GitHub - maydayv7/dotfiles: My PC Dotfiles & Website

This repository contains the configuration and dotfiles for my continuously evolving multi-PC setup (using Nix). All the devices I own, controlled by code. It also builds and deploys my website to maydayv7.site. You can follow along with my NixOS Desktop Series

Pictures

Note: These may be outdated


Hyprland


GNOME Desktop


XFCE Desktop


Pantheon Desktop

Theming

Hyfetch: Snazzy CLI System Information Tool
Powerlevel10K Theme: ZSH Theme for the fancy-looking prompt with immense customization capabilities
Arc Theme: Flat GTK theme with transparent elements for various desktop shells, window managers and applications
Bibata Cursor: Compact and material designed cursor set
DNOME Discord Theme: Discord Theme inspired by Adwaita, designed to integrate Discord with GNOME
Nordic Discord Theme: Discord Theme using the Nord color palette
Firefox GNOME Theme: GNOME Theme for the Mozilla Firefox Browser, used for better desktop integration
Firefox Elementary Theme: Elementary OS Theme for the Mozilla Firefox Browser, used for better desktop integration
VS Code Adwaita Theme: Integrates Visual Studio Code with GNOME Desktop
VS Code Arc Theme: Port of the Arc Dark GTK Theme for Visual Studio Code
VS Code Elementary Theme: Integrates Visual Studio Code with Pantheon Desktop
KvLibadwaita Kvantum Theme: Integrates QT Apps with GNOME Desktop
Arc KDE Theme: Port of the Arc GTK Theme for Plasma Desktop
ULauncher Adwaita Theme: ULauncher Theme based on GNOME Desktop's Adwaita Dark Theme
ULauncher Arc Theme: An Arc Dark Theme for ULauncher
ULauncher Elementary Theme: ULauncher Themes for Elementary OS
Catppuccin Theme: A community-driven Pastel Theme consisting of 4 soothing warm Flavors with 26 eye-candy Colors each
Logseq [Bonofix Theme][https://github.com/Sansui233/logseq-bonofix-theme]: A clean Logseq theme with focus on long-time writing experience
Logseg Nord Theme: Logseq in an arctic, north-bluish color palette

Older...


GNOME 45


GNOME 44


GNOME 41

Features

Device-Agnostic
Convenient and Automated
Hermetically Reproducible
Declarative and Derivational
Atomic, Generational and Immutable

Notable Features

Supports multiple users and devices
Configuration for multiple Desktop Environments
Incorporates PipeWire, Wayland, ...!
Automatically builds and deploys my Website
Authentication Credentials Management using the sops Module and gnupg Keys
Comprehensive User Configuration using the tightly integrated home-manager module, with support for configuring shared user configuration, global conditionals and user-specific configuration
Ephemeral, Opt-In File System State using the impermanence module and ZFS
Support for Secure Boot using lanzaboote
Support for Multiple Programming Language Development shells integrated with direnv and lorri
Automatic packages Updates using update.sh
Install Media and Device Images using nixos-generators image generation modules
Syntax Formatting using treefmt and treefmt-nix
Support for source filters with nix-filter
Support for Base16 color theming using stylix
Support for declaratively installing Flatpak applications using nix-flatpak
Wrapped wine Applications using Emmanuel's Wrapper
Support for Android Virtualisation using Waydroid
Support for VFIO PCI Device Passthrough along with Looking Glass for high-performance VMs

Programs

Type	Programs
Editors	`nano`, VS Code
Shells	`bash`, `zsh`
Terminal	Ghostty, `xfce4` Terminal, Kitty
Browser	Firefox
Desktop Environments	GNOME, XFCE, Pantheon
Compositors	Hyprland, Picom

Structure

Overview of File Hierarchy

Outputs

$ nix flake show
github:maydayv7/dotfiles
├───apps
│   └───x86_64-linux
│       ├───default: app
│       ├───install: app
│       └───nixos: app
├───channels
│   └───x86_64-linux
│       ├───stable: package channel
│       └───unstable: package channel
├───checks
│   └───x86_64-linux
│       ├───Device-gnome: derivation 'nixos-rebuild'
│       ├───Device-xfce: derivation 'nixos-rebuild'
│       └───treefmt: derivation 'treefmt-check'
├───devShells
│   └───x86_64-linux
│       ├───cc: development environment 'C'
│       ├───default: development environment 'devShell'
│       ├───format: development environment 'Formatter'
│       ├───java: development environment 'Java'
│       ├───lua: development environment 'Lua'
│       ├───python: development environment 'Python'
│       ├───rust: development environment 'Rust'
│       ├───sql: development environment 'SQL'
│       ├───video: development environment 'Video'
│       └───website: development environment 'Website'
├───files: 'dotfiles' and program configuration
├───formatter
│   └───x86_64-linux: package 'treefmt'
├───installMedia: device install media
├───legacyPackages
│   └───x86_64-linux (References 'stable' channel)
├───lib: utility library functions
├───nixosConfigurations
│   ├───futura: NixOS configuration
│   ├───valkyrie: NixOS configuration
│   └───vortex: NixOS configuration
├───overlays
├───packages
│   └───x86_64-linux
│       ├───install: package 'install'
│       └───nixos: package 'nixos'
└───templates
    └───default: template: My NixOS Configuration

