# Is there a Julia Pkg for user data dir (appdirs)?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632>\
**Category:** Data\
**Tags:** question, package\
**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632 "2020-10-19T14:33:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![zkamvar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zkamvar/32/18777_2.png) [@zkamvar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zkamvar)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632/1 "2020-10-19T14:33:59Z")

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I’m curious if there are any Julia Pkgs that port [python’s appdirs](https://pypi.org/project/appdirs/).

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**Author:** ![misha\_mikhasenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/misha_mikhasenko/32/5060_2.png) [@misha\_mikhasenko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/misha_mikhasenko)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632/2 "2020-10-19T14:54:51Z")

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have a look at [DrWatson.jl](https://juliadynamics.github.io/DrWatson.jl/dev/project/#Navigating-a-Project-1). Maybe that is it

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**Author:** ![zkamvar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zkamvar/32/18777_2.png) [@zkamvar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zkamvar)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632/4 "2020-10-19T15:42:33Z")

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DrWatson.jl appears to be a good solution for files associated with a single project (much like the [{here} R package](https://here.r-lib.org/) which is immensely useful in other contexts, so thank you!), but it doesn’t address the issue if I need files that can be accessed by several projects on the same computer, which is what appdirs does.

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632/5 "2020-10-19T19:00:12Z")

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> [@ANN: Scratch.jl -- package specific mutable data containers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-scratch-jl-package-specific-mutable-data-containers/45855):
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> Scratch.jl [Scratch.jl](https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Scratch.jl) implements package-specific namespaced mutable data scratch spaces/containers. The spaces can contain datasets, text, binaries, or any other data that is convenient to store in a package-specific location. Scratch spaces are designed for data caches that are completely managed by a package and should be removed when the package itself is uninstalled. In the current implementation, scratch spaces are removed during Pkg garbage collection if the owning package has been remov…

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**Author:** ![zkamvar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zkamvar/32/18777_2.png) [@zkamvar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zkamvar)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632/6 "2020-10-19T20:20:41Z")

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It looks like the scratchspaces all live within the `~/.julia/` directory. Is this compatible with Windows, and macOS and/or is it possible to have the directory conform to the standards of appdirs?

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**Author:** ![kmundnic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@kmundnic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kmundnic)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-pkg-for-user-data-dir-appdirs/48632/7 "2020-10-19T21:28:35Z")

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This is compatible with MacOS. Don’t know about Windows.