diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88214a256..2a008e5e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2641,6 +2641,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys 0.4.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys 0.5.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-next"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -2658,7 +2667,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b1d1d91c932ef41c0f2663aa8b0ca0342d444d842c06914aa0a7e352d0bada6"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "redox_users",
+ "redox_users 0.4.6",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -2670,10 +2679,22 @@ checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
- "redox_users",
+ "redox_users 0.4.6",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users 0.5.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys-next"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -2681,7 +2702,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "redox_users",
+ "redox_users 0.4.6",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -3559,6 +3580,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes 1.9.0",
  "clap",
+ "dirs 6.0.0",
  "futures",
  "golem-cli",
  "golem-common",
@@ -3590,7 +3612,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "test-r",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "xdg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3632,7 +3653,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cli-table",
  "colored",
  "derive_more",
- "dirs 5.0.1",
+ "dirs 6.0.0",
  "env_logger 0.11.6",
  "futures-util",
  "glob",
@@ -4286,6 +4307,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
  "sysinfo",
+ "system-interface",
  "tempfile",
  "test-r",
  "testcontainers",
@@ -7880,6 +7902,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd6f9d3d47bdd2ad6945c5015a226ec6155d0bcdfd8f7cd29f86b71f8de99d2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regalloc2"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -12219,12 +12252,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustix",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xdg"
-version = "2.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "213b7324336b53d2414b2db8537e56544d981803139155afa84f76eeebb7a546"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xdg-home"
 version = "1.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index be254b5ca..f9ba0fafd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ console-subscriber = "0.4.1"
 ctor = "0.2.9"
 dashmap = "6.1.0"
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["display", "into", "from_str"] }
+dirs = "6.0.0"
 drop-stream = "0.3.2"
 figment = { version = "0.10.19", features = ["toml", "env"] }
 fred = { version = "=9.4.0", features = [
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [
 ] }
 strum = "0.26.3"
 strum_macros = "0.26.4"
+system-interface = "0.27.3"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 tempfile = "3.14.0"
 testcontainers = { version = "0.23.1" }
@@ -223,7 +225,6 @@ wasmtime = { version = "=27.0.0", features = ["component-model"] }
 wasmtime-wasi = { version = "=27.0.0" }
 wasmtime-wasi-http = { version = "=27.0.0" }
 webpki-roots = { version = "0.26.7" }
-xdg = "2.5.2"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 redis-protocol = { git = "https://github.com/golemcloud/redis-protocol.rs.git", branch = "unpin-cookie-factory" }
diff --git a/golem-cli/Cargo.toml b/golem-cli/Cargo.toml
index f5d556fc9..d2e702a36 100644
--- a/golem-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/golem-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ clap_complete = { version = "4.5.38" }
 cli-table = { workspace = true }
 colored = "2.1.0"
 derive_more = { workspace = true }
-dirs = "5.0.1"
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
 glob = "0.3.1"
 golem-examples = "=1.1.1"
diff --git a/golem-worker-executor-base/Cargo.toml b/golem-worker-executor-base/Cargo.toml
index 73b71188a..ff0ed7e3d 100644
--- a/golem-worker-executor-base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/golem-worker-executor-base/Cargo.toml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ testcontainers = { workspace = true }
 testcontainers-modules = { workspace = true }
 test-r = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
+system-interface = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cargo_metadata = "0.19.1"
diff --git a/golem-worker-executor-base/tests/api.rs b/golem-worker-executor-base/tests/api.rs
index 99fd5fa56..cb5677184 100644
--- a/golem-worker-executor-base/tests/api.rs
+++ b/golem-worker-executor-base/tests/api.rs
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use std::os::unix::fs::FileExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use system_interface::fs::FileIoExt;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 use wasmtime_wasi::runtime::spawn;
diff --git a/golem/Cargo.toml b/golem/Cargo.toml
index aafe51988..1337628bd 100644
--- a/golem/Cargo.toml
+++ b/golem/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ golem-worker-service-base = { path = "../golem-worker-service-base", version = "
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
+dirs = { workspace = true }
 http-body-util = "0.1.2"
 hyper = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
@@ -49,15 +50,15 @@ sqlx = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
-xdg = { workspace = true }
 
