oxidizer

A Simple & Extensible Dotfile and Computing Environments Manager That Facilitates Your Terminal Operations

一个简单 & 可扩展的，用于简化操作的 dotfile 和计算环境管理工具

1. Motivation 动机

oxidizer is originally designed for non-administrator users. It saves your time from repetitive and tedious setups of coding environments, and it aims to provide with following features:

• Cross-Platform (mainly Rust toolchains)
• Minimal Dependencies & Minimal Installation
• Extensible Architecture
• Unified Interface & Smooth Usage
• Barely affect loading (loading time < 1 s)

oxidizer 起初主要为非管理员用户设计（在实验室的不同计算机上反复搭建环境真的很烦），用于快速搭建跨平台统一的工作环境，避免重复和繁琐的环境配置劳动，其具有特点

• 跨平台（主要基于 Rust 工具链）
• 最少依赖 & 最少安装
• 可扩展架构
• 统一接口 & 丝滑操作
• 几乎不影响加载！（载入时间 < 1 秒）

Although this toy program uses a lot of rust-based CLI, its name just came out of the pattern "element-oxidizer-oxide" when I was a student in biochemistry.

虽然这个玩具程序使用了很多基于 rust 的 CLI，但它的名字只是在我还是生化专业的学生时从模式"单质 - 氧化剂 - 氧化物"中冒出来的。

2. File Management 文件管理

Based on the name origin of the program, the program creates 3 main variables

• OX_ELEMENT: config files of softwares
• OX_OXIDE: backup of the config files
• OX_OXYGEN: config files in oxidizer

根据程序的名称起源，程序会创建 3 个主要变量

• OX_ELEMENT: 软件的配置文件

• OX_OXIDE: 配置文件的备份

• OX_OXYGEN: oxidizer 自带的配置文件

• rff

  • refresh file by source

• edf

  • edit file by $EDITOR (default: VSCode)

• brf

  • file: browse by bat / cat
  • folder: browse by lsd / ls

• ipf (import file, alias: rdf)

  • reduce file: overwrite configuration file by backup (customized) file

• epf (export file, alias: oxf)

  • oxidize file: backup configuration file to backup folder

• iif (initialize file, alias: clzf)

  • catalyze file: overwrite configuration file by oxidizer defaults

• ppgf

  • propagate file: backup oxidizer defaults to backup folder

For example, if you want to edit ~/.zshrc, you can type edf zs.

When you epf zs (export file), ~/.zshrc will be copied and save in folder backup folder

As mentioned in Get Started, you can open custom.json simply by edf ox.

In the custom.json, edit the oxides map to predefine the specific backup path, where oxide_folder is the backup root path relative to $HOME. Note that the key should be set as bk + [key in OX_ELEMENT].

{
 "oxide_folder": "Documents",
 "oxides": {
        "bkox": "shell/custom.json",
        "bkoxw": "shell/custom.json",
        "bkoxj": "shell/custom.json",
        "bkb": "unix/Brewfile",
        "bkvi": "shell/.vimrc",
        "bkss": "shell/starship.toml",
        "bkg": "../notes/.gitconfig",
        "bkzs": "shell/.zshrc",
        "bkbs": "shell/.bash_profile"
    }
}

The table below lists the information of specific configuration files:

_ denotes a folder, and you can check these abbreviations closely by brf [Plugin Abbr.] | edf [Plugin Abbr.].

oxidizer uses ouch to deal with compression and decompression, and provides with 3 shortcuts

• zpf: compress file
• zpfr: decompress file
• zpfls: list items in the compressed file

3. Installation 安装

For macOS / Linux (Intel)

export OXIDIZER=$HOME/oxidizer
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ivaquero/oxidizer.git $OXIDIZER && bash oxidizer/install.sh

Note that Homebrew is an essential dependency for oxidizer on macOS / Linux.

• 对中国大陆用户，可设置 BREW_CN 变量来下载安装 Homebrew：

export BREW_CN=1

For Windows

$env:OXIDIZER = "$HOME\oxidizer"
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ivaquero/oxidizer.git $env:OXIDIZER; . oxidizer\install.ps1

• 对中国大陆用户，可设置 SCOOP_CN 变量来下载安装

$env:scoop_mirror = 1

For Cmderrs, you need to remove the -Options ReadOnly from Set-Item -Path function:\prompt -Value $Prompt -Options ReadOnly in the last line of %CMDER_ROOT%\vendor\profile.ps1.

