colorctl

A simple configuration templating tool written in Rust. It allows you to define variables and application templates, then apply them to generate real configuration files.

Installation

Build from source with Cargo:

cargo install --path .

Usage

colorctl [COMMAND] [ARGS]

It finds variables defined in $[] symbols to substitute

Commands

• apply
  Apply all templates with the current variables.

• vars
  Manage variables.

  • colorctl vars → List variables\
  • colorctl vars +name=value → Add or update variable\
  • colorctl vars -name → Remove variable

• apps
  Manage applications (template + target pairs).

  • colorctl apps → List applications\
  • colorctl apps +appname=template_path,target_path → Add app\
  • colorctl apps -appname → Remove app

• edit
  Open an app's template in your $EDITOR.

  • colorctl edit → Pick an app with fzf and edit its template\
  • colorctl edit app1 app2 → Edit specific apps

• help
  Show usage information.

Example

# Add a variable
colorctl vars +color=blue

# Add an app (template, target)
colorctl apps +nvim=~/.config/nvim/init.vim,~/.cache/nvim/init.vim

# Apply all configs
colorctl apply

This will substitute variables like $[color] inside your template files and write the processed output to the target files.