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Dotty – a TUI to navigate all your dotfiles from anywhere in one command

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Dotty – a TUI to navigate all your dotfiles from anywhere in one command
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Dotty is a terminal UI designed for navigating dotfiles in the user's home directory. It allows users to run commands from any directory while providing an expandable tree view and a fuzzy finder for quick access. The tool can be installed via a pre-built binary or from source, and it supports various operating systems.

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Canonical URLhttps://github.com/RiccardoCataldi/dotty
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dotty Terminal UI for browsing dotfiles under your home directory. Run it from anywhere — it always scans ~, shows an expandable tree on the left, file preview on the right, and a fuzzy finder to jump to any path quickly. Install Run dotty from any directory once the binary is on your PATH. Pre-built binary (recommended) Download from Releases. Replace VERSION with the latest tag (e.g. v0.1.1). Platform Asset Linux x86_64 dotty_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz Linux ARM64 dotty_Linux_arm64.tar.gz macOS Intel dotty_Darwin_x86_64.tar.gz macOS Apple Silicon dotty_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz VERSION=v0.1.1 curl -sL "https://github.com/RiccardoCataldi/dotty/releases/download/${VERSION}/dotty_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz" | tar xz install -m 755 dotty ~/bin/ # or: sudo install -m 755 dotty /usr/local/bin/ Ensure ~/bin or…

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