 # Sozu builds with simd support by default, but it only works on x86_64
+# Sozu does not support windows, until we find an alternative we exclude suzo deps, and build a dummy binary
 
-[target.'cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", not(windows)))'.dependencies]
 sozu-command-lib = { workspace = true }
 sozu-lib = { workspace = true }
 
-[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "x86_64"))'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(all(not(target_arch = "x86_64"), not(windows)))'.dependencies]
 sozu-command-lib = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 sozu-lib = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/golem/src/command.rs b/golem/src/command.rs
index 6676ea9de..b863583b8 100644
--- a/golem/src/command.rs
+++ b/golem/src/command.rs
@@ -56,10 +56,15 @@ impl<Ctx> CliCommand<Ctx> for SingleExecutableCommand {
                 data_dir,
                 clean,
             } => {
-                let base_directories = xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("golem")
-                    .map_err(|_| GolemError("Failed to get XDG base directories".to_string()))?;
-
-                let data_dir = data_dir.unwrap_or_else(|| base_directories.get_state_home());
+                let data_dir = {
+                    if let Some(data_dir) = data_dir {
+                        data_dir
+                    } else {
+                        dirs::data_local_dir()
+                            .ok_or_else(|| GolemError("Failed to get data dir".to_string()))?
+                            .join("golem")
+                    }
+                };
 
                 if clean && tokio::fs::metadata(&data_dir).await.is_ok() {
                     tokio::fs::remove_dir_all(&data_dir)
diff --git a/golem/src/launch.rs b/golem/src/launch.rs
index 7ad4a00d6..748291452 100644
--- a/golem/src/launch.rs
+++ b/golem/src/launch.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use crate::health;
 use crate::migration::IncludedMigrationsDir;
+use crate::proxy;
 use crate::AllRunDetails;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use golem_common::config::DbConfig;
@@ -46,8 +47,6 @@ use tokio::runtime::Handle;
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
 use tracing::Instrument;
 
-use crate::proxy;
-
 pub struct LaunchArgs {
     pub router_host: String,
     pub router_port: u16,
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ fn worker_executor_config(
                 ..ComponentServiceGrpcConfig::default()
             }
         ),
-        compiled_component_service: CompiledComponentServiceConfig::Disabled(golem_worker_executor_base::services::golem_config::CompiledComponentServiceDisabledConfig {  }),
+        compiled_component_service: CompiledComponentServiceConfig::Disabled(golem_worker_executor_base::services::golem_config::CompiledComponentServiceDisabledConfig {}),
         shard_manager_service: ShardManagerServiceConfig::Grpc(ShardManagerServiceGrpcConfig {
             host: args.router_host.clone(),
             port: shard_manager_run_details.grpc_port,
diff --git a/golem/src/proxy.rs b/golem/src/proxy.rs
index 01a79b1c2..4cfb4866a 100644
--- a/golem/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/golem/src/proxy.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,15 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+use crate::AllRunDetails;
+use tokio::task::JoinSet;
+use tracing::info;
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 use anyhow::Context;
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 use sozu_command_lib::proto::command::WorkerResponse;
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 use sozu_command_lib::{
     channel::Channel,
     config::ListenerBuilder,
@@ -22,12 +29,10 @@ use sozu_command_lib::{
         RequestHttpFrontend, RulePosition, SocketAddress, WorkerRequest,
     },
 };
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
-use tokio::task::JoinSet;
-use tracing::info;
-
-use crate::AllRunDetails;
 
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 pub fn start_proxy(
     listener_addr: &str,
     listener_port: u16,
@@ -163,3 +168,18 @@ pub fn start_proxy(
 
     Ok(command_channel)
 }
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub struct Dummy;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn start_proxy(
+    _listener_addr: &str,
+    _listener_port: u16,
+    _healthcheck_port: u16,
+    _all_run_details: &AllRunDetails,
+    _join_set: &mut JoinSet<Result<(), anyhow::Error>>,
+) -> Result<Dummy, anyhow::Error> {
+    info!("Proxy is not supported on windows yet");
+    Ok(Dummy)
+}