对于 Cmder 用户，你需要删除%CMDER_ROOT%\vendor\profile.ps1的最后一行Set-Item -Path function:\prompt -Value $Prompt -Options ReadOnly中的-Options ReadOnly。

After installation, you might personalize your preference in custom.json, check defaults.json. Open custom.json by following command

安装之后，您可以在custom.json中个性化您的系统环境（请参考defaults.json，通过一下命令打开

edf ox

To keep up the updates, simply upox function.

可使用 upox 命令来更新 oxidizer

2. Motivation 动机

Oxidizer 的主要目标

Oxidizer is originally designed for non-administrator users. It saves your time from repetitive and tedious setups of coding environments, and it aims to provide with following features:

• Cross-Platform (mainly Rust toolchains)
• Minimal Dependencies & Minimal Installation
• Extensible Architecture
• Unified Interface & Smooth Usage
• Super-Fast! (loading time < 1 s)

Oxidizer 起初主要为非管理员用户设计，用于快速搭建跨平台统一的工作环境，避免重复和繁琐的环境配置劳动，其具有特点

• 跨平台（主要基于 Rust 工具链）
• 最少依赖 & 最少安装
• 可扩展架构
• 统一接口 & 丝滑操作
• 超级快！（载入时间 < 1 秒）

3. Tool Chains 工具链

4.1. CLI Tools Replacement

☑️ means required in the installation.

• coreutils
  • bat ⟶ cat
  • lsd ⟶ ls
  • uutils-coreutils ⟶ coreutils
• non-coreutils
  • dust ⟶ du
  • fd ⟶ find
  • ripgrep ⟶ grep
  • sd ⟶ sed
  • tlrc ⟶ tldr | man
  • zoxide ⟶ cd | z
  • hyperfine ⟶ time
  • choose ⟶ cut
  • starship ⟶ powerline10k | ohmyposh
  • yazi ⟶ ranger
  • tokei ⟶ cloc

4.2. GUI Tools Replacement

• WezTerm | alacritty ⟶ iterm2 | windows terminal

WezTerm is more recommended because it has a built-in multiplexer.

4.3. Otherful Rust Tools

• ouch: Painless compression and decompression tool

4.4. Summary of Plugins

oxidizer is designed to be extensible, you can personalize plugin_load in config.json to load the plugins by your need.

Of course, you are allowed to write your own plugins, see Writing A Plugin for details.

The plugins are hosted in oxplugins as well as oxplugins-powershell.

插件位于 oxplugins 和 oxplugins-powershell

To load a plugin, simply add its abbreviation into the OX_PLUGINS array of ~/oxidizer/config.json, like

{
    "plugin_load": [
        "cli_espanso",
        "cli_jupyter",
        "cli_ollama",
        "cli_vscode",
        "lang_julia",
        "lang_ruby",
        "lang_rust",
        "pkg_conda",
        "pkg_npm",
        "pkg_tlmgr"
    ]
}

Filename	Category	Support
os_macos	OS Shortcuts	macOS
os_debian	OS Shortcuts	Debian-Based Systems
os_redhat	OS Shortcuts	RedHat-Based Systems
os_windows	OS Shortcuts	Windows (include winget)
pkg_brew	Package Manager	Homebrew (macOS & Linux)
pkg_scoop	Package Manager	Scoop (Windows)
pkg_conda	Package Manager	Conda (Multi-Languages)
pkg_npm	Package Manager	NPM + PNPM (JavaScript)
pkg_pixi	Package Manager	Pixi (Multi-Languages)
pkg_tlmgr	Package Manager	tlmgr (TeXLive)
cli_bitwarden	App CLI	Bitwarden
cli_espanso	App CLI	Espanso
cli_jupyter	App CLI	Jupyter (notebook, lab, book)
cli_ollama	App CLI	Ollama
cli_vscode	App CLI	VSCode
lang_julia	Language	Julia
lang_ruby	Language	Ruby (include gem)
lang_rust	Language	Rust (include cargo, rustup)
utils_files	System Utils	File Operation
utils_formats	System Utils	Formats Conversion
utils_networks.sh	System Utils	Network Configuration
xtra_notes	Extra Utils	Notes Apps (Obsidian & Logseq)

5. Package Management 包管理

oxidizer aims to provide a unified interface for all package manager-related commands to reduce typing and memory burden of command-liners.

