xdg

XDG Base Directory Specification for Go

Provides an implementation of the XDG Base Directory Specification. The specification defines a set of standard paths for storing application files, including data and configuration files. For portability and flexibility reasons, applications should use the XDG defined locations instead of hardcoding paths. The package also includes the locations of well known user directories. The current implementation supports Windows, Mac OS and most flavors of Unix.

For more information regarding the XDG Base Directory Specification see: https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

For more information regarding the XDG user directories see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_user_directories

Installation

go get github.com/sour-is/xdg

Default locations

The package defines sensible defaults for XDG variables which are empty or not present in the environment.

XDG Base Directory

	Unix	Mac OS	Windows
XDG_DATA_HOME	~/.local/share	~/Library/Application Support	%LOCALAPPDATA%
XDG_DATA_DIRS	/usr/local/share /usr/share	/Library/Application Support	%APPDATA%\Roaming %PROGRAMDATA%
XDG_CONFIG_HOME	~/.config	~/Library/Preferences	%LOCALAPPDATA%
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS	/etc/xdg	/Library/Preferences	%PROGRAMDATA%
XDG_CACHE_HOME	~/.cache	~/Library/Caches	%LOCALAPPDATA%\cache
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR	/run/user/UID	~/Library/Application Support	%LOCALAPPDATA%

XDG user directories

	Unix	Mac OS	Windows
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR	~/Desktop	~/Desktop	%USERPROFILE%/Desktop
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR	~/Downloads	~/Downloads	%USERPROFILE%/Downloads
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR	~/Documents	~/Documents	%USERPROFILE%/Documents
XDG_MUSIC_DIR	~/Music	~/Music	%USERPROFILE%/Music
XDG_PICTURES_DIR	~/Pictures	~/Pictures	%USERPROFILE%/Pictures
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR	~/Videos	~/Movies	%USERPROFILE%/Videos
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR	~/Templates	~/Templates	%USERPROFILE%/Templates
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR	~/Public	~/Public	%PUBLIC%

Non-standard directories

Application directories

Unix:
- $XDG_DATA_HOME/applications
- ~/.local/share/applications
- /usr/local/share/applications
- /usr/share/applications
- $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications

Mac OS:
- /Applications

Windows:
- %APPDATA%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Font Directories

Unix:
- $XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts
- ~/.fonts
- ~/.local/share/fonts
- /usr/local/share/fonts
- /usr/share/fonts
- $XDG_DATA_DIRS/fonts

Mac OS:
- ~/Library/Fonts
- /Library/Fonts
- /System/Library/Fonts
- /Network/Library/Fonts

Windows:
- %windir%\Fonts
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts