diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 8610c0b5a..21a05e4b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -106,6 +106,28 @@ jobs:
         run: ./bin/allure --version
       - name: Generate demo report
         run: ./bin/allure generate testcmd-smoke-results
+      - name: Verify generated tree data
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $requiredFiles = @(
+            'allure-report/data/behaviors.json',
+            'allure-report/data/behaviors.csv',
+            'allure-report/data/packages.json',
+            'allure-report/widgets/behaviors.json'
+          )
+
+          $missingFiles = $requiredFiles | Where-Object {
+            -not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType Leaf)
+          }
+
+          if ($missingFiles.Count -gt 0) {
+            Write-Error "Missing generated report files: $($missingFiles -join ', ')"
+            exit 1
+          }
+
+          $requiredFiles | ForEach-Object {
+            Write-Host "Verified $_"
+          }
   report:
     needs: [build, testcmd]
     name: "Build report"
diff --git a/allure-commandline/build.gradle.kts b/allure-commandline/build.gradle.kts
index 0682b46b3..dcd43bcf8 100644
--- a/allure-commandline/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/allure-commandline/build.gradle.kts
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@ tasks.distTar {
 val startScripts by tasks.existing(CreateStartScripts::class) {
     applicationName = "allure"
     classpath = files(tasks.jar) + configurations.runtimeClasspath.get() + files("src/lib/config")
-    doLast {
-        unixScript.writeText(unixScript.readText()
-                .replace(Regex("(?m)^APP_HOME="), "export APP_HOME=")
-                .replace("\$(uname)\" = \"Darwin", "")
-        )
-    }
 }
 
 tasks.build {
diff --git a/allure-commandline/src/main/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLine.java b/allure-commandline/src/main/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLine.java
index b1c407659..129fba2a2 100644
--- a/allure-commandline/src/main/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLine.java
+++ b/allure-commandline/src/main/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLine.java
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystemNotFoundException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.ProviderNotFoundException;
+import java.security.CodeSource;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -51,6 +57,10 @@ public class CommandLine {
     protected static final String GENERATE_COMMAND = "generate";
     protected static final String OPEN_COMMAND = "open";
     protected static final String PLUGIN_COMMAND = "plugin";
+    private static final String CONFIG_DIRECTORY = "config";
+    private static final String PLUGINS_DIRECTORY = "plugins";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "allure.yml";
+    private static final String LIB_DIRECTORY = "lib";
 
     private final MainCommand mainCommand;
     private final ServeCommand serveCommand;
@@ -80,20 +90,76 @@ public CommandLine(final Commands commands) {
     }
 
     public static void main(final String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
-        final String allureHome = System.getenv("APP_HOME");
-        final CommandLine commandLine;
-        if (Objects.isNull(allureHome)) {
-            commandLine = new CommandLine((Path) null);
-            LOGGER.info("APP_HOME is not set, using default configuration");
-        } else {
-            commandLine = new CommandLine(Paths.get(allureHome));
+        final Optional<Path> allureHome = resolveAllureHome(System.getenv("APP_HOME"));
+        if (!allureHome.isPresent()) {
+            LOGGER.info("Allure home is not set, using default configuration");
         }
+        final CommandLine commandLine = new CommandLine(allureHome.orElse(null));
         final ExitCode exitCode = commandLine
                 .parse(args)
                 .orElseGet(commandLine::run);
         System.exit(exitCode.getCode());
     }
 
