chezmoi

Wrap chezmoi — manage dotfiles across machines using source-state semantics, Go templates, and at-rest encryption.

When to use

• Bootstrapping dotfiles on a new machine
• Adding a new file to existing chezmoi-managed dotfiles
• Templating a dotfile per-OS, per-host, or per-role (work vs. personal)
• Adding secrets via 1Password / Bitwarden / age / gpg
• Writing a run_once_ install script
• Diagnosing "chezmoi apply changed something I didn't expect"
• Designing the .chezmoi.toml.tmpl config template for a fleet of machines

Mental model