yadm Alternatives

yadm is described as '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' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are eight alternatives to yadm for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Rust apps. The best yadm alternative is chezmoi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like yadm are Anvil for macOS, Dotter, filetailor and Workbench.

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  1. chezmoi icon
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    Dotfiles manager through a version control system.

    13 chezmoi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    A dotfile manager and templater written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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
     
  6. MacFlow icon
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    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. 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
     
  8. Your macOS development environment, perfectly preserved. Never lose your setup again.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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