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Top 23 Shell dotfiles-linux Projects
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AppSignal
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dorothy
🧙🏻♀️ Terminal ecosystem, featuring: ① Framework for cross-shell/cli/tui scripting: bash/nu/deno/unix/… ② Overlay for cross-shell/env/dotfile interop: bash/zsh/fish/nu/… ③ Manager for cross-source packages/apps/utilities: github/brew/apt/flatpak/appimage/cargo/npm/… ④ Hundreds of cross-os commands: macos/linux/windows, x86/arm.
Project mention: Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-01Dorothy, https://github.com/bevry/dorothy has a `setup-util` command that can install packages on any system, eg. `setup-util-bat` behind the scenes can do apt, aur, or github; eg. `setup-util --cli=bat APT=bat AUR=bat …` — works on windows, macos, linux; supports dozens of package systems; installs, upgrades, and uninstalls
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dotfiles
My personal monorepo: dotfiles, /etc-files, single-file scripts, vim plugins, webexts/userscripts, xmonad config, all that stuff… (by liskin)
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SaaSHub
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.dotfiles
Config files for *nix and Sway tiling wm, branches for different distros/computers (by dpgraham4401)
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dotfiles
⚙️ My dotfiles - focusing on vim, zsh, tmux, window managers, shortcuts and languages like Ruby, Python, and Typescript. (by nikhgupta)
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source dotfiles-linux projects in Shell? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | vcsh | 2,279 |
| 2 | dot | 1,287 |
| 3 | dorothy | 577 |
| 4 | termux2k | 181 |
| 5 | K-Dots | 179 |
| 6 | dotfiles | 104 |
| 7 | dotfiles | 98 |
| 8 | homesetup | 74 |
| 9 | .dotfiles | 66 |
| 10 | bspwm_rice | 60 |
| 11 | yas-bdsm | 60 |
| 12 | dotfiles | 44 |
| 13 | linux-init | 39 |
| 14 | mgsloan-dotfiles | 26 |
| 15 | dotfiles | 22 |
| 16 | dotfiles | 20 |
| 17 | dotfiles_skeleton | 16 |
| 18 | dotfiles | 13 |
| 19 | dotfiles | 12 |
| 20 | dotfiles | 12 |
| 21 | dotfiles | 12 |
| 22 | dotfiles | 10 |
| 23 | dotfiles | 10 |
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