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https://github.com/webpro/awesome-dotfiles

A curated list of dotfiles resources.
https://github.com/webpro/awesome-dotfiles

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A curated list of dotfiles resources.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/webpro/awesome-dotfiles
Owner: webpro
Created: 2014-07-16T13:10:14.000Z (over 10 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-05-02T15:38:29.000Z (8 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-21T13:13:35.123Z (7 months ago)
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README

        # Awesome Dotfiles [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

A curated list of dotfiles resources. Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing.

Note that some articles or tools may look old or old-fashioned, but this usually means they're battle-tested and mature

(like dotfiles themselves). Feel free to propose new articles, projects or tools!

## Articles

### Introductions

- [Getting started with dotfiles](https://www.webpro.nl/articles/getting-started-with-dotfiles)

  ([L. Kappert](https://github.com/webpro))

- [Getting started with dotfiles](https://driesvints.com/blog/getting-started-with-dotfiles/)

  ([D. Vints](https://github.com/driesvints))

- [Managing your dotfiles](https://www.webpro.nl/articles/managing-your-dotfiles)

- [Dotfiles Are Meant to Be Forked](https://zachholman.com/2010/08/dotfiles-are-meant-to-be-forked/)

- [Dotfile discovery](https://wynnnetherland.com/journal/dotfiles-discovery/)

- [I do Dotfiles!](https://jogendra.dev/i-do-dotfiles)

### Tutorials

- [Setting up a new (OS X) development machine: Part 3 - Dotfiles and custom SSH config](https://mattstauffer.com/blog/setting-up-a-new-os-x-development-machine-part-3-dotfiles-rc-files-and-ssh-config/)

- [Setting Up a Mac Dev Machine From Zero to Hero With Dotfiles](https://code.tutsplus.com/setting-up-a-mac-dev-machine-from-zero-to-hero-with-dotfiles--net-35449t)

- [Using Git and GitHub to manage your dotfiles](http://blog.smalleycreative.com/tutorials/using-git-and-github-to-manage-your-dotfiles/)

- [conf.d like directories for zsh/bash dotfiles](https://chr4.org/blog/2014/09/10/conf-dot-d-like-directories-for-zsh-slash-bash-dotfiles/)

- [Managing your dotfiles](https://www.anishathalye.com/2014/08/03/managing-your-dotfiles/)

- [The best way to store your dotfiles: A bare Git repository](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles)

- [Dotfiles Management](https://mitxela.com/projects/dotfiles_management)

### Shell startup

- [Shell startup scripts](https://blog.flowblok.id.au/2013-02/shell-startup-scripts.html)

- [Zsh/Bash startup files loading order](https://shreevatsa.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/zshbash-startup-files-loading-order-bashrc-zshrc-etc/)

### Using specific tools

- [Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles](http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html)

- [Managing Dotfile Symlinks with GNU Stow](https://spin.atomicobject.com/2014/12/26/manage-dotfiles-gnu-stow/)

- [Dotfiles and dev tools provisioned by Ansible](http://palcu.blogspot.com/2014/06/dotfiles-and-dev-tools-provisioned-by.html)

## Find dotfiles repos

There are many great dotfiles repos out there, each containing their own inspiration and gems. One way to go through

them is to [search GitHub for "dotfiles"](https://github.com/search?q=dotfiles&type=Repositories).

Also see:

- [Google for "dotfiles"](https://www.google.nl/search?q=dotfiles)

- [Archlinux collection](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dotfiles)

- Tip: search for a filename on GitHub, e.g.

  [in:path .gitconfig](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&type=Code&q=in%3Apath+.gitconfig).

## Example dotfiles repos

A collection of the most popular, well-maintained, and collaborative dotfiles repositories & frameworks. Some projects

contain just the dotfiles. Others go further by allowing you to easily add your own custom dotfiles, and some include

scripts to manage dotfiles and plugins.

