emplace

Command-line tool to mirror installed software on multiple machines.

Features

• Outputs a human-readable (RON) file to sync between machines: .emplace

• Version control with git to automatically push & pull updates

• Automatic prompt after installing a package

• Integrates well with dotfiles repositories

• Parses history file

• Package managers supported:

  OS	Package Manager
  	Apt
  	Nix
  	Pacman
  	RUA
  	Yay
  	Snap
  	Homebrew
  	Chocolatey
  	Scoop
  	Cargo
  	Rustup Component
  	Python Pip
  	Python Pip 3
  	Node Package Manager

• Shells supported:

  	Shell
  	Bash
  	Zsh
  	Fish

Installation

Getting Started

1. Install the emplace binary:

   Windows

   Scoop

   scoop install emplace

   Source

   Rust

   cargo install emplace

2. Add the init script to your shell's config file:

   Bash

   Add the following to the end of ~/.bashrc:

   # ~/.bashrc
   
   source <(emplace init bash)

   Zsh

   Add the following to the end of ~/.zshrc:

   # ~/.zshrc
   
   eval "$(emplace init zsh)"

   Fish

   Add the following to the end of ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

   # ~/.config/fish/config.fish
   
   emplace init fish | source

Usage

Mirroring Packages

Invoke the supported package manager of choice using the command line in a normal way and you will automatically be prompted to mirror the package, for example:

cargo install topgrade
# -- or --
rustup component add rustfmt
# -- or --
sudo apt install meld
# -- or --
pacman -S zsh
# -- or --
rua install peek
# -- or --
yay -S thunar
# -- or --
sudo snap install scrcpy
# -- or --
npm install -g release
# -- or --
pip3 install --user termtosvg
# -- or --
choco install neovim
# -- or --
scoop install curl
# -- or --
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nixfmt
# -- or --
brew install wget

Synchronizing On Another Machine

Just invoke emplace install, and you will be prompted with the packages to install:

emplace install

History Analysis

Invoke emplace history $HISTFILE or emplace history /path/to/history/file.
It will parse your history and prompt to select, which packages you want to synchronize.

Removing Synchronized Packages

Run emplace clean and select the packages you want to be cleaned, they won't be removed from your system.

Creating and modifying config files

Run emplace config --new to create a new config and configure the repository or emplace config --path to retrieve the path to the configuration file.

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Logan Magee 💻 🐛

Vladimir 📦 💻 🐛 🚧 👀

Jozef Hollý 🤔

Oleksii Filonenko 💻 📦 👀

x0f5c3 💻

Benjamin S. Leveritt 🤔 🚧

Michael Borejdo 🤔

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!