diff --git a/.rtfd-requirements.txt b/.rtfd-requirements.txt
index a92c2e3..ad02bd0 100644
--- a/.rtfd-requirements.txt
+++ b/.rtfd-requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ pydantic==2.9.2 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
 pygls==1.3.1 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
 pygments==2.18.0 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
 pyspellchecker==0.8.1 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
-pyxdg==0.28 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
 requests==2.32.3 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
 restructuredtext-lint==1.4.0 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0 ; python_version >= "3.12" and python_version < "4"
diff --git a/.stubs/xdg/BaseDirectory.pyi b/.stubs/xdg/BaseDirectory.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae1061..0000000
--- a/.stubs/xdg/BaseDirectory.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-from typing import Final
-
-def save_state_path(*resource: str) -> str:
-    ...
-
-def get_runtime_dir(*, strict: bool = ...) -> str:
-    ...
-
-xdg_config_home: Final[str] = ...
diff --git a/.stubs/xdg/__init__.pyi b/.stubs/xdg/__init__.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index 548d2d4..0000000
--- a/.stubs/xdg/__init__.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
diff --git a/.vscode/dictionary.txt b/.vscode/dictionary.txt
index 281b99d..d438420 100644
--- a/.vscode/dictionary.txt
+++ b/.vscode/dictionary.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ paren
 parseable
 pipx
 plabel
+platformdirs
 popen
 postprocessors
 prss
@@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ pylint
 pyright
 pytest
 pythonwarnings
-pyxdg
 ratelimit
 ratelimit
 rcfile
diff --git a/open_in_mpv/constants.py b/open_in_mpv/constants.py
index 1257152..39d5a68 100644
--- a/open_in_mpv/constants.py
+++ b/open_in_mpv/constants.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import platform
 
-import xdg.BaseDirectory
+from platformdirs import user_config_dir
 
 __all__ = ('HOST_DATA', 'HOST_DATA_FIREFOX', 'IS_LINUX', 'IS_MAC', 'IS_WIN', 'JSON_FILENAME',
            'MAC_HOSTS_DIRS', 'SYSTEM_HOSTS_DIRS', 'USER_CHROME_HOSTS_REG_PATH_WIN',
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 JSON_FILENAME: Final[str] = 'sh.tat.open_in_mpv.json'
 HOME: Final[str] = os.environ.get('HOME', '')
 
-USER_CHROME_HOSTS_REG_PATH_WIN: Final[str] = 'HKCU:\\Software\\Google\\Chrome\\NativeMessagingHosts'
+USER_CHROME_HOSTS_REG_PATH_WIN: Final[str] = r'HKCU:\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts'
 
 MAC_HOSTS_DIRS: Final[tuple[str, ...]] = (
     f'{HOME}/Library/Application Support/Chromium/NativeMessagingHosts',
     f'{HOME}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome Beta/NativeMessagingHosts',
     f'{HOME}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome Canary/NativeMessagingHosts',
     f'{HOME}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/NativeMessagingHosts',
-    f'{HOME}/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/')
+    f'{HOME}/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts')
 
 MACPORTS_BIN_PATH: Final[str] = '/opt/local/bin'
 
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
                                                   '/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts',
                                                   '/etc/opt/edge/native-messaging-hosts')
 USER_HOSTS_DIRS: Final[tuple[str, ...]] = (
-    f'{xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home}/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/NativeMessagingHosts',
-    f'{xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home}/chromium/NativeMessagingHosts',
-    f'{xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home}/google-chrome-beta/NativeMessagingHosts',
-    f'{xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home}/google-chrome-canary/NativeMessagingHosts',
-    f'{xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home}/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts',
-    f'{xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home}/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/')
+    f'{user_config_dir()}/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/NativeMessagingHosts',
+    f'{user_config_dir()}/chromium/NativeMessagingHosts',
+    f'{user_config_dir()}/google-chrome-beta/NativeMessagingHosts',
+    f'{user_config_dir()}/google-chrome-canary/NativeMessagingHosts',
+    f'{user_config_dir()}/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts',
+    f'{user_config_dir()}/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts')
 
 COMMON_HOST_DATA: Final[dict[str, str | None]] = {
     'description': 'Opens a URL in mpv (for use with extension).',
diff --git a/open_in_mpv/open_in_mpv.py b/open_in_mpv/open_in_mpv.py
index 86d4673..16b0571 100644
--- a/open_in_mpv/open_in_mpv.py
+++ b/open_in_mpv/open_in_mpv.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
-from functools import lru_cache
-from os.path import expandvars
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Final, TextIO, cast, override
 import json
@@ -11,47 +9,17 @@
 import struct
 import subprocess as sp
 import sys
-import tempfile
 
+from platformdirs import user_log_path, user_runtime_path
 import click
-import xdg.BaseDirectory
 
-from .constants import IS_MAC, IS_WIN, MACPORTS_BIN_PATH
+from .constants import MACPORTS_BIN_PATH
 
 FALLBACKS: Final[dict[str, Any]] = {'log': None, 'socket': None}
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-@lru_cache
-def get_log_path() -> Path:
-    if IS_MAC:
-        return Path('~/Library/Logs').expanduser()
-    if IS_WIN:
-        return Path(expandvars(r'%LOCALDATA%\open-in-mpv'))
-    try:
-        return Path(xdg.BaseDirectory.save_state_path('open-in-mpv'))
-    except KeyError:
-        FALLBACKS['log'] = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='open-in-mpv')
-        return Path(FALLBACKS['log'].name)
-
-
-@lru_cache
-def get_socket_path() -> Path:
-    if IS_MAC:
-        return Path('~/Library/Caches/open-in-mpv.sock').expanduser()
-    if IS_WIN:
-        return Path(expandvars(r'\\.\pipe\open-in-mpv'))
-    try:
-        return Path(xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir()) / 'open-in-mpv.sock'
-    except KeyError:
-        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='open-in-mpv', suffix='.sock', delete=False) as tf:
-            FALLBACKS['socket'] = tf
-            return Path(FALLBACKS['socket'].name)
-
-
-LOG_PATH = get_log_path()
-MPV_SOCKET = get_socket_path()
+LOG_PATH = user_log_path('open-in-mpv')
+MPV_SOCKET = user_runtime_path('open-in-mpv') / 'open-in-mpv.sock'
 VERSION = 'v0.1.7'
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def environment(data_resp: dict[str, Any], *, debugging: bool) -> dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 45795bb..13597ce 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.4 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -948,17 +948,6 @@ pytest = ">=6.2.5"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["pre-commit", "pytest-asyncio", "tox"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pyxdg"
-version = "0.28"
-description = "PyXDG contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards in python."
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-files = [
-    {file = "pyxdg-0.28-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bdaf595999a0178ecea4052b7f4195569c1ff4d344567bccdc12dfdf02d545ab"},
-    {file = "pyxdg-0.28.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3267bb3074e934df202af2ee0868575484108581e6f3cb006af1da35395e88b4"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "requests"
 version = "2.32.3"
@@ -1337,4 +1326,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.12,<4"
-content-hash = "96ea39bbe43ce897da7d5241daf01d5c2c77a36397b106eaa81b156262bc398d"
+content-hash = "64214bc46784754a8ad9bc8fce3289e7d46a0e0f91ca963d36ef5c2fc27d73a3"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8375efe..81c154a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.12,<4"
 click = ">=8.0,<8.1.8"
+platformdirs = "^4.3.6"
 psutil = ">=5.9.5,<7.0.0"
-pyxdg = "^0.28"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev]
 optional = true