iconlink

A Node.js CLI application that sets custom icons for folders based on a YAML configuration file.

Requirements

• Node.js (version >=12.0.0)
• fileicon

Installation

via npm

$ npm install -g iconlink

Clone the Repository

$ git clone https://github.com/KevinZMa/iconlink.git /path/to/iconlink
$ cd /path/to/iconlink

Usage

1. Set up your parent folder in this structure:

parent_folder/
├── .icons/    # where your icons are stored
│   ├── icon1.icns
│   └── icon2.icns
├── folder1/
├── folder2/
└── icons.yml  # configuration file

2. In the icons.yml file, specify the folder-icon mappings:

folder1: icon1.icns
folder2: icon2.icns

3. Run the CLI app with the command:

$ iconlink <parent_folder> [--no-confirm]