Use the XDG Base Directory Specification

• boxxy

  10 1,222 8.6 Rust

  boxxy puts bad Linux applications in a box with only their files.

macOS + systemd? If on Linux this tool allows you to move config dir and file locations transparently. Pretty neat. https://github.com/queer/boxxy

• Cargo

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  The Rust package manager

  

• InfluxDB

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• rfcs

  666 5,711 9.8 Markdown

  RFCs for changes to Rust

  

• xdg-ninja

  20 2,175 8.6 Haskell

  A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories.

https://github.com/b3nj5m1n/xdg-ninja

This utility has been a lifesaver to clean up my home directory.

• directories-rs

  5 697 4.0 Rust

  a mid-level library that provides config/cache/data paths, following the respective conventions on Linux, macOS and Windows

  

At least for rust applications of your own, you can use the library https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-rs to follow XDG on Linux as well as platform conventions on Mac and Windows.

• platformdirs

  3 494 8.1 Python

  A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a "user data dir".

  

Start with pythons “projectdirs”, which refuses to allow mac systems to use XDG or at least have that option.

https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs/issues/4

• neovim

  1,384 76,665 10.0 Vim Script

  Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

  

Yes, it's only a month old!

https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/22128

I actually have something similar in some of my old old projects. And I'd expect I ripped the idea off from somewhere. But I don't know who to cite. :(

• SaaSHub

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• dotfiles

  1 0 4.6 Shell

  Dotfiles (by Larusso)

Nice. Thanks for that.

This is my launch agent. https://github.com/Larusso/dotfiles/blob/master/.config/yadm...

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