Command-line tool

chezmoi

brew/chezmoi

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely cli configuration dotfiles stow dotfile dotbot yadm

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id twpayne.chezmoi -e
scoop install chezmoi

macOS

brew install chezmoi

Linux

brew install chezmoi

Set up `chezmoi`, creating a Git repository in `~/.local/share/chezmoi`

chezmoi init

Set up `chezmoi` from existing dotfiles of a Git repository

chezmoi init repository_url

Start tracking one or more dotfiles

chezmoi add path/to/dotfile1 path/to/dotfile2 ...

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