xdg-ninja is a shell script that checks for unwanted files and directories in the user's home directory and suggests moving them to an appropriate location. The script uses a configuration file that contains rules for identifying unwanted files and directories. The configurations are from the arch wiki page on XDG_BASE_DIR, antidot, and contributions from other users. The script can be run manually by cloning the repository and running the xdg-ninja.sh script or installed with Homebrew. Optional dependencies include glow for rendering Markdown in the terminal. The script is available on GitHub. The tool has been discussed on Reddit and Hacker News.
If you want something a little easier to install, and especially, allow fixing a couple of those issues safely, and automatically, you can try antidot .
xdg-ninja do already use the antidot rules natively, it's mostly for those who don't want to manually do the safest/easiest of fixes. It should be safe to use alongside xdg-ninja.
You can install it with Homebrew, which means it's available for Macos, too.
It talks about installing with nix package manager. I've never heard of this one. Can anyone comment on how well nix would work foru Ubuntu installations? It sounds like it installs some daemon, which I haven't heard before from a package manager.
I'm not understanding why we don't want some config files in our home dir
Where else would we put them and why would I want to have to back then all up from different places?
Thx
Typically xdg-ninja will tell you how to set things up so as many dot files and directories as possible end up in the correct xdg location instead of cluttering up the top level of your home directory.