┌── flake.nix
├── flake.lock
├── files
├── site
├── devices
│   ├── systems.nix
│   └── vm
├── users
│   └── passwords
├── secrets
├── shells
├── checks
├── lib
│   ├── build.nix
│   ├── map.nix
│   └── pack.nix
├── scripts
│   ├── install.nix
│   └── nixos.nix
├── packages
│   └── overlays
└── modules
    ├── configuration.nix
    ├── apps
    ├── base
    ├── gui
    ├── hardware
    ├── nix
    ├── shell
    └── user

flake.nix: toplevel configuration file and repository version control
flake-parts is used for modularization
files: dotfiles and program configuration
site: personal website generated using zola
devices: system configuration for various devices
systems.nix: list of supported system architectures
vm: declarative configuration to build multiple virtual machines
users: individual user-specific configuration
secrets: authentication credentials management using sops-nix
shells: sand-boxed shells for development purposes
checks: configuration checks and continuous integration
lib: custom functions designed for conveniently defining configuration
scripts: useful system management scripts
packages: locally built custom packages
overlays: overrides for pre-built packages
modules: custom configuration modules for additional functionality
configuration.nix: builds system configuration

Installation

Already Installed

In case you want to use my configuration as-is for a fresh NixOS install, you can try the following steps:

Note: You can run nix develop in the repository to install all required dependencies

Prepare /etc/nixos:

sudo mkdir /etc/nixos
sudo chown $USER /etc/nixos && sudo chmod ugo+rw /etc/nixos
cd /etc/nixos

Clone this repository (and preferably initialize it using git):
```
nix flake init -t github:maydayv7/dotfiles
git init
```
Install gnupg and generate a GPG Key for yourself (if you don't already have one), and include it in the secrets.yaml file (using gpg --list-keys). You can use the following commands to generate the GPG key (Ultimate trust and w/o passphrase is preferred):
Replace USER , EMAIL and COMMENT
```
gpg --full-generate-key
1
4096
0
y
USER
EMAIL
COMMENT
O
gpg --output public.pgp --armor --export USER@EMAIL
gpg --output private.pgp --armor --export-secret-key USER@EMAIL
```
Save the keys public.gpg and private.gpg in a secure location
Import all required GPG Keys into a convenient location (like /etc/gpg) using gpg --homedir DIR import and specify it at config.sops.gnupg.home (Required for decryption of secrets on boot, can also be on an external drive)
Make new secrets and passwords in the desired directories by appending the paths to secrets.yaml and then using the following command (The nixos script can be used to simplify the process):
Replace PATH with the path to the secret
```
sops --config /path/to/secrets.yaml -i PATH
```
Add device-specific configuration by creating a new file in devices (bear in mind that the name of the file must be same as the HOSTNAME of your device), and if required, hardware configuration using the hardware.modules option. Do keep in mind that the filesystems must be appropriately created and labeled as defined here.
Finally, run nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#HOSTNAME (as root) to switch to the configuration!

Minimal Configuration

The lib.build.device function can be used to generate the full configuration minimally
Read this for definition information

Example flake.nix:

{
  description = "Minimal NixOS Configuration";

  ## System Repositories ##
  inputs = {
    ## Package Repositories ##
    # NixOS Package Repository
    nixpkgs.follows = "dotfiles/nixpkgs";

    ## Configuration Modules ##
    # My PC Dotfiles
    dotfiles.url = "github:maydayv7/dotfiles";
  };

  ## System Configuration ##
  outputs = inputs: let
    lib = with inputs; nixpkgs.lib // dotfiles.lib;
  in {
    nixosConfigurations.host = lib.build.device {
      name = "HOST_NAME";
      system = "x86_64-linux";

      imports = [
        # Generate using 'nixos-generate-config'
        ./hardware-configuration.nix

