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# Awesome dotfiles
A curated list of dotfiles resources. Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing.
## Articles
* [Dotfiles Are Meant to Be Forked](http://zachholman.com/2010/08/dotfiles-are-meant-to-be-forked/)
* [Using Git and GitHub to manage your dotfiles](http://blog.smalleycreative.com/tutorials/using-git-and-github-to-manage-your-dotfiles/)
* [Setting Up a Mac Dev Machine From Zero to Hero With Dotfiles](http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/setting-up-a-mac-dev-machine-from-zero-to-hero-with-dotfiles--net-35449)
* [Dotfile discovery](http://wynnnetherland.com/journal/dotfiles-discovery)
## Dotfiles repos
A small collection of popular, well-maintained, and collaborative dotfiles repositories.
Title | Description | Note
:--|:--|:--
[holman does dotfiles](https://github.com/holman/dotfiles) | holman does dotfiles | Organized well around topics. Author wants it to work for everyone.
[Mathias’s dotfiles](http://mths.be/dotfiles) | .files, including ~/.osx — sensible hacker defaults for OS X | Lots of goodness here, great collaborative community effort.
[YADR](http://skwp.github.io/dotfiles/) | The best vim, git, zsh plugins and the cleanest vimrc you've ever seen | Focus on homebrew, zsh, git, vim, and more. Active repository.
[thoughtbot dotfiles](https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles) | A set of vim, zsh, git, and tmux configuration files | Focus on zsh, vim, tmux, git, homebrew. Uses [rcm](https://github.com/thoughtbot/rcm).
[Eduardo's dotfiles](https://github.com/eduardolundgren/dotfiles) | The first JavaScript-based dotfiles powered by Grunt. | It can be installed from npm, and has a focus on ZSH, Node.js, Ruby and OSX defaults.
There are many more great dotfiles repos out there, each containing their own inspiration and gems.
* [Search GitHub for "dotfiles"](https://github.com/search?q=dotfiles&type=Repositories)
* [Google for "dotfiles"](https://www.google.com/#q=dotfiles)
* [Archlinux collection](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dotfiles)
Tip: search for a filename on GitHub, e.g. [site:github.com .gitconfig](https://www.google.com/#q=site:github.com+.gitconfig).
## Tools
* [homesick](https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick) - Your home directory is your castle. Don't leave your dotfiles behind.([post](http://technicalpickles.com/posts/never-leave-your-dotfiles-behind-again-with-homesick/))
* [homeshick](https://github.com/andsens/homeshick) - git dotfile synchronizer written in bash
* [fresh](http://freshshell.com/) - Keep your dot files fresh. fresh is a tool to source shell configuration (aliases, functions, etc) from others into your own configuration files.
* [rcm](https://github.com/thoughtbot/rcm) - rc file (dotfile) management
* [GNU Stow](http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) - GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place.
## Misc.
* [dotfiles.github.io](http://dotfiles.github.io/) - Your unofficial guide to dotfiles on GitHub.
* [dotfiles.org](http://dotfiles.org/) - dotfiles.org is a place to upload, download, and share your dotfiles.
* [OSX Defaults](https://github.com/kevinSuttle/OSXDefaults) - A centralized place for the awesome work started by @mathiasbynens on .osx