Dotter: A Powerful Dotfile Manager and Templating Engine in Rust

2025-09-11
Dotter: A Powerful Dotfile Manager and Templating Engine in Rust

Dotter is a dotfile manager and templating engine written in Rust, designed to simplify the management and deployment of dotfiles. It solves many inconveniences associated with manual dotfile management, such as tracking file origins, tedious setup on new machines, and handling configuration differences between machines. Dotter automates dotfile management through flexible configuration and automatic templating or symlinking. It supports installation via Homebrew, AUR, and Scoop, and also provides binaries and Cargo installation. Dotter also offers extensive command-line options and hook functions for user-defined workflows.

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