go-appdirs

Go package to get application directories such as config and cache.

Platform	Linux/BSDs	macOS	Windows
User-specific data	$XDG_DATA_HOME OR $HOME/.local/share	$HOME/Library/Application Support	Unsupported
User-specific config	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME OR $HOME/.config	$HOME/Library/Application Support	Unsupported
User-specific cache	$XDG_CACHE_HOME OR $HOME/.cache	$HOME/Library/Caches	Unsupported
User-specific logs	$XDG_CACHE_HOME OR $HOME/.cache	$HOME/Library/Logs	Unsupported
Shared data	$XDG_DATA_DIRS OR /usr/local/share	/Library/Application Support	Unsupported
Shared config	$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS OR /etc/xdg	/Library/Application Support	Unsupported
Shared cache	/tmp/$(APP)-cache	/Library/Caches	Unsupported
Shared logs	$(SHARED_DATA)/logs	/Library/Logs	Unsupported

Forked from emersion, which got forked from ProtonMail's implemention, which was inspired by configdir.

Usage

package main

import (
	"os"
	"path/filepath"

	"xiam.li/appdirs"
)

func main() {
	// Get directories for our app
	dirs := appdir.New("my-awesome-app")

	// Get user-specific config dir
	p := dirs.UserConfig()

	// Create our app config dir
	if err := os.MkdirAll(p, 0755); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// Now we can use it
	f, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(p, "config-file"))
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	f.Write([]byte("<3"))
}

License

MIT