https://github.com/tchoutri/confer

The symbolic links manager for your configuration files
https://github.com/tchoutri/confer

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The symbolic links manager for your configuration files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tchoutri/confer
• Owner: tchoutri
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2024-05-24T09:08:47.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-02-04T16:33:36.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-02-05T03:57:38.573Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: dotfiles-manager, haskell, lua, symbolic-links
• Language: Haskell
• Homepage:
• Size: 149 KB
• Stars: 34
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Confer [![Made with Haskell](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20in-Haskell-%235e5086?logo=haskell&style=flat-square)](https://haskell.org)  [![Configured in Lua](https://img.shields.io/badge/Configured%20in-Lua-%2300007f?logo=lua&style=flat-square)](https://www.lua.org/) ![Free Palestine](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%94%BB-Anti_Genocide_Action-blue?style=flat&logoColor=black&labelColor=green&color=black)

Confer is a symbolic link manager that handles the deployment and synchronisation of your configuration files.

Write a configuration file to declare where your files are supposed to go, and `confer` will create the appropriate links.

## 📖 Documentation

Read the [Manual](./doc/MANUAL.md) for documentation.

For more details about the inner workings, read the [Architecture document](./doc/ARCHITECTURE.md)

## 📦 Install

### Nightly pre-releases

Pre-release binaries are available for the following platforms:

* [Linux-x86_64-musl (statically linked)](https://github.com/tchoutri/confer/releases/download/confer-head/confer-head-Linux-static-x86_64.tar.gz)

* [Linux-x86_64-glibc (dynamically linked)](https://github.com/tchoutri/confer/releases/download/confer-head/confer-head-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz)

* [macOS-arm64](https://github.com/tchoutri/confer/releases/download/confer-head/confer-head-macOS-arm64.tar.gz)

## 🔧 Build

*Confer* is made in Haskell. To build it from source, use [ghcup](https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/) to install the following toolchains:

* `cabal` 3.14

* `ghc` 9.10.3