        # Passwords
        {
          users.extraUsers = {
            root.hashedPassword = "HASHED_PASSWORD";
            recovery.initialHashedPassword = "HASHED_PASSWORD";
          };
        }
      ];

      timezone = "Continent/City";
      locale = "US";

      kernel = "lts";
      kernelModules = ["nvme"];

      gui = {};
      hardware = {
        boot = "efi";
        cores = 4;
        filesystem = "simple";
        modules = [ /* Imported from 'nixos-hardware' */];
      };

      # Default User
      user = {
        name = "nixos";
        description = "Default User";
        minimal = true;
        password = "HASHED_PASSWORD"; # Generate using 'mkpasswd -m sha-512'
      };
    };
  };
}

From Scratch

Download the latest install media image from the Releases page and burn it to a USB using a flashing utility such as Etcher

[!IMPORTANT] These instructions are mainly intended for personal use

[!TIP] In order to directly use the configuration, you must first create a clone of this repository and follow steps 2 to 6 from the first section, and preferably create your own install media

Additional Install Media

If Nix is already installed on your system, you may run the following command to build the Install Media:
Replace VARIANT with the name of Install Media to create

nix build github:maydayv7/dotfiles#installMedia.VARIANT.config.system.build.isoImage

You can also download the NixOS .iso from here and run the install script using the following command:

nix build github:maydayv7/dotfiles#install
sudo ./result/bin/os-install

If you want to create an .iso image of the entire system, run the following command:
Replace DEVICE with the name of Device to build

nix build github:maydayv7/dotfiles#nixosConfigurations.DEVICE.config.formats.iso

Partition Scheme

Note that the install script automatically creates and labels all the required partitions, so it is recommended that only the partition table on the disk be created and have enough free space

Name	Label	Format	Size (minimum)
BOOT Partition	ESP	vfat	500M
ROOT Partition	System	ZFS	25G
SWAP Area	swap	swap	4G
DATA Partition	Files	ZFS	10G

[!NOTE] For the advanced filesystem scheme only

Procedure

To install the OS, just boot the Live USB and run sudo os-install
If the image doesn't boot, try disabling the secure boot and RAID options from BIOS
After the reboot, run nixos setup to finish the install
In case you are using the advanced filesystem scheme, you may need to set the boot flag zfs_force=1 on first boot

Build It Yourself

If you really want to get dirty with Nix and decide to invest oodles of your time into building your own configuration, this repository can be used as inspiration. You can check out the list of links below to resourceful Nix documentation/tutorials/projects that may be helpful in your endeavour

Welcome to the Nix Community! ;)

Notes

Caution

This repository contains my personal configuration, and may cause undesirable effects on other systems. It may also be subject to rapid undocumented changes, and uses Nix Flakes, an experimental feature

Note

Required Nix Version >= 2.19

It is not recommended to use NixOS if you are a beginner just starting out, without acquaintance with either the command-line or functional programming languages, since the learning curve is steep, debugging issues is difficult, documentation is shallow, and the effort required/time spent isn't worth the hassle for a novice/casual user

Platform

May change according to available hardware

This configuration works well with an Intel CPU + iGPU, and is currently being improved to support AMD APU + Nvidia GPU. Any other setup is untested
The hardware.modules option can be used to load relevant configuration from nixos-hardware

See this for additional information

Build

While rebuilding system with Flakes, make sure that any file with unstaged changes will not be included. Use git add . in cases where the git tree is dirty

Branches

There are two branches, stable and develop (when required). The stable branch consists of configuration that builds without failure, and the develop branch is a bleeding-edge testbed

Cache

The system build cache is publicly hosted using Cachix at maydayv7-dotfiles, and can be used while building the system to prevent rebuilding from scratch

Continuous Integration

This repository makes use of GitHub Actions in order to automatically check the configuration syntax on every commit (using and statix) and format it (using treefmt), update the inputs every week, build the configuration and upload the build cache to Cachix as well as publish the Install Media .iso to a draft Release upon creation of a tag (You can also find GitLab CI/CD configuration in .gitlab). A git hook is used to check the commit message to adhere to the Conventional Commits specification

Variables

ACCESS_TOKEN: Personal Access Token (To create one - GitHub, GitLab)
CACHIX_TOKEN: Cachix Authentication Token

Home Manager

The home-manager module is used in tandem with the system configuration in order to define user-specific configuration. The config.user.homeConfig option has been declared in modules/user/default.nix independent of the original module, from which the final configuration is built, in order to prevent infinite recursion while configuring multiple users per system. The system config can be accessed using the sys parameter in home-manager modules

Links

See: A Curated List of the Best Resources in the Nix Community
Also: This website for beginners starting out with NixOS and Flakes

