chezmoi Alternatives

chezmoi is described as 'Dotfiles manager through a version control system' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to chezmoi for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Flathub and BSD apps. The best chezmoi alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like chezmoi are Unison File Synchronizer, yadm, Anvil for macOS and Dotter.

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  1. Ansible icon
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    Ansible is a radically simple IT automation engine that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs.

    56 Ansible alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
    • Ansible is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to chezmoi.

    • Ansible is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to chezmoi.

    • Ansible is Freemium and Open Sourcechezmoi is Free and Open Source
  2. Unison is a file-synchronization tool for POSIX-compliant systems (e.g. *BSD and GNU/Linux), macOS and Windows, with the caveat that the platform must be supported by OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or diffe.

    54 Unison File Synchronizer alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
  3. yadm icon
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    When you live in a command line, configurations are a deeply personal thing. They are often crafted over years of experience, battles lost, lessons learned, advice followed, and ingenuity rewarded. When you are away from your own configurations, you are an orphaned refugee in...

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Git
     
  4. End manual app setup on macOS. Batch install development tools, sync configurations via GitHub, and troubleshoot issues —no virtualization, just smart automation.

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    • Mac
     
  5.  1 like

    A dotfile manager and templater written in Rust.

    Cost / License

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    • Rust
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  6.  4 likes

    GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place. This is particularly useful for keeping track of system-wide and per-user...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. filetailor icon
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    filetailor is a peer-based configuration management utility for plain-text files (and directories) such as dotfiles. Files are backed up to a specified folder using filetailor, transferred to another device using tools such as Nextcloud or Syncthing, and then restored on other...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8.  3 likes

    Keep your application settings in sync (OS X/Linux).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Workbench icon
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    Workbench is an effective way to continuously and securely back up your “dotfiles” so they can be easily restored when you clean install macOS and sign back into your iCloud account.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. lnk icon
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    Lnk makes managing your dotfiles straightforward, no tedious setups, no complex configurations. Just tell Lnk what files you want tracked, and it’ll automatically move them into a tidy Git repository under ~/.config/lnk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. Take control of your dotfiles configurations with Dotfiles Installer, designed to make dotfile management seamless. You can install dotfiles easily, quickly, and securely with an intuitive installation wizard that guides you through every step.

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  12. MacFlow is a native macOS application designed for developers who want to maintain a "dialed-in" setup without the manual overhead of managing complex scripts. It monitors your local environment for configuration drift—the silent changes that happen to your dotfiles...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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