Dotfiles

Hey there 👋

Welcome to my dotfiles! These are set up to fit my workflow across both Mac and Linux. Feel free to explore, steal bits, and make them your own.

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Linux (Sway, Hyprland, KDE)

My Linux machines run Sway and KDE, and the linux/ tree keeps shared and environment-specific configs under the same roof. Any common assets are stored in linux/common/.config, while the Sway, Hyprland, and KDE setups live in linux/sway, linux/hyprland, and linux/kde, respectively. After cloning, run stow -t ~ common and then stow the desktop folder that matches your session (e.g., stow -t ~ linux/sway). I switched from Hyprland because my old Mac struggled with it, but the hyprland folder is still there if you want to revisit that layout, and linux/kde keeps Plasma configs ready for future use.

MacOS

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I split configurations between macOS and Linux so everything works seamlessly on both machines. Below are some tools and notes to help you get started:

Tools You’ll Probably Want

• GNU Stow
  My preferred tool for managing dotfiles. There are others, but Stow fits how my brain works the best.

• Zsh + Oh My Zsh
  I’m a big fan of Zsh and Oh My Zsh, and you’ll find some of my favorite plugins and Powerlevel10k themes in here. If you want to grab my setup, there’s a script at common/omz-install.sh that installs everything for you. If you’d rather pick and choose, treat it like a reference.

• Sway (Linux)
  My laptop runs Sway. I switched from Hyprland because my 2013 Macbook Pro struggled with it (thanks, Nvidia GPU 🙄). I like Sway for day-to-day use though as it's pretty clean and easy. The shared configs live in linux/common, while the Sway-specific files sit in linux/sway, and the older Hyprland bits remain in linux/hyprland if you want to revisit that layout.

• KDE (Linux) My desktop which is a bit more recent runs KDE. Mostly because I use it for other things (gaming, KiCad, more... mouse driven stuff). There's some stuff in linux/kde for configs but I haven't spent a lot of time tweaking this yet.

• NeoVim
  All my NeoVim goodies live in common/.config/nvim. If you’re looking for the ASCII art on my Alpha dashboard, that’s in there too.

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How This Is Organized

Some app configs (like Ghostty and Kitty) are split between common/ and the OS-specific folder, using imports in the OS’s config file. This way, I can tweak things like font sizes (Linux DE/WM scaling vs. macOS Retina) without duplicating everything.