Official Documentation
NixOS Manual
Nix Pills
NixOS Discourse
NixOS Package Search
nixpkgs Package Repository
NUR Nix User Repository
NixOS Hardware Modules
Home Manager Options

Other Sources

Tweag Article introducing Flakes
Serokell's Blog on Flakes
Jordan Isaac's Blog for porting configuration to Flakes
Jon Ringer's Videos on General NixOS Tooling and Hackery
Justin's Notes on using Nix
Lan Tian's Series of Blog Posts on NixOS
Christine's Blog Posts addressing NixOS Security
Graham's and Elis' Blog Posts on Ephemeral Partition Schemes

Other Configurations

Here are some repositories that I may have shamelessly rummaged through for building my dotfiles:
Thanks a lot! ;)

Example Configuration
User Configurations -
- 4JX
- balsoft
- bbigras
- cole-h
- colemickens
- davidtwco
- fufexan
- gvolpe
- hlissner
- jordanisaacs
- kclejeune
- lovesegfault
- lucasew
- nobbz
- rasendubi
- sioodmy
- tejing1
- vlaci
- wiltaylor

You can navigate to the READMEs present in the various directories to know more about them

Changelog

v25

Upgrade to NixOS v24.11 (Vicuna)!
Add Logseq Configuration
Use Vesktop instead of Discord
Hyprland Improvements
- Transition to UWSM
- Use nixpkgs version
- Use nemo File Manager
- Add KDE Connect Support
GNOME Changes
- Drop PaperWM for Tiling Shell
- Drop Blackbox for Ghostty
Update Wine Packages

v24.5

GNOME Improvements
- Use PaperWM and Pano
- Remove unneeded extensions
Add Looking Glass to VFIO Configuration
Remove needless wfvm Configuration
Refine Specialisations

v24

Hyprland Improvements
- Update to version 0.40
- Desktop Icons
- Keybindings List
- Useful Submaps
- Panel Improvements
- Border Gradients
- Revamp hyprutils Script
- Compositor Shaders
- Use clipse for Clipboard
- Use amazing plugins
  - Hycov
  - Hyprspace
  - Hyprexpo
Add device valkyrie and fix NVIDIA issues
Improve GNOME Configuration
- Use tiling-shell instead of forge
- Support NVIDIA GPUs and PRIME
Add devcontainer for Github Codespaces
Add configuration for Spotify using spicetify-nix
Make VS Code Configuration mutable using this module
Reimplement support for specifying Package Channel for configuration build
Refactor Install Media build and upload image as Github artifact to circumvent size limit

v17

Re-expose lib.build.device
Add Hyprland Configuration
Refactor GNOME dconf
Overhaul XFCE Configuration
- Use ULauncher
- Use the Picom Compositor
Add Pantheon Desktop Configuration
Add VS Code Extensions Repository
Fix Android Virtualisation
Support running AppImages
Add multiple gui Modules
Refactor and add hardware.cpu
Add sql Shell
Actually persist ~/.local/share/Trash

v15

Use the flake-parts Flakes framework
Improve Syntax Formatting with treefmt-nix and drop pre-commit-hooks
Support declarative Flatpak application install
Update Nix to version 2.19
Enable Security & Hardening settings by default
Add Boot Recovery Settings
Support Secure Boot using lanzaboote
Allow patching Default Package Channel
Show package delta using nvd
Upgrade to GNOME 45
- Update Extensions
Fix Emoji Support
Drop .templates
Multiple Refactors
- Separate games and laptop module
- Separate install Script
- Stop exposing nixosModules
- Fix user.homeConfig

v13

Follow NixOS Unstable
Improve nix-index
Move out proprietary files
Refactor Secrets
Drop deploy-rs Support
Remove inputs patching Support
Fix first boot installation
Add conditional to lib.map.files
Add gui.{wallpaper,wayland}

23.05 (v12)

Upgrade to NixOS v23.05 (Stoat)!
Drop cod, nix-linter, gedit, touchegg, vscode-server and mutter-rounded
Support Android Virtualisation using Waydroid
Drop compat Libraries
Refactor GNOME Experience
- Use blackbox as default terminal
- Use forge for tiling
- Add keyboard shortcuts window using shortcuts
Improve XFCE Configuration and Handling
Improve Automatic Package Update Script
Enable ZFS encryption
Support Network Printing

22.11 (v11)

Upgrade to NixOS v22.05 (Quokka)!
Add lib.map.array
Improve nixos Script
Add gui.fonts.usershare
General Maintenance Updates
Use treefmt for Formatting Code

22.04 (v10)

