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
  	GNU Guix
  	Nix
  	Pacman
  	Paru
  	RUA
  	Yay
  	Zypper
  	Snap
  	DNF/YUM
  	Homebrew
  	Pkg
  	Chocolatey
  	Scoop
  	Cargo
  	Cargo B(inary)Install
  	Rustup Component
  	Python Pip
  	Python Pip 3
  	Node Package Manager
  	Ruby Gem
  	Go

• Shells supported:

  	Shell
  	Bash
  	Zsh
  	Fish
  	Nu

Installation

Getting Started

1. Install the emplace binary:

   Windows

   Scoop

   scoop install emplace
   

   NixOS

   nix-env -iA nixos.emplace
   

   Linux, MacOS, Windows

   Rust

   cargo install emplace
   

   Binary

   Download the latest binary from releases for your OS and put it somewhere in your PATH.

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
   

   Nu

   Run the following in your shell:

   emplace init nu | config set_into prompt
   

3. Change the configuration file (optional)

   When you want to use a different configuration file from the default one you can change emplace init $SHELL with emplace init $SHELL -c path/to/my/config.toml.

   This will set the EMPLACE_CONFIG="path/to/my/config.toml" environment variable. This can be overwritten with export EMPLACE_CONFIG="path/to/other/config.toml" after the init function, except in the Nu shell.

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 --
cargo binstall zellij
# -- or --
rustup component add rustfmt
# -- or --
sudo apt install meld
# -- or --
pacman -S zsh
# -- or --
paru -S ventoy
# -- 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
# -- or --
sudo dnf install htop
# -- or --
guix install 0ad
# -- or --
gem install aasm-diagram
# -- or --
go get colorgo
# -- or --
pkg install nginx

Synchronizing On Another Machine

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

emplace install

History Analysis

You can also parse history files, this will try to extract installation commands from each line.

Bash & Zsh

emplace history $HISTFILE

Fish

emplace history ~/.local/share/fish/fish_history

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.

Development Status

This software isn't actively developed on by me anymore, I do however review and accept pull requests.

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Logan Magee 💻 🐛	Vladimir 📦 💻 🐛 🚧 👀	Jozef Hollý 🤔	Oleksii Filonenko 💻 📦 👀	x0f5c3 💻	Benjamin S. Leveritt 🤔 🚧	Michael Borejdo 🤔
Ken Tobias 📦	Adam Stephens 🐛	omar 🐛	5c0tt-b0t 🤔 🐛	Modded Gamers 🐛	John Vandenberg 🐛 🤔	cryolithic 📦

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