GNU Stow VS bashdot

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

GNU Stow

GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches (by aspiers)
Configuration Management Symlink package-manager Packages CLI Symlinks dot-files dotfile-manager dotfile-management Dotfiles
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bashdot

Minimalist dotfile management framework. (by bashdot)
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bashdot.github.io
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GNU Stow bashdot
4 1
548 99
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9.2 0.0
20 days ago over 1 year ago
Perl Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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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.

bashdot

Posts with mentions or reviews of bashdot. 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 using bashdot(https://github.com/bashdot/bashdot) does exactly this. It's a simple bash script that sets up symlinks for a given directory. It can also switch symlinks to different directories, so you could use that as swappable profiles.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

yadm - Yet Another Dotfiles Manager

dotfiles - Settings for various tools I use.

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

vcsh - config manager based on Git

rcm - rc file (dotfile) management

dotfiles - .files

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.

dot.me - me dot files

dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️

dotfiles - Mostly ~/.* files to configure vim, sh, tmux, etc. on Debian, Mac, and Windows

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