PROFILES

Profiles

Profiles control which package groups are installed during chezmoi init. For full details, see docs/PROFILES.md.

Available profiles

Profile	Core CLI	Node.js	Python	Docker	AI Layer	Description
technical	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Full-stack developer workstation
non-technical	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Non-dev users — AI tools only
ai	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	AI-only — skills, agents, MCP
node	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Node.js developer
python	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Python developer
data	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Data engineer (Python + Docker)
infra	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Infrastructure (Docker-focused)
none	—	—	—	—	—	Custom — answer each question individually

How profiles work

1. During chezmoi init, you select a profile
2. The profile maps to package groups in home/.chezmoidata/profiles.yaml
3. chezmoi apply installs only the selected groups
4. Choose none to customize every option individually

Tip

You can change profiles later by re-running chezmoi init — it will re-prompt.

See also

• Technical Quickstart — initial setup
• Chezmoi Workflow — how init and apply work