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

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**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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**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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