Suffix	Action	brew b	scoop s	conda c	npm n	cargo cg	rustup rs	julia jl	pixi px	gem rb	tlmgr tl
*h	help	✅		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
*cf	config	✅		✅	✅				✅
*is	install	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
*us	uninstall	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
*up	update	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
*ups	update self	✅	✅								✅
*ls	list	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
*lv	leaves	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅		✅	✅
*sc	search	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅			✅	✅
*cl	clean	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅		✅	✅	✅
*if	info	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅					✅
*st	status	✅	✅		✅			✅
*ck	check	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅			✅	✅
*pn	pin	✅	✅					✅
*upn	unpin	✅	✅					✅
*dp	depends	✅	✅	✅		✅		✅		✅
*dpr	needs			✅				✅
*xa	add repo	✅	✅	✅
*xrm	remove repo	✅	✅	✅
*xls	list repo			✅

Some package managers also have functionality of project management

Suffix	Action	brew b	scoop s	conda c	npm n	cargo cg	rustup rs	julia jl	pixi px	gem rb
*ii	init			✅	✅	✅			✅
*cr	create	✅	✅		✅	✅
*b	build					✅		✅		✅
*r	run			✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
*ed	edit	✅
*ct	cat	✅	✅							✅
*ln	link	✅
*ts	test	✅			✅	✅		✅
*au	audit	✅			✅
*fx	fix	✅			✅	✅
*pb	publish				✅	✅

Some of the package managers shortcuts are included in corresponding system plugins.

• ox-os-macos: auto-loaded, contains alias and functions for mas
• ox-os-debians: auto-loaded, contains alias and functions for apt
• ox-os-windows: auto-loaded, contains alias and functions for winget and wsl

Suffix	Action	mas m	apt a	winget w	wsl wl
*h	help	✅	✅	✅	✅
*is	install	✅	✅	✅	✅
*us	uninstall	✅	✅	✅	✅
*up	update	✅	✅	✅	✅
*ups	update self		✅	✅	✅
*ls	list		✅	✅	✅
*lv	leaves
*sc	search	✅	✅
*cl	clean		✅	✅	✅
*if	info	✅	✅	✅
*st	status	✅
*ck	check		✅
*dp	depends		✅
*xa	add repo		✅	✅
*xrm	remove repo		✅	✅
*xls	list repo		✅	✅

5.1. Homebrew

• bis: brew install
• bris: brew reinstall

suffix c is a flag to specify brew commands only work on casks

• bisc: brew install --cask

• brisc: brew reinstall --cask

• bupc: brew upgrade --cask

• brp [cask]: replace brew cache file by pre-downloaded file

5.2. Conda

Note that some shortcuts of the ox-conda plugin is based on the package conda-tree that you need to install

conda install -c conda-forge conda-tree

Besides the shortcuts mentioned above in Package Management, the conda plugin also provides with Conda environment management shortcuts which start with ce

• ceat: activate environment
  • $1 length = 0: activate base env
  • $1 length = 1 | 2: activate predefined env OX_CONDA_ENV
  • $1 length > 2: activate new env

OX_CONDA_ENV can be personalized in custom.json

For example, assume your environment's name is hello, you can set

# macOS / Linux
OX_CONDA_ENV[h]="hello"
# Windows
$Global:OX_CONDA_ENV.h = "hello"

then, you will be able to manipulate the environment by

# create environment
cecr h
# remove environment
cerm h
# update all packages in the specific environment
cup h
# list all packages in the specific environment
cls h

• cerat: reactivate environment, works live ceat
• ceq: quit environment (q is for kill/quit)
• cecr: create
• cerm: remove environment, works live ceat but won't remove base env
• cels: environment list
• cedf: compare packages between conda environments
• cern: renames an existing environment
• cesd: change environment's conda-forge subdir
  • i: for osx-64 | linux-64 | win-64
  • a: for osx-arm64 | linux-aarch64 | win-arm64
  • p: for ppc64le
  • s: for linux-s390x
• ceep: export environment

6. Software Information Management

back_* and up_* work for brew, scoop, conda, vscode (only for windows), julia, tlmgr, npm. clean_* works for brew and conda.

• back_*
  • file: export package/extension info into $OX_BACKUP folder
• up_*
  • file: install packages/extensions by predefined files in $OX_BACKUP
• clean_*
  • file: clean package/extension info by predefined files in $OX_BACKUP folder

7. Project Management 工程管理

7.1. Git

• gclhs: delete commit history

for aliases, check .gitconfig in defaults folder by edf oxg

8. Further Reading

• Service Management
• Project Management
• Utility Management
• System Management
• Writing A Plugin

9. Credits 致谢

• Mario Catuogno's Clean-macOS
• Mike McQuaid's dotfiles

10. License 许可

This work is released under the GPL-v3 license.

这个项目在 GPL-v3 许可下发布