filetailor VS root

Compare filetailor vs root and see what are their differences.

filetailor

Copy and modify plain text files between devices without templates (by k4j8)
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filetailor

Posts with mentions or reviews of filetailor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-08.
  • Dotfiles Management
    23 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jan 2023
    I didn't discover Chezmoi until seeing this thread (sigh). I developed a tool, [filetailor](https://github.com/k4j8/filetailor), with an almost identical goal (dotfile management while accounting for differences across machines). It uses Python and YAML, but from what I can tell is similar in concept to Chezmoi.

    One thing I like about filetailor I didn't see in Chezmoi was the ability to surround code with a comment specifying which machines it should be commented/uncommented for. It's easier than templates in some situations.

    It works great, but there's probably tons of bugs that occur when used by someone other than me. I don't have a CS background and this was my first big hobby project.

root

Posts with mentions or reviews of root. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-15.
  • SSH-audit: SSH server and client security auditing
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2023
    NixOS hardening with (slightly wonky) tests[1], in case anyone's interested.

    [1] https://gitlab.com/engmark/root/-/merge_requests/395/diffs

  • Dotfiles Management
    23 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jan 2023
    Any home-manager users on NixOS here? Are there any killer features in home-manager for you? I tried home-manager for a bit, but just went back to plain NixOS after I couldn't find anything it did better than what I was already using ([1], [2]).

    [1] https://gitlab.com/engmark/tilde

    [2] https://gitlab.com/engmark/root

What are some alternatives?

When comparing filetailor and root you can also consider the following projects:

homies - My configuration files (.screenrc, .vimrc, .weechat, .bashrc, .gitconfig, etc)

homer - The home directory management tool.

npt - Nix Package Tool. A (humble) successor to linux's apt, which makes life easier when using nix as a package manager.

dotfiles - dotfiles + debian setup

dotfiles - A modern Zsh/tmux, Vim and Homebrew centric setup for macOS and Linux

configs - Dot-files among other configs

dot-git - Managing your dotfiles the Git Way™

just - 🤖 Just a command runner

dot - A CLI tool for managing your dotfiles.

filetailor vs homies root vs homer filetailor vs npt root vs dotfiles filetailor vs dotfiles root vs npt filetailor vs dotfiles root vs configs filetailor vs homer root vs dot-git filetailor vs just root vs dot