Alternatives to Dotbot
Bootstraps a dotfiles repository from a small YAML configuration. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Dotbot
Bootstraps a dotfiles repository from a small YAML configuration.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Dotbot.
chezmoi
Manages dotfiles across machines with templates and secret manager support.
chezmoi adds templates for machines that differ, secret manager support and Windows compatibility, at the cost of more concepts to learn than a minimal YAML configuration.
yadm
Dotfile manager that wraps Git over your home directory.
yadm replaces the YAML bootstrap with plain Git over your home directory and adds per-host alternate files and encryption, under the GPL-3.0 license instead of MIT.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Ansible
Automate configuration and deployments across your machines.
