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

	Shell
	Bash
	Zsh
	Fish
	Nu

Installation

Getting Started

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.
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
```
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 📦
_{Jeremy Smart} 📦