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A curated list of dotfiles resources. Inspired by the awesome GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit 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”.

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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 GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit Community bash framework. Autocompletion, themes, aliases, custom functions. Well-structured framework
Mathias’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit Sensible hacker defaults for macOS 🔧 .files, including ~/.macos — sensible hacker defaults for macOS
webpro’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit macOS dotfiles Bash, Homebrew, Brew Cask, Git, Node.js, Hammerspoon.
rootbeersoup’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit 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
thoughtbot dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit Set of vim, zsh, git, and tmux configuration files Zsh, vim, tmux, git, homebrew. Uses rcm GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit.
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 GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit The configuration framework for Zsh. Enriches the command line interface environment with sane defaults, aliases, functions, auto completion, and prompt themes.
Dries’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit Simplified approach to dotfiles for macOS Zsh, Oh My Zsh, macOS, Homebrew, Mackup
sobolevn’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit Dotfiles for the developer happiness macOS, zsh, brew, vscode, codespaces, python, node, elixir
yutkat’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit 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 GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit My dotfiles (deployed by LARBS) Zsh, vim/nvim, zsf
2KAbhishek’s dots2k GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit 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 GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit 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 GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit The Fish Shell Framework Core infrastructure to allow you to install packages to extend/modify your shell
Paul’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit paul’s fish, bash, git, etc config files. good stuff. Fish, macOS, Homebrew, Custom Shell functions
rkalis’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit Well-maintained dotfiles featuring Fish, repository management and Hammerspoon Fish, macOS, Homebrew, Repository management, Hammerspoon

Ansible

Title Description Focus
.dots GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit New and upgraded dotfiles, now with Ansible! Completely automated desktop setup, configuration and maintenance using Ansible
sloria’s dotfiles GitHub Repo Stars GitHub last commit 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.