dotfiles VS GNU Stow

Compare dotfiles vs GNU Stow and see what are their differences.

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GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches (by aspiers)
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dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-26.
  • Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Dec 2020
    I've been doing something similar.

    Basically adding a alias to my zshrc, that runs: `git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME`.

    And then set status.showUntrackedFiles to no.

    See: https://github.com/sp1ritCS/dotfiles

    I've got this idea from the following blogpost: https://news.opensuse.org/2020/03/27/Manage-dotfiles-with-Gi...

GNU Stow

Posts with mentions or reviews of GNU Stow. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-12.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dotfiles and GNU Stow you can also consider the following projects:

vcsh - config manager based on Git

chezmoi - Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.

dotfiles - Settings for various tools I use.

yadm - Yet Another Dotfiles Manager

dotfiles - :wrench: .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS

Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]

bashdot - Minimalist dotfile management framework.

rcm - rc file (dotfile) management

nix - my nix modules, overlays, host configurations, and more!

Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.

zinit - Flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager with clean fpath, reports, completion management, Turbo, annexes, services, packages.

dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️

dotfiles vs vcsh GNU Stow vs chezmoi dotfiles vs dotfiles GNU Stow vs yadm dotfiles vs dotfiles GNU Stow vs Home Manager using Nix dotfiles vs bashdot GNU Stow vs rcm dotfiles vs nix GNU Stow vs Ansible dotfiles vs zinit GNU Stow vs dotbot