Barrel App Alternatives

Barrel App is described as 'Your macOS development environment, perfectly preserved. Never lose your setup again' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Barrel App for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Rust apps. The best Barrel App alternative is chezmoi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Barrel App are Anvil for macOS, Dotter, yadm and GNU Stow.

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  1. chezmoi icon
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    Dotfiles manager through a version control system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • Mac
     
    • chezmoi is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Barrel App.

    • chezmoi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Barrel App.

    • chezmoi is Free and Open SourceBarrel App is Paid and Proprietary
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    End manual app setup on macOS. Batch install development tools, sync configurations via GitHub, and troubleshoot issues —no virtualization, just smart automation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    A dotfile manager and templater written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  4. yadm icon
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    When you live in a command line, configurations are a deeply personal thing. They are often crafted over years of experience, battles lost, lessons learned, advice followed, and ingenuity rewarded. When you are away from your own configurations, you are an orphaned refugee in...

    7 yadm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Git
     
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    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. This is particularly useful for keeping track of system-wide and per-user...

    6 GNU Stow alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Take control of your dotfiles configurations with Dotfiles Installer, designed to make dotfile management seamless. You can install dotfiles easily, quickly, and securely with an intuitive installation wizard that guides you through every step.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. lnk icon
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    Lnk makes managing your dotfiles straightforward, no tedious setups, no complex configurations. Just tell Lnk what files you want tracked, and it’ll automatically move them into a tidy Git repository under ~/.config/lnk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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