diff --git a/lib/config/Configuration.js b/lib/config/Configuration.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..622e7c9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/config/Configuration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import os from "node:os";
+
+/**
+ * Provides basic configuration settings for @ui5/project/ui5Framework/* resolvers.
+ * Reads/writes configuration from/to ~/.ui5rc
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @class
+ * @alias @ui5/project/config/Configuration
+ */
+class Configuration {
+	#mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param {object} configuration
+	 * @param {string} [configuration.mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl]
+	 */
+	constructor({mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl}) {
+		this.#mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl = mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Maven Repository Snapshot URL.
+	 * Used to download artifacts and packages from Maven's build-snapshots URL.
+	 *
+	 * @public
+	 * @returns {string}
+	 */
+	getMavenSnapshotEndpointUrl() {
+		return this.#mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @public
+	 * @returns {object} The configuration in a JSON format
+	 */
+	toJSON() {
+		return {
+			mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl: this.#mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl,
+		};
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates Configuration from a JSON file
+	 *
+	 * @public
+	 * @static
+	 * @param {string} [filePath="~/.ui5rc"] Path to configuration JSON file
+	 * @returns {Promise<@ui5/project/config/Configuration>} Configuration instance
+	 */
+	static async fromFile(filePath) {
+		filePath = filePath || path.resolve(path.join(os.homedir(), ".ui5rc"));
+
+		const {default: fs} = await import("graceful-fs");
+		const {promisify} = await import("node:util");
+		const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile);
+		let config;
+		try {
+			const fileContent = await readFile(filePath);
+			config = JSON.parse(fileContent);
+		} catch (err) {
+			if (err.code === "ENOENT") {
+				// "File or directory does not exist"
+				config = {};
+			} else {
+				throw err;
+			}
+		}
+		return new Configuration(config);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Saves Configuration to a JSON file
+	 *
+	 * @public
+	 * @static
+	 * @param {@ui5/project/config/Configuration} config Configuration to save
+	 * @param {string} [filePath="~/.ui5rc"] Path to configuration JSON file
+	 * @returns {Promise<void>}
+	 */
+	static async toFile(config, filePath) {
+		filePath = filePath || path.resolve(path.join(os.homedir(), ".ui5rc"));
+
+		const {default: fs} = await import("graceful-fs");
+		const {promisify} = await import("node:util");
+		const writeFile = promisify(fs.writeFile);
+
+		return writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(config.toJSON()));
+	}
+}
+
+export default Configuration;
diff --git a/lib/ui5Framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js b/lib/ui5Framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js
index 0d22e23c4..04dab9137 100644
--- a/lib/ui5Framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js
+++ b/lib/ui5Framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver extends AbstractResolver {
 			if (ok) {
 				log.info(`Using Maven snapshot endpoint URL resolved from Maven configuration file: ${url}`);
 				log.info(`Consider persisting this choice by executing the following command: ` +
-					`ui5 config set snapshotEndpointUrl ${url}`);
+					`ui5 config set mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl ${url}`);
 			} else {
 				log.verbose(`User rejected usage of the resolved URL`);
 				url = null;
diff --git a/lib/ui5Framework/maven/Installer.js b/lib/ui5Framework/maven/Installer.js
index 53a0a614b..ff47ba55f 100644
--- a/lib/ui5Framework/maven/Installer.js
+++ b/lib/ui5Framework/maven/Installer.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Installer extends AbstractInstaller {
 					reject(new Error(
 						`Installer: Missing or empty Maven repository URL for snapshot consumption. ` +
 						`Please configure the correct URL using the following command: ` +
-						`ui5 config set snapshotEndpointUrl https://registry.corp/vendor/build-snapshots/`));
+						`ui5 config set mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl https://registry.corp/vendor/build-snapshots/`));
 				}
 
