SuperCuber/dotter

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2004 stars · 78 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Dotter is a dotfile manager and templater written in Rust that deploys configuration files to their target locations via symlinking or templating. It supports per-machine configuration differences, making it easy to manage dotfiles across multiple machines from a single repository.

Use cases

• manage my dotfiles across multiple machines
• symlink configuration files from a git repo to their target locations
• template config files with machine-specific variables
• set up dotfiles automatically on a new machine
• deploy different configs on desktop vs laptop
• replace manual ln -s dotfile workflows
• undeploy and clean up managed dotfiles

When to choose

• you keep dotfiles in a git repository and want automated deployment
• you need per-machine variations of the same configuration files
• you want templating or symlinking handled by one tool
• you use Linux, macOS, or Windows and want a fast Rust-based manager

When to avoid

• you need a GUI for managing configuration files
• you only have one machine and a simple symlink script suffices
• you need to manage system-wide configs outside the home directory with complex permissions
• you want a manager with built-in plugin/script ecosystem like some heavier dotfile frameworks

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

configuration-management templating cli developer-tools developer-tools self-hosted windows cli rust dotfiles symlink-manager config-templating multi-machine-setup command-line automation linux macos

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