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, BSD and Rust 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.

    54 Ansible alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Python
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  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.

    57 Unison File Synchronizer alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
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  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
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    • Git
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  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
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    A dotfile manager and templater written in Rust.

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    • Rust
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
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    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

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    • Linux
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  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
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  8.  3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  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

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    • Mac
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  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)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  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.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    A batteries-included config manager made in rust for Linux/UNIX based systems.

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    • Linux
    • Rust
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