+    static Optional<Path> resolveAllureHome(final String allureHome, final URI codeSource) {
+        if (Objects.nonNull(allureHome)) {
+            return Optional.of(Paths.get(allureHome));
+        }
+        return inferAllureHome(codeSource);
+    }
+
+    private static Optional<Path> resolveAllureHome(final String allureHome) {
+        if (Objects.nonNull(allureHome)) {
+            return Optional.of(Paths.get(allureHome));
+        }
+        return getCodeSource()
+                .flatMap(CommandLine::inferAllureHome);
+    }
+
+    private static Optional<URI> getCodeSource() {
+        try {
+            return Optional.ofNullable(CommandLine.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource())
+                    .map(CodeSource::getLocation)
+                    .map(location -> {
+                        try {
+                            return location.toURI();
+                        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                            LOGGER.debug("Could not resolve commandline location", e);
+                            return null;
+                        }
+                    });
+        } catch (SecurityException e) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Could not access commandline location", e);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Optional<Path> inferAllureHome(final URI codeSource) {
+        try {
+            final Path location = Paths.get(codeSource).toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+            final Path lib = Files.isDirectory(location) ? location : location.getParent();
+            if (Objects.isNull(lib)
+                    || Objects.isNull(lib.getFileName())
+                    || !LIB_DIRECTORY.equals(lib.getFileName().toString())) {
+                return Optional.empty();
+            }
+            final Path home = lib.getParent();
+            return isAllureHome(home)
+                    ? Optional.of(home)
+                    : Optional.empty();
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException | FileSystemNotFoundException | ProviderNotFoundException
+                | SecurityException e) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Could not infer Allure home from commandline location {}", codeSource, e);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isAllureHome(final Path home) {
+        return Objects.nonNull(home)
+                && Files.isRegularFile(home.resolve(CONFIG_DIRECTORY).resolve(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME))
+                && Files.isDirectory(home.resolve(PLUGINS_DIRECTORY));
+    }
+
     public Optional<ExitCode> parse(final String... args) {
         if (args.length == 0) {
             printUsage(commander);
diff --git a/allure-commandline/src/test/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLineTest.java b/allure-commandline/src/test/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLineTest.java
index 6b9cfbdd8..0dd5ded10 100644
--- a/allure-commandline/src/test/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLineTest.java
+++ b/allure-commandline/src/test/java/io/qameta/allure/CommandLineTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -62,6 +63,54 @@ void setUp() {
         this.commandLine = new CommandLine(commands);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Verifies the explicit application home is used as the commandline home.
+     * The test checks APP_HOME has priority over the commandline location.
+     */
+    @Description
+    @Test
+    void shouldResolveAllureHomeFromAppHome(@TempDir final Path temp) {
+        final Path appHome = temp.resolve("custom-home");
+        final URI commandlineLocation = temp.resolve("allure").resolve("lib").resolve("allure-commandline.jar")
+                .toUri();
+
+        final Optional<Path> result = resolveAllureHome(appHome.toString(), commandlineLocation);
+
+        assertThat(result)
+                .hasValue(appHome);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies the commandline can infer an installed distribution home.
+     * The test checks a commandline jar under lib resolves to the parent distribution directory.
+     */
+    @Description
+    @Test
+    void shouldInferAllureHomeFromCommandlineJar(@TempDir final Path temp) throws IOException {
+        final Path allureHome = createAllureHome(temp);
+        final Path commandlineJar = createCommandlineJar(allureHome);
+
+        final Optional<Path> result = resolveAllureHome(null, commandlineJar.toUri());
+
+        assertThat(result)
+                .hasValue(allureHome);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies invalid commandline locations are ignored.
+     * The test checks a candidate without distribution config and plugins does not resolve.
+     */
+    @Description
+    @Test
+    void shouldIgnoreInvalidInferredAllureHome(@TempDir final Path temp) throws IOException {
+        final Path commandlineJar = createCommandlineJar(temp.resolve("invalid-allure"));
+
+        final Optional<Path> result = resolveAllureHome(null, commandlineJar.toUri());
+
+        assertThat(result)
+                .isEmpty();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Verifies that invoking the parser without arguments is rejected.
      * The test checks the command line reports an argument parsing error.
@@ -582,4 +631,55 @@ private String describeMainCommand() {
                 verboseOptions.isQuiet()
         );
     }
+
+    @Step("Create installed Allure home")
+    private Path createAllureHome(final Path temp) throws IOException {
+        final Path allureHome = temp.resolve("allure");
+        Files.createDirectories(allureHome.resolve("config"));
+        Files.write(allureHome.resolve("config").resolve("allure.yml"), Arrays.asList("plugins: []"));
+        Files.createDirectories(allureHome.resolve("plugins"));
+        Allure.addAttachment(
+                "allure-home-layout.txt",
+                "text/plain",
+                String.format(
+                        "home=%s%nconfig=%s%nplugins=%s%n",
+                        allureHome,
+                        allureHome.resolve("config").resolve("allure.yml"),
+                        allureHome.resolve("plugins")
+                ),
+                ".txt"
+        );
+        return allureHome;
+    }
+
+    @Step("Create commandline jar")
+    private Path createCommandlineJar(final Path allureHome) throws IOException {
+        final Path lib = Files.createDirectories(allureHome.resolve("lib"));
+        final Path commandlineJar = lib.resolve("allure-commandline-test.jar");
+        Files.write(commandlineJar, Arrays.asList("commandline jar marker"));
+        Allure.addAttachment(
+                "commandline-location.txt",
+                "text/plain",
+                String.format("commandlineJar=%s%n", commandlineJar),
+                ".txt"
+        );
+        return commandlineJar;
+    }
+
+    @Step("Resolve Allure home")
+    private Optional<Path> resolveAllureHome(final String appHome, final URI commandlineLocation) {
+        final Optional<Path> result = CommandLine.resolveAllureHome(appHome, commandlineLocation);
+        Allure.addAttachment(
+                "allure-home-resolution.txt",
+                "text/plain",
+                String.format(
+                        "appHome=%s%ncommandlineLocation=%s%nresolvedHome=%s%n",
+                        appHome,
+                        commandlineLocation,
+                        result.map(Path::toString).orElse("<empty>")
+                ),
+                ".txt"
+        );
+        return result;
+    }
 }