Etch / By RM Industries
Make your environment yours.
A portable, declarative environment manager for applying, composing, and sharing the configuration that makes a machine yours.
./etch plan --profile developer Profile: developer git · 1 planned changefiles/gitconfig → ~/.gitconfig Review first. Apply when ready.Nothing changed yet.Your configuration. A plan you can review.
Keep modules and profiles in your own repository. Inspect what needs to change, apply it explicitly, and keep the engine pinned.
Small, portable modules
Keep each capability with its configuration and assets. Compose the modules you need into a profile.
Facts before actions
Use observed commands, versions, and platform facts to choose the right configuration. Review the plan before applying.
Explicit changes
Providers declare ownership, dependencies, and shared resources. Completed declarative state becomes a no-op on the next run.
Start with one module.
The consumer template includes a Git module, a developer profile, and a pinned engine. After cloning with submodules, Python 3.9 or newer is the only Etch runtime dependency.
Use the template./etch plan --profile developer./etch apply --profile developer./etch doctor --profile developer