### Bash

| Title                                                               | Description                                  | Focus                                                                                                                        |

| :------------------------------------------------------------------ | :------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| [Bash it](https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it)                       | Community bash framework.                    | Autocompletion, themes, aliases, custom functions. Well-structured framework                                                 |

| [Mathias’s dotfiles](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles)     | Sensible hacker defaults for macOS           | 🔧 .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS                                                           |

| [webpro's dotfiles](https://github.com/webpro/dotfiles)             | macOS dotfiles                               | Bash, Homebrew, Brew Cask, Git, Node.js, Hammerspoon.                                                                        |

| [rootbeersoup's dotfiles](https://github.com/darrylabbate/dotfiles) | Effortless Bash, Vim and macOS configuration | A `curl \| sh` installer and a Makefile offer portable and effortless setup for either permanent or temporary configuration. |

### Zsh

| Title                                                         | Description                                                              | Focus                                                                                                                       |

| :------------------------------------------------------------ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| [thoughtbot dotfiles](https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles) | Set of vim, zsh, git, and tmux configuration files                       | Zsh, vim, tmux, git, homebrew. Uses [rcm](https://github.com/thoughtbot/rcm).                                               |

| [oh-my-zsh](https://ohmyz.sh)                                 | Community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.          | Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration                                 |

| [Prezto](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto)             | The configuration framework for Zsh.                                     | Enriches the command line interface environment with sane defaults, aliases, functions, auto completion, and prompt themes. |

| [Dries's dotfiles](https://github.com/driesvints/dotfiles)    | Simplified approach to dotfiles for macOS                                | Zsh, Oh My Zsh, macOS, Homebrew, Mackup                                                                                     |

| [sobolevn's dotfiles](https://github.com/sobolevn/dotfiles)   | Dotfiles for the developer happiness                                     | macOS, zsh, brew, vscode, codespaces, python, node, elixir                                                                  |

| [yutkat's dotfiles](https://github.com/yutkat/dotfiles)       | Well-maintained dotfiles that use CI to test and measure startup speeds. | Zsh, Neovim, Wezterm, swaywm working on Arch/Ubuntu/Fedora Linux.                                                           |

| [Luke's voidrice](https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice)   | My dotfiles (deployed by LARBS)                                          | Zsh, vim/nvim, zsf                                                                                                          |

| [2KAbhishek's dots2k](https://github.com/2KAbhishek/dots2k)   | Passionately crafted, extensible dotfiles with multi platform support    | CLI tools at core, with extensions for different platforms (windows/mac/android), editors and window managers               |

| [Zim](https://github.com/zimfw/zimfw)   | Modular, customizable, and blazing fast Zsh framework    | Zim is a Zsh configuration framework that bundles a plugin manager, useful modules, and a wide variety of themes, without compromising on speed.               |

### Fish

| Title                                                    | Description                                                                    | Focus                                                                            |

| :------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| [oh-my-fish](https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish)   | The Fish Shell Framework                                                       | Core infrastructure to allow you to install packages to extend/modify your shell |

| [Paul's dotfiles](https://github.com/paulirish/dotfiles) | paul's fish, bash, git, etc config files. good stuff.                          | Fish, macOS, Homebrew, Custom Shell functions                                    |

| [rkalis's dotfiles](https://github.com/rkalis/dotfiles)  | Well-maintained dotfiles featuring Fish, repository management and Hammerspoon | Fish, macOS, Homebrew, Repository management, Hammerspoon                        |

### Ansible

| Title                                                   | Description                                  | Focus                                                                           |

| :------------------------------------------------------ | :------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |

| [.dots](https://github.com/Addvilz/dots)                | New and upgraded dotfiles, now with Ansible! | Completely automated desktop setup, configuration and maintenance using Ansible |

| [sloria's dotfiles](https://github.com/sloria/dotfiles) | sloria's dotfiles as Ansible roles           | Sets up a full local development environment with a single command              |

## Tools

- [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com) - Radically simple configuration-management, application deployment,

  task-execution, and multinode orchestration engine.

- [bashdot](https://github.com/bashdot/bashdot) - Minimalist dotfile management framework written entirely in bash.

- [chezmoi](https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi) - Manage your dotfiles securely across multiple machines.

- [comtrya](https://github.com/comtrya/comtrya) - Configuration management for localhost, written in Rust, for Linux,

  BSD, macOS, and Windows.

- [dotbare](https://github.com/kazhala/dotbare) - Manage dotfiles interactively with fzf.

- [dotbot](https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot) - Tool that bootstraps your dotfiles.

- [dotdrop](https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop) - Save your dotfiles once, deploy them everywhere.

- [Fisher](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher) - A package manager for Fish.

- [fresh](https://freshshell.com) - Keep your dotfiles fresh. Fresh is a tool to source shell configuration (aliases,

  functions, etc) from others into your own configuration files.

