Saving & Organising Projects
de:volt saves circuit projects to Supabase-backed cloud storage, so your work follows you to any device once you are signed in. This page covers everyday saving and how to keep a growing dashboard organised. Two related Pro features have their own pages: Version History and Sharing Projects.
Signing in
You can build and simulate without an account. To save to the cloud, click
Sign in in the header, enter your email, and follow the magic link — no
password. Sessions are shared across the de:volt sites on *.devoltapp.com.
Saving to the cloud
- Manual save — press
Cmd/Ctrl + Sat any time. If you are not signed in you will be prompted to authenticate first. - Autosave — once a project exists, de:volt autosaves a few seconds after you stop editing, and at least every 30 seconds during continuous work. Toggle it with the Autosave switch in the toolbar. Autosave pauses while you are offline.
Every save — manual or autosave — is recorded as a revision, which is what makes version history possible on Pro.
The dashboard
Your projects live at /dashboard.
New projects start as Untitled — rename them inline on the project card or
from the editor toolbar. Each card has a context menu for renaming, moving,
duplicating, and deleting (delete asks for confirmation).
Hobby limits
You are never blocked from building. Limits apply only when you save to the cloud.
On the Hobby plan you can keep 5 cloud projects, each up to 100 components. When you try to save a 6th project, or save a circuit larger than 100 components, de:volt shows a prompt that names the limit and links to the upgrade page. Pro removes both limits. See Hobby vs Pro for the full comparison.
Archiving a project does not free a slot — archived projects still count toward the 5-project limit. To free a slot, delete a project you no longer need.
Organising your dashboard
All of the organisation tools below are available on every plan, including Hobby.
Folders
Create folders in the dashboard sidebar and move projects into them with Move to folder on a project card. Folders can be nested. Deleting a folder keeps its projects (they move back out of the folder).
Tags
Tag projects with Manage tags on a card, optionally giving each tag a colour. Filter the dashboard by selecting one or more tag chips — multiple tags filter with AND (a project must have every selected tag to show).
Star, archive, search, and sort
- Star a project to pin it to the Starred view.
- Archive finished projects to move them to the Archived view and out of your main list.
- Search by project name.
- Sort by Recent, Name (A–Z), or Created date.
Templates
de:volt ships a small set of starter templates and lets you turn any project into your own template. Both are free.
- Starter templates appear in the Templates view of the dashboard — ready-made circuits such as an Arduino Uno blink, an Arduino PWM RGB LED, and a 555 LED chaser. Open one to start a new project from it.
- Save as template on a project card marks that project as a personal template (shown with a template badge). Use New from template to start a fresh copy; the copy is an ordinary project that counts toward your project limit.