❄️ Nit's NixOS Configuration

A personal, highly customized NixOS configuration built with Flakes and Home Manager, featuring a modern Wayland-based desktop environment centered around the Niri scroll-stacking window manager.

🎨 Aesthetic & Desktop Environment

• Window Manager: Niri - A scroll-stacking tiling Wayland compositor.
• Bar & Widgets: Eww (ElKowars wacky widgets) with custom status scripts.
• Theming: Stylix using the Catppuccin Mocha palette.
• Icons: Papirus (Pink variant).
• Cursor: Custom ManhattanCafe theme.
• Lockscreen: Swaylock.
• Wallpaper Management: Waypaper.

🚀 Key Features

• NixOS 25.11 (Unstable/Rolling): Staying on the cutting edge.
• Optimized Kernel: Uses the CachyOS kernel for improved responsiveness.
• Modular Design: Clean separation between system-wide (hosts/) and user-specific (home/) configurations.
• Gaming Ready: Steam, Lutris, Heroic, and MangoHud pre-configured. Includes a custom Tibia setup.
• Development Stack: Pre-configured with Neovim, Fish shell, Node.js (Latest), Python, and various CLI tools (Yazi, Fzf, Btop).
• Creative Suite: OBS Studio, Kdenlive, GIMP, Audacity, and LMMS.
• Productivity: Obsidian for notes, Zen Browser for web, and Thunderbird for mail.

📂 Repository Structure

.
├── flake.nix # Entry point for the configuration
├── hosts/ # System-wide configurations
│ └── desktop/ # Configuration for the 'nixos' host
│ ├── configuration.nix
│ └── modules/ # Reusable system modules (audio, networking, etc.)
├── home/ # Home Manager configurations
│ └── nit/ # User 'nit' configuration
│ ├── home.nix # Main home entry point
│ ├── niri/ # Niri WM settings & keybinds
│ └── pkgs/ # App-specific configs (Alacritty, Eww, Nvim, etc.)
└── README.md

⌨️ Key Bindings (Niri)

• Mod + X: Open Alacritty
• Mod + S: Fuzzel (App Launcher)
• Mod + E: Thunar (File Manager)
• Mod + Shift + E: Zen Browser
• Mod + Q: Close Window
• Mod + H/J/K/L: Focus Left/Down/Up/Right
• Mod + Space: Toggle Overview
• Print: Screenshot

🛠️ Installation

Warning

This configuration is tailored for specific hardware. Review hosts/desktop/hardware-configuration.nix before applying.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/neetoons/dotfiles.git
   cd dotfiles
   

2. Apply the configuration:

   sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#nixos
   

❄️ Credits

Special thanks to the authors of the following flakes and projects used in this setup:

• niri-flake
• stylix
• spicetify-nix
• zen-browser-flake
• oxicord
• nix-cachyos-kernel