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    twpayne/chezmoi

    Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.

    ios
    security
    configuration
    dotfile
    dotfile-management
    dotfile-manager
    dotfile-managers
    Go
    MIT
    22.2K stars
    699 forks
    50 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 5 days ago, with 218 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Manages and synchronizes dotfiles securely across multiple diverse machines.
    • Ensures secure, consistent configuration management with support for various operating systems.
    • Use for maintaining personalized dotfiles across Linux, macOS, and Windows environments.
    • Use for securely deploying configuration files in multi-user or multi-device setups.
    • Use for automating dotfile updates and backups while preserving system-specific customizations.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.

    chezmoi's documentation is at chezmoi.io.

    If you're contributing to chezmoi, then please read the developer guide.

    Excerpt from the twpayne/chezmoi README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Forks

    699+22

    Open issues

    54-4

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