A utility library for Elixir covering file operations, Git management, Docker/Podman containers, cryptography, environment handling, config files, OS detection, and process management.
Quick Start
def deps do
[
{:apero, path: "../apero"}
]
endModules
Apero.VFS — File Operations
Unified file, path, and watch operations.
Apero.VFS.dir?("lib") # => true
Apero.VFS.file?("mix.exs") # => true
Apero.VFS.exists?("priv/data") # => false
{:ok, content} = Apero.VFS.read("config/settings.json")
Apero.VFS.write("tmp/scratch.txt", "hello world")
# Checksums
Apero.VFS.checksum("mix.exs", :sha256)
# Temporary resources (auto-cleaned)
Apero.VFS.with_tmp_file(fn path ->
process_file(path)
end)Apero.Compress — Compression
Archive and decompress files.
Apero.Compress.zip("/tmp/backup.zip", ["lib/", "config/"])
Apero.Compress.unzip("/tmp/backup.zip", output: "extracted/")
Apero.Compress.tar("/tmp/archive.tar.gz", "lib/", compressed: :gzip)
Apero.Compress.untar("/tmp/archive.tar.gz", output: "unpacked/")Apero.Git — Git Operations
Repository management and Git commands.
repo = %{url: "git@github.com:org/repo.git", path: "/tmp/repo"}
Apero.Git.ensure_clone(repo, "/tmp/workspace")
Apero.Git.add(repo.path, :all)
Apero.Git.commit(repo, "feat: add feature")
Apero.Git.push(repo.path, "main")
# Check for uncommitted changes
Apero.Git.has_uncommitted_changes?(repo.path)Apero.Docker — Docker/Podman
Container lifecycle management.
Apero.Docker.up(cd: "infra/", build: true)
Apero.Docker.down(cd: "infra/", volumes: true)
Apero.Docker.restart(cd: "infra/", services: ["app"])
Apero.Docker.exec("app", ["mix", "ecto.migrate"], cd: "infra/")Apero.Crypto — Cryptography
Hashing, encryption, and secure random generation.
Apero.Crypto.sha256("password")
Apero.Crypto.random_hex(16)
{:ok, ciphertext} = Apero.Crypto.encrypt("secret data")
{:ok, plaintext} = Apero.Crypto.decrypt(ciphertext, key)Apero.Conf — Config Files
Load and parse configuration files.
{:ok, config} = Apero.Conf.load("config/settings.json")
{:ok, config} = Apero.Conf.load("config/app.yaml", format: :yaml)Apero.Env — Environment Variables
Environment variable handling.
Apero.Env.load(".env")
Apero.Env.fetch!("DATABASE_URL")Apero.OS — OS Detection
System information and detection.
Apero.OS.info()
# => %{type: :linux, arch: :x86_64, hostname: "server", distro: "Ubuntu", ...}
Apero.OS.in_container?() # => true/falseApero.Proc — Process Management
Process utilities and command execution.
Apero.Proc.command_exists?("git") # => true
Apero.Proc.which("elixir") # => "/usr/local/bin/elixir"
{:ok, processes} = Apero.Proc.ps()Apero.Pkg — Package Management
Package manager abstraction.
Apero.Pkg.install("curl")
Apero.Pkg.update()Apero.Cache — Caching
In-memory caching with ETS backend.
Apero.Cache.put(:my_cache, :key, "value")
{:ok, value} = Apero.Cache.get(:my_cache, :key)Architecture
Apero is organized into focused modules:
- VFS — File operations (read, write, copy, move, delete, glob, watch)
- Compress — Archive operations (zip, tar, gzip)
- Git — Git command wrappers
- Docker — Container lifecycle
- Crypto — Hashing and random generation
- Conf — Config file parsing (JSON, YAML, TOML)
- Env — .env file loading
- OS — Operating system detection
- Proc — Process and command utilities
- Pkg — Package manager interface
- Cache — In-memory caching
License
MIT