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Why does OrbStack use ~/.orbstack and not a directory inside NSApplicationSupportDirectory? #2795

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@marceloexc
marceloexc
opened on Nov 11, 2026
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It is bad practice to be placing hidden files directly in my user home directory. theres a ~/.orbstack folder existing with what seems to be aliases to docker binaries present and some other stuff, which can be placed somewhere else

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most macOS applications, especially native macOS applications, should be using NSURL's NSApplicationSupportDirectory or Swift URL's applicationSupportDirectory so that these files are placed in somewhere neater like ~/Library/Application Support/OrbStack

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placing them in ~/.config/ can work too. but thats mostly meant for bsd/*nix systems. either way, placing them there is neater than littering the home dir

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