast, and the chip reads Update after roast. Rostoc waits for the roast to end and its Batch to reach your account, then restarts to install. Click Later to withdraw it. If Rostoc cannot confirm that the Batch was uploaded — for example, the roast was saved on this computer while offline — it does not restart and tells you; install from Update ready once the upload is done.
You can also check on demand with Rostoc → Check for Updates… in the menu bar, on macOS, Windows, and Linux alike.