 				resolve(new Registry({endpointUrl: snapshotEndpointUrl}));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b2a1cb00..a1f0ccdde 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	],
 	"type": "module",
 	"exports": {
+		"./config/Configuration": "./lib/config/Configuration.js",
 		"./specifications/Specification": "./lib/specifications/Specification.js",
 		"./specifications/SpecificationVersion": "./lib/specifications/SpecificationVersion.js",
 		"./ui5Framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver": "./lib/ui5Framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js",
diff --git a/test/lib/config/Configuration.js b/test/lib/config/Configuration.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6152220d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/config/Configuration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import test from "ava";
+import sinonGlobal from "sinon";
+import esmock from "esmock";
+
+test.beforeEach(async (t) => {
+	const sinon = t.context.sinon = sinonGlobal.createSandbox();
+
+	t.context.homedirStub = sinon.stub().returns("~");
+	t.context.promisifyStub = sinon.stub();
+	t.context.resolveStub = sinon.stub().callsFake((path) => path);
+	t.context.joinStub = sinon.stub().callsFake((...args) => args.join("/"));
+	t.context.Configuration = await esmock.p("../../../lib/config/Configuration.js", {
+		"node:path": {
+			resolve: t.context.resolveStub,
+			join: t.context.joinStub
+		},
+		"node:util": {
+			"promisify": t.context.promisifyStub
+		},
+		"node:os": {
+			"homedir": t.context.homedirStub
+		}
+	});
+});
+
+test.afterEach.always((t) => {
+	t.context.sinon.restore();
+	esmock.purge(t.context.Configuration);
+});
+
+test.serial("Build configuration with defaults", (t) => {
+	const {Configuration} = t.context;
+
+	const config = new Configuration({});
+
+	t.deepEqual(config.toJSON(), {
+		mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl: undefined
+	});
+});
+
+
+test.serial("Overwrite defaults defaults", (t) => {
+	const {Configuration} = t.context;
+
+	const params = {
+		mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl: "https://snapshot.url"
+	};
+
+	const config = new Configuration(params);
+
+	t.deepEqual(config.toJSON(), params);
+});
+
+test.serial("Check getters", (t) => {
+	const {Configuration} = t.context;
+
+	const params = {
+		mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl: "https://snapshot.url"
+	};
+
+	const config = new Configuration(params);
+
+	t.is(config.getMavenSnapshotEndpointUrl(), params.mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl);
+});
+
+
+test.serial("fromFile", async (t) => {
+	const fromFile = t.context.Configuration.fromFile;
+	const {promisifyStub, sinon} = t.context;
+
+	const ui5rcContents = {
+		mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl: "https://snapshot.url"
+	};
+	const responseStub = sinon.stub().resolves(JSON.stringify(ui5rcContents));
+	promisifyStub.callsFake(() => responseStub);
+
+	const config = await fromFile("/custom/path/.ui5rc");
+
+	t.deepEqual(config.toJSON(), ui5rcContents);
+});
+
+test.serial("fromFile: configuration file not found- fallback to default config", async (t) => {
+	const {promisifyStub, sinon, Configuration} = t.context;
+	const fromFile = Configuration.fromFile;
+
+	const responseStub = sinon.stub().throws({code: "ENOENT"});
+	promisifyStub.callsFake(() => responseStub);
+
+	const config = await fromFile("/non-existing/path/.ui5rc");
+
+	t.is(config instanceof Configuration, true, "Created a default configuration");
+	t.is(config.getMavenSnapshotEndpointUrl(), undefined, "Dafault settings");
+});
+
+test.serial("fromFile: throws", async (t) => {
+	const fromFile = t.context.Configuration.fromFile;
+	const {promisifyStub, sinon} = t.context;
+
+	const responseStub = sinon.stub().throws(new Error("Error"));
+	promisifyStub.callsFake(() => responseStub);
+
+	await t.throwsAsync(fromFile("/non-existing/path/.ui5rc"), {
+		message: "Error"
+	});
+});
+
+test.serial("toFile", async (t) => {
+	const {promisifyStub, sinon, Configuration} = t.context;
+	const toFile = Configuration.toFile;
+
+	const writeStub = sinon.stub().resolves();
+	promisifyStub.callsFake(() => writeStub);
+
+	const config = new Configuration({mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl: "https://registry.corp/vendor/build-snapshots/"});
+	await toFile(config, "/path/to/save/.ui5rc");
+
+	t.deepEqual(
+		writeStub.getCall(0).args,
+		["/path/to/save/.ui5rc", JSON.stringify(config.toJSON())],
+		"Write config to path"
+	);
+});
diff --git a/test/lib/package-exports.js b/test/lib/package-exports.js
index 9f91f1e10..c3c7284d6 100644
--- a/test/lib/package-exports.js
+++ b/test/lib/package-exports.js
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ test("export of package.json", (t) => {
 // Check number of definied exports
 test("check number of exports", (t) => {
 	const packageJson = require("@ui5/project/package.json");
-	t.is(Object.keys(packageJson.exports).length, 11);
+	t.is(Object.keys(packageJson.exports).length, 12);
 });
 
 // Public API contract (exported modules)
 [
+	"config/Configuration",
 	"specifications/Specification",
 	"specifications/SpecificationVersion",
 	"ui5Framework/Openui5Resolver",
diff --git a/test/lib/ui5framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js b/test/lib/ui5framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js
index f14890426..ae11523bc 100644
--- a/test/lib/ui5framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js
+++ b/test/lib/ui5framework/Sapui5MavenSnapshotResolver.js
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ test.serial("_resolveSnapshotEndpointUrlFromMaven", async (t) => {
 		"Using Maven snapshot endpoint URL resolved from Maven configuration file: /build-snapshots/");
 	t.is(loggerInfo.getCall(1).args[0],
 		"Consider persisting this choice by executing the following command: " +
-		"ui5 config set snapshotEndpointUrl /build-snapshots/");
+		"ui5 config set mavenSnapshotEndpointUrl /build-snapshots/");
 });
 
 test.serial("_resolveSnapshotEndpointUrlFromMaven fails", async (t) => {