awesome-dotfiles README

The project's README from github.com/webpro/awesome-dotfiles. As one markdown file: README.md.

Awesome Dotfiles Awesome

A curated list of dotfiles resources. Inspired by the 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

Tutorials

Shell startup

Using specific tools

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".

Also see:

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 Community bash framework. Autocompletion, themes, aliases, custom functions. Well-structured framework
Mathias’s dotfiles Sensible hacker defaults for macOS 🔧 .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS
webpro's dotfiles macOS dotfiles Bash, Homebrew, Brew Cask, Git, Node.js, Hammerspoon.
rootbeersoup's 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
Nick Khan's dotfiles Personal dotfiles for configuring macOS environment with Zsh and Homebrew. No fluff, only the stuff I actually use. Zsh, Git (w/ aliases), Visual Studio Code, Ghostty, shell aliases, sensible macOS defaults, custom CLI script, etc.
thoughtbot dotfiles Set of vim, zsh, git, and tmux configuration files Zsh, vim, tmux, git, homebrew. Uses rcm.
oh-my-zsh Community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration
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 Simplified approach to dotfiles for macOS Zsh, Oh My Zsh, macOS, Homebrew, Mackup
holman does dotfiles Topic-oriented, fork-friendly dotfiles Zsh, Git, Vim, Homebrew, macOS, modular topic directories and bootstrap scripts.
Kevin's dotfiles macOS dotfiles for Python developers Zsh, Python, Neovim, VS Code, Homebrew, macOS defaults and security settings.
sobolevn's dotfiles Dotfiles for the developer happiness macOS, zsh, brew, vscode, codespaces, python, node, elixir
yutkat's 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 My dotfiles (deployed by LARBS) Zsh, vim/nvim, zsf
2KAbhishek's 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 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 The Fish Shell Framework Core infrastructure to allow you to install packages to extend/modify your shell
Paul's dotfiles paul's fish, bash, git, etc config files. good stuff. Fish, macOS, Homebrew, Custom Shell functions

Ansible

Title Description Focus
.dots New and upgraded dotfiles, now with Ansible! Completely automated desktop setup, configuration and maintenance using Ansible
Mac Dev Playbook Mac setup and configuration via Ansible Full macOS dev machine setup including Homebrew, dotfiles, apps, and OS config
sloria's dotfiles sloria's dotfiles as Ansible roles Sets up a full local development environment with a single command

Tools

macOS

Miscellaneous

Archive/abandoned projects

License

CC0

To the extent possible under law, Lars Kappert has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.

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这是什么?一个精心整理的 dotfiles(点文件)资源清单:包含文章、教程、示例配置仓库,以及管理你的 shell 和编辑器配置的工具。
这是需要安装的软件,还是只是给我看的网页?只是 GitHub 上的一个参考索引,无需安装。它汇总了 Articles(文章)板块、按 shell 分组的示例 dotfiles 仓库、Tools(工具)板块以及相关清单。
新手应该从哪里入手?先读诸如 'Getting started with dotfiles' 之类的入门文章,然后从清单中挑选一种管理方式:裸 Git 仓库、GNU Stow 符号链接,或者 chezmoi 这类管理工具。
开始之前有什么需要注意的吗?作者提醒说,有些条目可能显得陈旧或过时,但他认为这通常意味着它们久经考验、非常成熟——就像 dotfiles 本身一样。
我可以复用或 fork 这份清单吗?可以——它采用 CC0 协议:Lars Kappert 已放弃全部版权及邻接权,所以这份清单实际上属于公有领域。
'dotfile' 到底是什么?指你主目录下的隐藏配置文件,比如 .zshrc 或 .gitconfig,它们决定了你的 shell 和命令行工具的行为方式。让这些文件纳入版本管理并在多台机器之间保持同步,正是这个生态所关注的事情。
除了这份清单,我还能怎么找到更多 dotfiles 仓库?清单建议在 GitHub 上搜索 'dotfiles',包括按文件名搜索,比如 path:/.gitconfig,还推荐了一个 Archlinux 的合集以及 dotfiles.github.io——一份非官方的 dotfiles 指南。
这份清单还在积极维护吗?是的——该仓库没有被归档,还有一个 GitHub Actions 工作流(markdown-link-check)负责保持链接有效,作者也欢迎大家提交建议;被放弃的项目会移到单独的 Archive(归档)板块,而不是直接删除。
作者自己是否践行了他给出的建议?是的——webpro 自己的 macOS dotfiles(Bash、Homebrew、Brew Cask、Git、Node.js、Hammerspoon)就列在 Bash 板块里,与 holman 和 thoughtbot 的仓库并列。
What are similar projects?awesome-zsh-plugins, awesome-bash, awesome-shell, direnv, modern-unix, pure-bash-bible, awesome-macos-command-line, fzf
Which topics is it in?fish, zsh, tools, dotfiles, configuration, unix, bash, best-practices, awesome, git, shell, reference
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