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24 alternatives to Manage Dotfiles with Stow

Mirror of https://gitlab.com/risserlabs/community/dotstow - clayrisser/dotstow

Manage Dotfiles with Stow is a guide for organizing and maintaining configuration files across multiple computers using GNU Stow, a symlink manager. It's designed for developers and system administrators who want to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Manage Dotfiles with Stow launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Lnk – Git-native dotfiles manager▲75
Move dotfiles to ~/.config/lnk, get symlinks back, use Git normally. Single binary, no config files, no fluff. Built because chezmoi was too complex and plain Git was too manual.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Shittp – Volatile Dotfiles over SSH▲136
Bring your dotfiles to remote machine via SSH. Contribute to FOBshippingpoint/shittp development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cross-platform dotfiles manager written in Rust▲21
⚡ A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager. Contribute to Shemnei/punktf development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
A way to manage dotfiles without silly symlinks and special tools▲8
A simple way to manage dotfiles with git without silly symlinks and special tools. Just use negative matches in your .gitignore ! - Git dot files management
2016 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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DotNetFiddle – JsFiddle for .Net▲217
Test your C# code online with .NET Fiddle code editor.
2013 · dotnetfiddle.net · its alternatives →
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Dotmesh – A git-like CLI for application states▲107
2018 · dotmesh.com · its alternatives →
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Chezmoi: a tool for managing your dotfiles across multiple machines▲9
Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely. - twpayne/chezmoi
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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From dotenv to dotenvx – better config management▲354
A leap forward in configuration management for dotenv
2024 · dotenvx.com · its alternatives →
9
Tool to manage your dotfiles▲6
A tool to manage your dotfiles. Contribute to robertdxyz/dotfiles-manager development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
Clean and simple declarative dotfile management▲7
A simplistic dotfile manager written in pure Python - ariataylor96/punctual
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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layer▲88
I built a small CLI called layer. It manages .git/info/exclude so you can keep local-only files in a repo without adding them to the shared .gitignore. This came from a normal team repo problem. People keep their own local files in a repo: API_SPEC.md, BACKEND_GUIDE.md, ARCHITECTURE_NOTES.md, CLAUDE.md, prompt files, scratch notes, temporary investigation docs, and other markdown files with custom names that are useful for one developer but should not be committed. The usual answer is “just put it in .gitignore”, but that gets messy fast because these files are different for each…
Mar 2026 · crates.io · its alternatives →
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Dotsync▲88
A simple and concise dotfiles synchronizer
2023 · dotsync.org · its alternatives →
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I wrote a tool in Rust for tracking all allocations in a Linux process▲113
allocscope - a memory tracking tool. Contribute to matt-kimball/allocscope development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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superfile▲188
A modern, visual file manager for the terminal
Jul 2026 · superfile.dev · its alternatives →
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A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager▲7
⚡ A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager. Contribute to Shemnei/punktf development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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pbcopy/pbpaste across machines via Gitlab Snippets▲55
copy and paste across machines. Contribute to bradwood/glsnip development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Snibox – Self-hosted snippets manager▲84
Self-hosted snippet manager. Contribute to snibox/snibox development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A cross-platform, modular dotfiles installer for my personal setup▲10
A cross-platform, modular dotfiles installer for my personal setup - spywhere/dotfiles
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple realtime two-way sync with SSH, fswatch and rsync▲71
DropBox/GoogleDrive-style 2-way sync using rsync and fswatch - francoisp/DuplexRsync
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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DotSlash from Meta▲114
Simplified executable deployment
2024 · dotslash-cli.com · its alternatives →
21
Drivebase▲98
Unified file manager for all your cloud storage with E2EE
Feb 2026 · drivebase.io · its alternatives →
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VeloFiler▲70
Keyboard-first dual-pane file manager for macOS
Aug 2026 · velofiler.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Gisto 2.0▲91
Code snippet manager that runs on GitHub Gist
2018 · its alternatives →
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Sshsync – CLI tool to run shell commands across multiple remote servers▲47
I built a CLI tool called `sshsync` to run shell commands and transfer files across multiple servers over SSH concurrently. It was inspired by tools like `pssh`, but I wanted something more modern, intuitive, and Pythonic. What it does: - Run shell commands on multiple servers (in parallel) - Push/pull files or directories with progress bars - Uses `~/.ssh/config` and lets you group hosts with YAML - Supports `--dry-run` mode to preview actions without executing - Outputs results using `rich` (tables, colors) - Built with `Typer`, `asyncssh`, and `rich` There’s no daemon or…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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