dutis

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Dutis

A command-line tool to select default applications. It is a wrapper around duti.

Note: This is a fork of mrtkrcm/dutis with performance improvements, caching, and configuration management features.

✨ Features

• 🚀 Fast Performance: Instant startup with smart caching (~900x faster)
• 💾 Configuration Management: YAML-based config for tracking and bulk-applying associations
• 🎨 Beautiful UI: Colored output with clean formatting
• ⚡ CLI Commands: Manage associations without interactive mode
• 🔄 Persistent Cache: 24-hour cache for applications and recommendations
• 🎯 Smart Path Cleaning: Clean, readable application names

Installation

From Source (Recommended for this fork)

go install github.com/tobiashochguertel/dutis@latest

Original Installation Methods

Using HomeBrew

brew tap mrtkrcm/dutis https://github.com/mrtkrcm/dutis
brew install dutis

Using Go (Original)

go install github.com/mrtkrcm/dutis@latest

Usage

Interactive Mode

dutis

Launches interactive TUI to set file associations. All selections are automatically saved to ~/.dutis/config.yaml.

CLI Commands

# List all configured associations
dutis list

# Apply all configured associations (bulk restore)
dutis apply

# Remove a specific association
dutis remove .txt

# Refresh application cache
dutis --refresh-cache

# Show help
dutis help

Configuration

All file associations are stored in ~/.dutis/config.yaml:

version: "1.0"
associations:
  .txt:
    suffix: .txt
    application: Visual Studio Code.app
    bundle_id: com.microsoft.VSCode
    set_at: 2024-11-07T20:00:00Z

Workflows

Backup your associations:

cp ~/.dutis/config.yaml ~/Dropbox/dotfiles/

Restore on new machine:

cp ~/Dropbox/dotfiles/config.yaml ~/.dutis/
dutis apply

Performance

Feature	Before	After	Improvement
Startup	~5-10s	<100ms	50-100x faster
Recommended apps	~470ms	~0.5ms	900x faster
Autocomplete	Slow	Instant	Cached

Cache

Application data is cached in ~/.cache/dutis/:

• uti_cache.gob - Application list (24h expiry)
• recommended_apps_cache.gob - Recommended apps per suffix (24h expiry)

What's New in This Fork

See CHANGELOG.md for detailed changes.

Highlights:

• ⚡ Instant startup with lazy-loaded caching
• 📝 YAML configuration tracking
• 🎨 Beautiful colored output
• 🔧 CLI commands for automation
• 🚀 900x performance improvement for recommended apps
• 🧹 Clean path display (no more %20 or long paths)
• ✨ Version info display

Screenshots

1. Waiting for environment checking

1. Selecting suffix

1. Checking recommended applications

1. Selecting application UTI

1. Finished

Stargazers over time

Original Project

This is a fork of mrtkrcm/dutis. See the original project for the base implementation.