Get the global cache directory.

Ensures the directory exists.

The cache directory location is OS-specific.

import globalCacheDir from 'global-cache-dir'
const cacheDir = await globalCacheDir('myapp')
// Depending on the OS:
//  => '/Users/ehmicky/Library/Caches/myapp'
//  => '/home/ehmicky/.cache/myapp'
//  => 'C:\Users\ehmicky\AppData\Local\myapp\Cache'

npm install global-cache-dir

This package works in Node.js >=18.18.0.

This is an ES module. It must be loaded using an import or import() statement, not require(). If TypeScript is used, it must be configured to output ES modules, not CommonJS.

name: string
Returns: Promise<string>

name must only use digits, letters or dashes.

• node-cachedir: underlying logic for this module
• find-cache-dir: get the local cache directory

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