XDG: Tired of cluttered home directory? A call to action to follow the XDG Base Directory Specification.

The XDG Base Directory Specification is not some new thing, it's been around for a while. Writing a new project? Use it. Updating an old project? Use it. It's not hard to implement, and it's not hard to use.

HackerNews Discussion (2023-03)
Use the XDG Base Directory Specification! (@hyperupcall)
XDG-Ninja(@b3nj5m1n)

This is super easy to implement, you probably don't even need a library. But if you are lazy:

Deno/Node Implementation (@srstevenson)
Go Implementation (@adrg)
Rust Implementation (@whitequark)

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