diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/.eslintrc.json b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/.eslintrc.json
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index 0000000000..b15115cb69
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+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@k8slens/eslint-config/eslint",
+  "parserOptions": {
+    "project": "./tsconfig.json"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/.prettierrc b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/.prettierrc
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index 0000000000..edd47b479e
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+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"@k8slens/eslint-config/prettier"
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/index.ts b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/index.ts
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index 0000000000..2fa6548c9e
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+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { appPathsFeature } from "./src/feature";
+
+export type { JoinPaths } from "./src/join-paths/join-paths.injectable";
+export { joinPathsInjectionToken } from "./src/join-paths/join-paths.injectable";
+
+export { appPathsInjectionToken, pathNames } from "./src/app-paths-injection-token";
+
+export type { AppPaths, PathName } from "./src/app-paths-injection-token";
+
+export { testUtils } from "./src/test-utils";
+
+export default appPathsFeature;
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/jest.config.js b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6074967eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require("@k8slens/jest").monorepoPackageConfig(__dirname).configForNode;
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/package.json b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e3c212a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "name": "@k8slens/app-paths",
+  "private": false,
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "TBD",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/lensapp/lens.git"
+  },
+  "type": "commonjs",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "OpenLens Authors",
+    "email": "info@k8slens.dev"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/lensapp/lens",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "lens-webpack-build",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist/",
+    "test:unit": "jest --coverage --runInBand",
+    "lint": "lens-lint",
+    "lint:fix": "lens-lint --fix"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@k8slens/feature-core": "^6.5.0-alpha.5",
+    "@ogre-tools/injectable": "^16.1.0",
+    "@ogre-tools/injectable-extension-for-auto-registration": "^16.1.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@k8slens/eslint-config": "^6.5.0-alpha.3",
+    "@k8slens/react-testing-library-discovery": "^1.0.0-alpha.4",
+    "@k8slens/webpack": "^6.5.0-alpha.6"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/app-paths-injection-token.ts b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/app-paths-injection-token.ts
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index 0000000000..689a75545d
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+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/app-paths-injection-token.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+
+export const pathNames = [
+  "home",
+  "appData",
+  "userData",
+  "cache",
+  "temp",
+  "exe",
+  "module",
+  "desktop",
+  "documents",
+  "downloads",
+  "music",
+  "pictures",
+  "videos",
+  "logs",
+  "crashDumps",
+  "recent",
+] as const;
+
+export type PathName = (typeof pathNames)[number];
+
+export type AppPaths = Record<PathName, string>;
+
+export const appPathsInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<AppPaths>({
+  id: "app-paths-token",
+});
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/feature.ts b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/feature.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a5536d7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/feature.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { autoRegister } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-extension-for-auto-registration";
+import { getFeature } from "@k8slens/feature-core";
+
+export const appPathsFeature = getFeature({
+  id: "app-paths",
+
+  register: (di) => {
+    autoRegister({
+      di,
+      targetModule: module,
+
+      getRequireContexts: () => [require.context("./", true, /\.injectable\.(ts|tsx)$/)],
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/join-paths/join-paths.injectable.ts b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/join-paths/join-paths.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d7234dd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/join-paths/join-paths.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { getInjectable, getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import path from "path";
+
+export type JoinPaths = (...args: string[]) => string;
+
+export const joinPathsInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<JoinPaths>({
+  id: "join-paths-injection-token",
+});
+
+const joinPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "join-paths",
+  instantiate: (): JoinPaths => path.join,
+
+  // This causes side effect e.g. Windows uses different separator than e.g. linux
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+
+  injectionToken: joinPathsInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default joinPathsInjectable;
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/join-paths/join-paths.test.ts b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/join-paths/join-paths.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b08da1e21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/join-paths/join-paths.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { createContainer, DiContainer } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { registerFeature } from "@k8slens/feature-core";
+import { joinPathsInjectionToken } from "./join-paths.injectable";
+import { appPathsFeature } from "../feature";
+import path from "path";
+
+describe("join-paths", () => {
+  let di: DiContainer;
+  let joinPaths: (...args: string[]) => string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    di = createContainer("irrelevant");
+    registerFeature(di, appPathsFeature);
+    joinPaths = di.inject(joinPathsInjectionToken);
+  });
+
+  it("is the native function", () => {
+    expect(joinPaths).toBe(path.join);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/test-utils/index.ts b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/test-utils/index.ts
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index 0000000000..e72d980167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/src/test-utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import type { DiContainer } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import joinPathsInjectable from "../join-paths/join-paths.injectable";
+import path from "path";
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { appPathsInjectionToken } from "../app-paths-injection-token";
+
+const doGlobalOverrides = (di: DiContainer) => {
+  // Note: implementation of app-paths is still in OpenLens.
+  // Therefore, a stub is registered in its place to serve spirit of unit testing.
+  const appPathsStubInjectable = getInjectable({
+    id: "app-paths-stub",
+
+    instantiate: () => ({
+      appData: "some-app-data-directory",
+      cache: "some-cache-directory",
+      crashDumps: "some-crash-dumps-directory",
+      desktop: "some-desktop-directory",
+      documents: "some-documents-directory",
+      downloads: "some-downloads-directory",
+      exe: "some-exe-directory",
+      home: "some-home-directory",
+      logs: "some-logs-directory",
+      module: "some-module-directory",
+      music: "some-music-directory",
+      pictures: "some-pictures-directory",
+      recent: "some-recent-directory",
+      temp: "some-temp-directory",
+      videos: "some-videos-directory",
+      userData: "some-user-data-directory",
+    }),
+
+    injectionToken: appPathsInjectionToken,
+  });
+
+  di.register(appPathsStubInjectable);
+
+  di.override(joinPathsInjectable, () => path.posix.join);
+};
+
+export const testUtils = { doGlobalOverrides };
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/tsconfig.json b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1819203dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@k8slens/typescript/config/base.json",
+  "include": ["**/*.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/utility-features/app-paths/webpack.config.js b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3183f30179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utility-features/app-paths/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require("@k8slens/webpack").configForNode;