Complete, modular NixOS setup covering shell, GUI, development tools, window manager, audio, fonts, theming and more.
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🚀 Modular configuration : Each component (shell, editor, WM, audio and more) lives in its own reusable Nix module.
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🔒 Secure configs : automatically creates and locks down
~/.config/*with correct ownership and permissions. -
🐚 Shells : zsh, with autosuggestions and syntax-highlighting, and bash set up out-of-the-box.
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🐙 Git tooling : Git, GitHub CLI & LazyGit with your
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🎨 Theming : Catppuccin mocha green applied to GTK2/3/4, Alacritty, i3, Polybar & cursors.
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🖥️ Window manager : i3wm + Polybar + LightDM GTK greeter with custom wallpaper.
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🔤 Fonts & emoji : JetBrainsMono Nerd Font + Noto Emoji for complete glyph coverage.
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🎬 Multimedia : PipeWire audio stack, pavucontrol, CAVA visualizer & screenkey.
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📊 Monitoring : htop, btop, Fastfetch & Neofetch with tuned defaults.
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💻 Dev stack : Node.js, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Python, Ruby, Docker & essential CLI tools.
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📂 Project workspace : automatically creates
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🌐 Flatpak support : Flathub enabled and OBS Studio auto-installed.
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🌍 Localization : Europe/Paris timezone with en_US default and French regional formats.
Requires NixOS 24.11 or newer.
the target user must be defined in config.username.
You need to update variables.nix to your user username, the default is "typovrak".
Change it to your own login or a typovrak user will be created.
Before proceeding, back up existing configuration if needed
sudo cp /etc/nixos/configuration.nix{,.bak}
cp ~/nixos{,.bak}
cp ~/.config{,.bak}
cp ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop{,.bak}And other configurations if needed.
git clone https://github.com/typovrak/nixos.git ~/nixos# ~/nixos/nixos/variables.nix
{ lib, ... }:
{
options.username = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = "<YOUR_USER_USERNAME>";
};
}sudo ln -sf ~/nixos/nixos/configuration.nix /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
sudo ln -sf ~/nixos/nixos/variables.nix /etc/nixos/variables.nixsudo nixos-rebuild switch-
Enable or disable modules by adding/removing their
(import "${<MODULE_NAME>}/configuration.nix")line in configuration.nix. -
Updates modules by changing the
rev = "<HASH> from git log -1"for each fetchGit entry. -
Adjust
systemPackagesor service options directly in the top-level configuration. -
Do whatever you want !
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Distributed under the MIT license.
This project maintains a code of conduct to ensure a respectful, inclusive and constructive community.
To report vulnerabilities or learn about supported versions and response timelines, please see our security policy.
Made with 💜 by typovrak