XDG Base Directory

The XDG Base Directory spec determines where to store files in linux.

• config files
• cache files
• data files

Documentation

official docs

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

Locations

~/.config/{program}/	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/{program}
~/.local/share/{program}	$XDG_DATA_HOME/{program}
~/.cache/{program}	$XDG_CACHE_HOME/{program}