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Dotbins: Keep updated binaries in your dotfiles
2 points ¡ Open discussionbasnijholt
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Keep updated binaries in your dotfiles đ§°
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What Hacker News says
3 sourcesDotbins: Seamlessly version-control your CLI tools within your dotfiles
3 points ¡ Open discussionI built dotbins, a Python-based tool designed to simplify managing and version-controlling pre-compiled CLI binaries directly within your dotfiles repository.
See this repository of my personal setup https://github.com/basnijholt/.dotbins (repo fully created by the dotbins tool!)
Why dotbins?
Cross-platform: Effortlessly manages CLI tools on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
No Admin Rights Needed: Perfect for restricted environments or quick setups.
Auto-download & Update: Automatically fetches and updates CLI binaries from GitHub releases.
Git Integration: Enables seamless synchronization of CLI tools alongside your configurations.
Example workflow:
Quickly install a tool directly from GitHub: `dotbins get junegunn/fzf`
Sync all CLI tools defined in a simple YAML config: `dotbins sync`
I created dotbins out of personal frustration managing too
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ls across different systems. It's streamlined my setup process significantlyâI hope it helps you too.
The project is open-source, and feedback or contributions are welcome!
Check it out here: https://github.com/basnijholt/dotbins