- [GNU Stow](http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) - Symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or

  data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place.

- [homeshick](https://github.com/andsens/homeshick) - Git dotfile synchronizer written in Bash.

- [mackup](https://github.com/lra/mackup) - Keep your application settings in sync (macOS/Linux).

- [Pearl](https://github.com/pearl-core/pearl) - Package manager that allows to control, sync, share dotfiles as

  packages automatically activated during shells or editors startup. There is a wide range of packages already

  available. in the [Official Pearl Hub](https://github.com/pearl-hub) (for Linux and OSX).

- [rcm](https://github.com/thoughtbot/rcm) - rc file (dotfile) management.

- [themer](https://github.com/themerdev/themer) - Manage and generate themes across your development tools from within

  your dotfiles.

- [toml-bombadil](https://github.com/oknozor/toml-bombadil) - Templatize and manage your dotfiles.

- [xdg-ninja](https://github.com/b3nj5m1n/xdg-ninja) - A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and

  directories.

- [yadm](https://github.com/TheLocehiliosan/yadm) - Tool for managing a collection of files across multiple computers,

  using a shared Git repository and some additional features.

### macOS

- [dockutil](https://github.com/kcrawford/dockutil) - Command line tool for managing dock items.

- [mas](https://github.com/mas-cli/mas) - Mac App Store command line interface.

- [zero](https://github.com/zero-sh/zero.sh) - Radically simple personal bootstrapping tool for macOS.

## Miscellaneous

- [dotfiles.github.io](https://dotfiles.github.io/) - Your unofficial guide to dotfiles on GitHub.

- [Filesystem Hierarchy Standard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard) - Directory structure and

  directory contents in Linux distributions.

- [XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html) -

  [Summary](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory)

- [A lesson in shortcuts](https://web.archive.org/web/20180827160401/https://plus.google.com/+RobPikeTheHuman/posts/R58WgWwN9jp) -

  How the idea of "hidden" or "dot" files was born, by Rob Pike (originally posted on Google+).

## Related Lists

- [Awesome Dev Env](https://github.com/jondot/awesome-devenv) - Curated list of awesome tools, resources and workflow

  tips making an awesome development environment.

- [Awesome Fish](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/awsm.fish) - Curated list of packages, prompts, and resources for the

  fish shell.

- [Awesome Shell](https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell) - Curated list of awesome command-line frameworks, toolkits,

  guides and gizmos.

- [Awesome Sysadmin](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin) - A curated list of amazingly awesome open source

  sysadmin resources.

- [Awesome Zsh Plugins](https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins) - List of Zsh plugins suitable for use with

  oh-my-zsh, antigen & Prezto.

- [Terminals Are Sexy](https://github.com/k4m4/terminals-are-sexy) - A curated list of Terminal frameworks, plugins &

  resources for CLI lovers.

## Archive/abandoned projects

- [antigen](http://antigen.sharats.me)

- [Bashstrap](https://github.com/barryclark/bashstrap)

- [battleschool](https://github.com/spencergibb/battleschool)

- [Bork](https://github.com/mattly/bork)

- [Cider](https://github.com/msanders/cider)

- [dev-setup](https://github.com/donnemartin/dev-setup)

- [dotfiles](https://github.com/jbernard/dotfiles)

- [dotstow](https://github.com/clayrisser/dotstow)

- [Eduardo's dotfiles](https://github.com/eduardolundgren/dotfiles)

- [ellipsis](https://github.com/ellipsis/ellipsis)

- [emplace](https://github.com/tversteeg/emplace)

- [holman does dotfiles](https://github.com/holman/dotfiles)

- [homesick](https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick)

- [Kevin's dotfiles](https://github.com/kdeldycke/dotfiles)

- [kody](https://github.com/jh3y/kody)

- [macOS Defaults](https://github.com/kevinSuttle/macOS-Defaults)

- [osxc](http://osxc.github.io)

- [vcsh](https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh)

  ([article](https://blog.tfnico.com/2014/03/managing-dot-files-with-vcsh-and-myrepos.html),

  [article](https://www.kunxi.org/2014/02/manage-dotfiles-using-vcsh-and-mr/))

- [YADR](http://skwp.github.io/dotfiles/)

## License

[![CC0](https://licensebuttons.net/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

To the extent possible under law, [Lars Kappert](https://www.webpro.nl) has waived all copyright and related or

neighboring rights to this work.