diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9988fa6..c199f257 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 tags
 
 autoload/plug.vim
-core/autoload/info.vim
-core/autoload/spacevim/info.vim
+core/doc/.spacevim_lastprocessed
 plugged/*
 *.un~
 private/*
diff --git a/core/autoload/spacevim.vim b/core/autoload/spacevim.vim
index 6a906433..3bac6c13 100644
--- a/core/autoload/spacevim.vim
+++ b/core/autoload/spacevim.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 scriptencoding utf-8
 
-let g:spacevim.info = g:spacevim.base. '/core/autoload/spacevim/info.vim'
+let g:spacevim.info = $XDG_CACHE_HOME.'/spacevim/info.vim'
 let g:spacevim.layers_base = '/layers'
 let g:spacevim.private_base = '/private'
 let g:spacevim.nvim = has('nvim') && exists('*jobwait') && !g:spacevim.os.windows
@@ -145,11 +145,18 @@ function! spacevim#end() abort
   call s:config()
   if exists('*UserConfig') | call UserConfig() | endif
 
-  try
-    execute 'helptags' g:spacevim.base . '/core/doc'
-  catch
-    echom v:exception
-  endtry
+  let s:hlptag_file = g:spacevim.base . '/core/doc/spacevim.txt'
+  let s:hlptag_lastprocessed_file = g:spacevim.base . '/core/doc/.spacevim_lastprocessed'
+  let s:hlptag_lastprocessed_time = filereadable(s:hlptag_lastprocessed_file) ? readfile(s:hlptag_lastprocessed_file) : []
+  if (len(s:hlptag_lastprocessed_time) != 1) || (s:hlptag_lastprocessed_time[0] != getftime(s:hlptag_file))
+    try
+      execute 'helptags' g:spacevim.base . '/core/doc'
+      let s:new_lastprocessed = getftime(s:hlptag_file)
+      call writefile([s:new_lastprocessed], s:hlptag_lastprocessed_file)
+    catch
+      echom v:exception
+    endtry
+  endif
 
   call s:check_missing_plugins()
   silent doautocmd <nomodeline> User SpacevimAfterUserConfig
diff --git a/core/autoload/spacevim/cache.vim b/core/autoload/spacevim/cache.vim
index ed1af387..aa8657a7 100644
--- a/core/autoload/spacevim/cache.vim
+++ b/core/autoload/spacevim/cache.vim
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ function! s:init()
   let l:private_path = filter(l:private_dir, 'isdirectory(v:val)')
 
   let s:cache = g:spacevim.info
+  if !isdirectory(fnamemodify(s:cache,':h'))
+    call mkdir(fnamemodify(s:cache,':h'),'p',0o700)
+  endif
   call writefile([printf("let g:spacevim.topics = %s", g:spacevim.topics)], s:cache)
   call writefile([printf("let g:spacevim.manifest = %s", g:spacevim.manifest)], s:cache, "a")
   if len(l:private_path)
@@ -85,7 +88,11 @@ vim.command("let g:spacevim.manifest = %s" % spacevim_manifest)
 if len(private):
     vim.command("let g:spacevim.private = %s" % private)
 
-f = open(vim.eval('g:spacevim.info'), 'w')
+spacevim_info = vim.eval('g:spacevim.info')
+spacevim_info_path = os.path.dirname(spacevim_info)
+if not os.path.isdir(spacevim_info_path):
+    os.makedirs(spacevim_info_path, 0o700, True)
+f = open(spacevim_info, 'w')
 f.write("let g:spacevim.topics = %s\n" % spacevim_topics)
 f.write("let g:spacevim.manifest = %s\n" % spacevim_manifest)
 if len(private):
diff --git a/init.vim b/init.vim
index 91f1f7cc..e237db3f 100644
--- a/init.vim
+++ b/init.vim
@@ -27,11 +27,36 @@ let g:spacevim.os.linux = has('unix') && !has('macunix') && !has('win32unix')
 let g:spacevim.os.windows = has('win32')
 " }
 
-" Windows Compatible {
+" Windows Compatible, and XDG compliance {
 " On Windows, also use '.vim' instead of 'vimfiles'; this makes synchronization
 " across (heterogeneous) systems easier.
 if g:spacevim.os.windows
   set runtimepath=$HOME/.vim,$VIM/vimfiles,$VIMRUNTIME,$VIM/vimfiles/after,$HOME/.vim/after
+  let $XDG_CACHE_HOME=$LOCALAPPDATA
+  let $XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$LOCALAPPDATA
+  let $XDG_DATA_HOME=$LOCALAPPDATA
+  let $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=(exists($TMP) ? $TMP : $TEMP)
+  let $TMPDIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.'/.spacevim'
+else
+  if !exists($XDG_CACHE_HOME)
+    let $XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME.'/.cache'
+  endif
+  if !exists($XDG_CONFIG_HOME)
+    let $XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME.'/.config'
+  endif
+  if !exists($XDG_DATA_HOME)
+    let $XDG_DATA_HOME=$HOME.'/.local/share'
+  endif
+  if !exists($TMPDIR)
+    let $TMPDIR='/tmp'
+  endif
+  if !exists($XDG_RUNTIME_DIR)
+    let $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$TMPDIR
+  endif
+  let $TMPDIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.'/.spacevim-'.$USER
+endif
+if !isdirectory($TMPDIR)
+  call mkdir($TMPDIR,'p',0o700)
 endif
 " }
 
diff --git a/layers/+tools/fzf/packages.vim b/layers/+tools/fzf/packages.vim
index 361cf001..da1dfbc0 100644
--- a/layers/+tools/fzf/packages.vim
+++ b/layers/+tools/fzf/packages.vim
@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ elseif g:spacevim.gui && !has('terminal')
   MP 'Yggdroot/LeaderF'
 else
   if g:spacevim.speed_up_via_timer
-    MP 'junegunn/fzf',  { 'dir': '~/.fzf', 'do': './install --all', 'on': [] }
+    if isdirectory('~/.fzf')
+      MP 'junegunn/fzf',  { 'dir': '~/.fzf', 'do': './install --all', 'on': [] }
+    else
+      MP 'junegunn/fzf',  { 'do': './install --all --xdg', 'on': [] }
+    endif
     MP 'junegunn/fzf.vim', { 'on': [] }
     call timer_start(700, 'spacevim#defer#fzf')
   else
-    MP 'junegunn/fzf',  { 'dir': '~/.fzf', 'do': './install --all' }
+    if isdirectory('~/.fzf')
+      MP 'junegunn/fzf',  { 'dir': '~/.fzf', 'do': './install --all' }
+    else
+      MP 'junegunn/fzf',  { 'do': './install --all --xdg' }
+    endif
     MP 'junegunn/fzf.vim'
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/layers/layers.py b/layers/layers.py
index 5c912413..4b1c8610 100755
--- a/layers/layers.py
+++ b/layers/layers.py
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 import time
 import ast
 
-info_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.space-vim/core/autoload/spacevim/info.vim')
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    xdg_cache_home = os.getenv('XDG_CACHE_HOME', os.path.expandvars('$LOCALAPPDATA'))
+else:
+    xdg_cache_home = os.getenv('XDG_CACHE_HOME', os.path.expandvars('$HOME/.cache'))
+info_path = os.path.join(xdg_cache_home, 'spacevim', 'info.vim')
 
 topics = dict()
 layers = dict()