How AI describes GNU Stow

GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager that takes separate software or data packages located in distinct directories and makes them appear installed in a common location by creating symlinks (for example, linking /usr/local/bin to files under /usr/local/stow/...). It helps manage system-wide and per-user installations built from source, and can be used to organize configuration files in the home directory, especially when used with version control. It is free software under the GNU General Public License, implemented as a Perl CLI tool with a backend Perl module, and maintained by the GNU project.