Deprecate git-crypt Usage
Improve Installation Experience
Begin Work on Blog
Stabilize with multiple Bug-Fixes

Archive

v7.0

Create Website using Zola
Refine Compatibility Libraries
Refine Scripts
- Use nix-shell Shebangs
- Add lib.build.script
Support Visual Studio Code Editor
Use alejandra for formatting code

v5.0

Improve channels Usage
Support source Filters
Refine git Configuration
Use wine Application Wrapper
Use System Independent library
Add Support for Ephemeral /home
Add Configuration for XFCE Desktop
Bifurcate users and Refine User Configuration
Support Automatic packages Updates using update.sh
Add Support for Automatic Deployments using deploy-rs
Add Developer shells for Multiple Programming Languages integrated with lorri

v4.5

Use Calendar Versioning
Use nixConfig
Support Auto-Upgrade
Support Multiple Users per Device
Improve Security and Harden System
Use PipeWire (with low-latency) for audio
Use nixos-generators for Image Generation

v4.0

Use nixConfig
Bifurcate devices
- Refactor lib.build.system into build.iso and build.device
Improve lib Handling
Improve Module Imports
Improve and Bifurcate docs
Handle scripts as packages
Improve configuration checks
Achieve system Independence
Add .editorconfig and nanorc
Refactor sops Encrypted Secrets
Stabilise and document templates
Fix devshells, repl and scripts
Fix Module Imports and inputs Patching
Improve Mime Types Handling with lib.xdg
Use advanced Ephemeral Root File System Layout with ZFS
Use flake-compat, nix-gaming and nix-wayland
Improve Code Consistency, reduce Complexity and fix Syntactic and Semantic Errors
- Use pre-commit-hooks to improve configuration checks
- Use nixfmt for formatting code
- Use nix-linter to check stylistic errors

v3.0

Upgrade to NixOS v21.11 (Porcupine)!
Improve Package Declaration
Add Support for Instant Nix REPL
Add Support for patching inputs
Improve usage of Developer Shells
Import Modules using nixosModules
Use home-manager as a Module
Merge Device and User Configuration
Move all program configuration and dotfiles to files
Use sops-nix at secrets for managing authentication credentials
Automatically map modules, packages, overlays, shells and inputs

v2.3

Add docs directory
Fix .iso Boot and Install Errors
Improve Scripts with error-checking
Add direnv support at shells
Add Support for Nix Developer Shells at shells
Use secrets as an input rather than as a submodule
Improve CI with automatic flake.lock update and dependency-checking
Bifurcate Flake outputs (as configuration.nix), scripts and overlays

v2.1

Simplify Installation
- Add install Script
- Add Support for creating Install Media
- Add overhauled setup Script
- Automatically build .iso and publish release using CI
Fix Home Activation

v2.0

Add BTRFS (opt-in state) Configuration
Improve Ephemeral Root Support with impermanence
Improve Installation Experience
Improve Home Activation
Bifurcate Modules and Roles
Reduce CI Time
Add the Office role

v1.0

Add Cachix Support
Add Nix Shell Support
Increase Readability
Improve Package Management
Under the hood CI changes

v0.7

Improve Secrets Management using Private Submodule at secrets
Overhaul Package Overrides
- Use final: prev: instead of self: super:
- Add support for NUR
- Split System Scripts and import as overlay
- Refactor Package Overrides into packages
Add archived dotfiles and revitalize existing ones
Improve Modulated Imports
Improve Fonts Management
Update README and scripts

v0.5

Added Support for Nix Flakes
Added Custom Libraries for Device and User Management
Created System Management Script
Updated README and install Script
Add full support for Multi-Device Configuration
Use Better Repository Management

v0.1

Added basic NixOS system configuration using GNOME and GTK+
Added hardware support for 2 devices
Added setup script
Added home-manager support and user dotfiles
Added Modulated Configuration
Added Support for Nix User Repository
Added Repository Pinning
Added Essential Package Overlays
Added Basic Password Management
Added README

Known Limitations

Home Configuration isn't be decoupled from System

Manual Intervention

Online accounts have to be manually signed into
Wine Applications have to be manually updated
ULauncher Plugins have to be manually updated
Logseq Plugins have to be manually installed
GNOME Pano has to be manually updated until upstream stabilises

Last Updated: February 2025

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.github		.github
checks		checks
devices		devices
files		files
lib		lib
modules		modules
packages		packages
scripts		scripts
secrets		secrets
shells		shells
site		site
users		users
.editorconfig		.editorconfig
.gitattributes		.gitattributes
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
flake.lock		flake.lock
flake.nix		flake.nix

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