Skip to main content
Discover articles, tutorials, and blog posts written by the chezmoi community.

Finding Articles

Hacker News

Search for chezmoi discussions on Hacker News

Reddit

Find chezmoi posts and discussions on Reddit

Stack Overflow

Browse chezmoi questions and answers

LinkedIn

Professional articles and discussions about chezmoi

Community Blogs

lobste.rs Stories

Technical articles shared on lobste.rs

lobste.rs Comments

Community discussions and insights

Writing About chezmoi

We encourage you to share your experiences with chezmoi! Here are some ideas for articles:

Getting Started Guides

  • How I set up chezmoi for the first time
  • Migrating from another dotfile manager to chezmoi
  • Bootstrapping a new machine with chezmoi
  • Setting up chezmoi with your specific tech stack

Advanced Tutorials

  • Using templates to manage different environments
  • Integrating chezmoi with your password manager
  • Encrypting secrets with age or GPG
  • Managing dotfiles across Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Using chezmoi in CI/CD pipelines

Use Cases

  • How I use chezmoi at work
  • Managing dotfiles for a team
  • Using chezmoi for system configuration
  • Combining chezmoi with other tools

Tips and Tricks

  • My favorite chezmoi features
  • Template functions you should know about
  • Organizing your dotfiles repository
  • Debugging chezmoi issues

Sharing Your Article

After writing an article about chezmoi, consider sharing it:
  1. Social media: Post on Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn
  2. Communities: Share on Hacker News, lobste.rs
  3. GitHub Discussions: Start a discussion in the chezmoi repository

Template System

Articles about chezmoi’s powerful template system are particularly valuable:
  • Using template functions
  • Conditional configuration
  • Machine-specific settings
  • Data files and templates

Security and Secrets

Content about managing secrets securely:
  • Encryption best practices
  • Password manager integration
  • Handling API keys and tokens
  • Security considerations

Cross-Platform Management

Guides for managing dotfiles across different operating systems:
  • Windows-specific configurations
  • macOS vs Linux differences
  • Platform-specific templates
  • Universal dotfiles

See Also

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love