nix
my nix modules, overlays, host configurations, and more! (by jpetrucciani)
stowage
Stow-like tool with a backup feature, designed for keeping dotfiles under version control via symlinks (by michaelpb)
| nix | stowage | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |
| 42 | 8 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.9 | 0.0 | |
| 3 days ago | over 2 years ago | |
| Nix | Python | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
nix
Posts with mentions or reviews of nix.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-26.
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Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
+1 for nix and home-manager - I recently switched to this setup (still learning/experimenting a lot, link here [0]) and have been very happy!
[0]: https://github.com/jpetrucciani/nix
stowage
Posts with mentions or reviews of stowage.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-26.
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Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
That's what I do too. I even made a little Stow-inspired tool to help me, called "stowage", if you are curious: https://github.com/michaelpb/stowage
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nix and stowage you can also consider the following projects:
GNU Stow - GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches
dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
bashdot - Minimalist dotfile management framework.
dot.me - me dot files
vcsh - config manager based on Git
dotfiles - .files
.dotfiles - Personal dotfiles
zinit - Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager with clean fpath, reports, completion management, Turbo, annexes, services, packages.