filetailor Alternatives

filetailor is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are nine alternatives to filetailor for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best filetailor alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like filetailor are Unison File Synchronizer, chezmoi, Dotter and yadm.

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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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    • Mac
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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
    • Windows
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
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  3. chezmoi icon
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    Dotfiles manager through a version control system.

    14 chezmoi alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • 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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  5. 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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  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

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    • Linux
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  7.  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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  8. 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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  9. 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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