# Install tuckr with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget Super powered replacement for GNU Stow. Version 0.13.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tuckr ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tuckr ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add tuckr ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tuckr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tuckr ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tu/tuckr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id RaphGL.Tuckr -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: RaphGL.Tuckr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tuckr - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.13.1 - **Source summary:** Super powered replacement for GNU Stow - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00 ## Executables - tuckr (cli) - tuckr (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-10 - Package-manager version: 0.13.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/RaphGL/Tuckr - Upstream latest detected: 0.13.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Tuckr is a Rust dotfile manager positioned by its own README as a "super powered replacement for GNU Stow". Its history is best understood as part of the long-running Unix dotfiles tradition: keep configuration in a directory, symlink it into $HOME, and make machine setup repeatable without taking over version control or shell scripting. ### Project history The project describes itself as inspired by Stow and Git, but deliberately smaller in scope than a full dotfile platform. Its README says Tuckr follows Stow's model of symlinking files into $HOME, while adding tracked and validated symlinks, grouped configuration files, hooks, conditional deployment, and experimental secrets handling. Tuckr's design emphasizes "no configuration" and a predictable dotfiles directory layout with Configs, Hooks, and Secrets directories. That places it in the package-nerd niche of tools that trade broad automation for inspectable filesystem conventions. ### Adoption history Official installation instructions document several distribution channels: cargo install from the Git repository, cargo install from crates.io, an AUR package, and Homebrew. The input package facts also record packaging through Homebrew, apk, Nix, and WinGet, suggesting adoption across Unix-like package-manager ecosystems and Windows-oriented package catalogs. The README includes explicit migration notes for Stow users, making the target audience unusually clear: people already managing dotfiles through symlink farms who want validation, grouping, hooks, and cross-platform behavior without moving to a heavier dotfile framework. ### How it is used Typical use is to keep dotfiles in a Tuckr directory, group them by program, and run commands such as `tuckr add`, `tuckr rm`, `tuckr set`, `tuckr status`, `tuckr push`, and `tuckr pop`. Hooks provide setup and cleanup scripts around deployment, while conditional groups let one dotfiles tree target Linux, macOS, Windows, WSL, or other Rust target names. ### Why package nerds care Tuckr matters to package-manager users because it packages a familiar Stow workflow as a modern CLI with Homebrew, cargo, AUR, Nix, apk, and WinGet availability. It is the sort of tool that appears in bootstrap scripts, dotfiles repositories, and new-machine setup notes rather than in general application lists. ### Timeline - Current README: Presents Tuckr as a Stow-compatible dotfile manager with no required configuration. - Current README: Documents cargo, AUR, and Homebrew installation paths. - Current input facts: Record Homebrew, apk, Nix, and WinGet package-manager coverage. ### Related projects - GNU Stow is the explicit comparison point and migration source in the README. - Git is cited as an inspiration, but Tuckr deliberately avoids wrapping Git or reimplementing unrelated system utilities. ### Sources - - - input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew, apk, Nix, and WinGet package coverage. ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: ~/.config/dotfiles, ~/.dotfiles - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/dotfiles, ~/.dotfiles - Windows: %HomePath%\AppData\Roaming\dotfiles, %HomePath%\.dotfiles ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tuckr - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - tuckr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tu/tuckr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - tuckr - 0.13.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tuckr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dotfile manager inspired by Stow and Git | https://raphgl.github.io/Tuckr/ - winget - RaphGL.Tuckr: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: RaphGL.Tuckr from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [chezmoi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chezmoi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools, dotfiles. - [dotdrop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dotdrop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools, dotfiles. - [homeshick](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/homeshick/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools, dotfiles. - [lnk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lnk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools, dotfiles. - [rcm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rcm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools, dotfiles. - [turso](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/turso/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools. - [vcsh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vcsh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools, dotfiles. - [yadm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yadm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools, dotfiles. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tuckr.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tuckr.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph