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The ML4W Dotfiles Installer

Install Dotfiles easily. Authentic. Modular. Safe.

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Experience a professional-grade Profile Manager designed for the modern Linux user. The ML4W Dotfiles Installer provides a robust command-line interface to deploy, manage, and update your Linux configurations across Arch, Fedora, and openSUSE with absolute precision and peace of mind.

IMPORTANT

The Flatpak based Dotfiles Installer is not supported anymore. You can uninstall it with flatpak uninstall com.ml4w.dotfilesinstaller. The new script based installer is compatible with existing .dotinst files.

Why Choose the ML4W Dotfiles Installer?

  • Distribution Intelligence: Native support for pacman, dnf, and zypper. It understands your system's package manager so you don't have to.

  • Sandbox Security: Your $HOME is a temple. Our unique "Sandbox Staging" process ensures dotfiles are validated in a local environment before a single symlink is created.

  • Automated Safety: Every update triggers a full snapshot backup. With intelligent symlink replacement, you can switch between different project IDs seamlessly.

  • Developer Empowerment: Built-in --testmode for dry-runs, local source support for rapid prototyping, and a modular architecture that's easy to extend.

  • Complete Control: Use Blacklists to preserve your local hardware tweaks and User Overrides to inject custom post.sh logic into any profile.