aspiers/stow
GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
57/100
- Activity 55
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5411
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 274
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1102 stars · 56 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager that keeps packages of files in separate directories and makes them appear installed in a common location via symlink trees. It is primarily used today for managing dotfiles in a home directory, often alongside git.
Use cases
- manage my dotfiles with symlinks
- keep config files in git and deploy them to home directory
- install software built from source into /usr/local without conflicts
- organize multiple versions of a package side by side
- stow and unstow packages from the command line
When to choose
- you want a simple, dependency-light symlink-based dotfile manager
- you manage source-built software installations in a shared prefix
- you want dotfiles version-controlled with git and linked into place
When to avoid
- you need a full package manager with dependency resolution
- you want declarative or reproducible system configuration like Nix or Guix
- you need cross-platform config sync beyond Unix-like systems
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
cli package-manager file-system developer-tools developer-tools self-hosted cli cross-platform dotfiles symlink-farm gnu perl configuration-management version-control-friendly command-line automation linux macos
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/aspiers/stow · fetched 2026-08-28 · cf88a2a5e827
- homepage: http://www.gnu.org/s/stow/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · f09c6cab317e
- site_page: http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 12c0fe790bd0
- site_page: http://www.gnu.org/doc/doc.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7645c54f543f
- site_page: http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual · fetched 2026-08-29 · fa286121b29e
- site_page: http://www.gnu.org/manual · fetched 2026-08-29 · 17c5dc506a37
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| aspiers/stow | main | 57 |
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