envmgr

A dotfiles manager on steroids.

Limitations

• Currently supports only Linux.
• Only fish shell is supported at the moment.

Features

• Manage your dotfiles with ease.
• Support for multiple environments (e.g., work, personal).
• Easy setup and configuration.
• Backup and restore your dotfiles.

Installation

cargo install --git https://github.com/flyinpancake/envmgr.git

Fish shell integration

envmgr emits shell commands that need to be evaluated in the current shell session. For fish, you can wire this up with a small hook. The hook is direnv-like and can auto-apply your environment when you cd.

• One-off for the current session:

envmgr hook fish | source

• Persist it for all future fish sessions by adding the hook to your fish config:

# Create/append to ~/.config/fish/conf.d/10-envmgr.fish so fish auto-loads it
envmgr hook fish > ~/.config/fish/conf.d/10-envmgr.fish

Usage in fish after installing the hook:

• Apply your current environment (prints and evals fish commands). This also happens automatically at the prompt:

envmgr use

• List environments:

envmgr list

Notes:

• The hook defines a fish function named envmgr that forwards subcommands to the binary and, for use and switch, evals the emitted set/set -e commands so your session updates in-place.
• If you prefer not to install the function, you can still manually eval output when needed: command envmgr use | source.

Roadmap

• Basic dotfile management
• Environment switching
• Fish shell support
• GitHub CLI integration
• 1Password SSH Agent integration
• Tailscale integration
• Test examples/simple_config with CI
• More shells (zsh, bash)
• Init command with interactive setup
• Integrations interacting with state
• Add/remove environments
• Import / export existing dotfiles
• More platforms (Windows / macOS)
• Doctor command
• Encrypted files (e.g., using age)
• Git wrapper for managing encrypted files
• More integrations (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Plugin system
• Performance tests and budgets

Security

envmgr is still experimental software. If you believe you've found a security issue, please follow the guidance in our security policy. We'll review reports on a best-effort basis until a stable v1 release is available.