macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install dotbotlocal Homebrew formula metadata
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dotbotnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/do/dotbot/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
概览
软件包摘要
Tool that bootstraps your dotfiles
项目链接
命令和别名
- dotbot
历史
项目历史与用法
Dotbot is a lightweight dotfiles bootstrapper that lets a dotfiles repository install itself with a small YAML or JSON task list. Its identity is intentionally narrow: version control stores the files, and Dotbot links, creates, cleans, and runs shell commands.
项目历史
The README explains the name as a dotfiles bootstrapper and emphasizes a deliberately minimal design: self-contained, no external dependencies, no required installation, and VCS-agnostic operation. Users can vendor it as a Git submodule or subrepo, or install it as a standalone command-line program.
Public GitHub release metadata shows active tagged releases through the 2020s, including the v1.22-v1.24 series in 2025.
采用历史
Dotbot spread through personal dotfiles repositories because it fits the common bootstrap pattern: clone a dotfiles repo, enter it, and run ./install on a fresh machine. The README also notes package availability through Homebrew and Arch Linux, while source facts list Homebrew and Nix.
A plugin ecosystem grew around the core, including plugins for secrets management, package managers, OS/application configuration, and other setup tasks.
使用方式
A typical Dotbot setup keeps install.conf.yaml or install.conf.json in the dotfiles repository and runs tasks such as linking files into the home directory, creating directories, cleaning broken symlinks, and executing shell commands.
The project is useful when users want a small, repeatable bootstrap without adopting a full configuration-management system.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Dotbot is package-nerd significant because it captures the Git-submodule era of dotfiles tooling: tiny tool, vendored into the repo, runnable on a fresh system, and intentionally not a full manager for the dotfiles themselves.
For Homebrew users, packaging Dotbot as a CLI offers the same workflow without vendoring, using dotbot -c to point at a configuration file.
时间线
- 2014: The official README links an Anish Athalye blog post about managing dotfiles as background for Dotbot-style organization.
- 2025: GitHub release metadata shows v1.22.0, v1.23.x, and v1.24.0 releases.
- 2020s: Dotbot supports both vendored submodule/subrepo workflows and standalone CLI installation.
Related projects
- Dotbot is related to dotfiles_template, init-dotfiles, its wiki/tutorial ecosystem, and community plugins such as dotbot-age, dotbot-gitcrypt, dotbot-brew, dotbot-apt, dotbot-yum, crontab-dotbot, and dotbot-firefox.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
install.conf.yamlinstall.conf.json
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
dotbot | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本1.24.1
管理器更新时间
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- OK没有生成新鲜度警告。
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:dotbot |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.24.1 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Nix95%
dotbot
nix profile install nixpkgs#dotbot- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Dotbot
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation