diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/store/FilePath.java b/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/store/FilePath.java
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+package io.xpipe.core.store;
+
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+public final class FilePath {
+
+    @NonNull
+    private final String value;
+
+    public FilePath(@NonNull String value) {
+        this.value = value;
+        if (value.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+        if (!value.equals(value.trim())) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public String quoteIfNecessary() {
+        return value.contains(" ") ? "\"" + value + "\"" : value;
+    }
+
+    public  FilePath toDirectory() {
+        if (value.endsWith("/") || value.endsWith("\\")) {
+            return new FilePath(value);
+        }
+
+        if (value.contains("\\")) {
+            return new FilePath(value + "\\");
+        }
+
+        return new FilePath(value + "/");
+    }
+
+    public  FilePath removeTrailingSlash() {
+        if (value.equals("/")) {
+            return new FilePath(value);
+        }
+
+        if (value.endsWith("/") || value.endsWith("\\")) {
+            return new FilePath(value.substring(0, value.length() - 1));
+        }
+        return new FilePath(value);
+    }
+
+    public String getFileName() {
+        var split = value.split("[\\\\/]");
+        if (split.length == 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        var components = Arrays.stream(split).filter(s -> !s.isEmpty()).toList();
+        if (components.size() == 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+
+        return components.getLast();
+    }
+
+    public List<String> splitHierarchy() {
+        var f = value + "/";
+        var list = new ArrayList<String>();
+        int lastElementStart = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < f.length(); i++) {
+            if (f.charAt(i) == '\\' || f.charAt(i) == '/') {
+                if (i - lastElementStart > 0) {
+                    list.add(f.substring(0, i));
+                }
+
+                lastElementStart = i + 1;
+            }
+        }
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    public  String getBaseName() {
+        var split = value.lastIndexOf(".");
+        if (split == -1) {
+            return value;
+        }
+        return value.substring(0, split);
+    }
+
+    public  String getExtension() {
+        var name = FileNames.getFileName(value);
+        var split = name.split("\\.");
+        if (split.length == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return split[split.length - 1];
+    }
+
+    public FilePath join(String... parts) {
+        var joined = String.join("/", parts);
+        return new FilePath(value + "/" + joined);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAbsolute() {
+        if (!value.contains("/") && !value.contains("\\")) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!value.startsWith("\\") && !value.startsWith("/") && !value.startsWith("~") && !value.matches("^\\w:.*")) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public FilePath getParent() {
+        if (split().size() == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (split().size() == 1) {
+            return value.startsWith("/") && !value.equals("/") ? new FilePath("/") : null;
+        }
+
+        return new FilePath(value.substring(0, value.length() - getFileName().length() - 1));
+    }
+
+    public  boolean startsWith(FilePath start) {
+        return normalize().startsWith(start.normalize());
+    }
+
+    public FilePath relativize(FilePath base) {
+        return new FilePath(normalize().toString().substring(base.normalize().toDirectory().toString().length()));
+    }
+
+    public FilePath normalize() {
+        var backslash = value.contains("\\");
+        return new FilePath(backslash ? toWindows() : toUnix());
+    }
+
+    private List<String> split() {
+        var split = value.split("[\\\\/]");
+        return Arrays.stream(split).filter(s -> !s.isEmpty()).toList();
+    }
+
+    public  String toUnix() {
+        var joined = String.join("/", split());
+        var prefix = value.startsWith("/") ? "/" : "";
+        var suffix = value.endsWith("/") || value.endsWith("\\") ? "/" : "";
+        return prefix + joined + suffix;
+    }
+
+    public  String toWindows() {
+        var suffix = value.endsWith("/") || value.endsWith("\\") ? "\\" : "";
+        return String.join("\\", split()) + suffix;
+    }
+}