dotfiles

My dotfiles collection.

General config

Category	Tool
Distro	NixOS
Desktop	Gnome
Terminal	Ghostty
Shell	Fish
Shell Prompt	Starship
Terminal Multiplexer	Tmux
Editor/IDE	Neovim
Browser	Firefox
Fonts	Display: Adwaita, VarizMatn, Monospace: CodeNewRoman Nerd Font, Noto Color Emoji
Wallpaper	Ashim D’Silva

Screenshot

Fresh Install

Boot the NixOS installer, then run (replace PROFILE with lenovo, dell, or work):

sudo nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko --flake "github:mortymacs/dotfiles#PROFILE"
sudo nixos-install --flake "github:mortymacs/dotfiles#PROFILE"
sudo reboot

No git clone needed — flakes fetch directly from GitHub.

Overlays

Overlays live in overlays/ and are applied automatically to every profile.

Add a custom package from GitHub (no flake.nix / shell.nix)

Edit overlays/custom.nix. The new attribute becomes available as a regular pkgs.myPackageName anywhere in the config.

To get the hash, run: nurl https://github.com/owner/repo vTAG

Go project:

my-go-tool = final.buildGoModule rec {
  pname = "my-go-tool";
  version = "1.2.3";
  src = final.fetchFromGitHub {
    owner  = "some-owner";
    repo   = "my-go-tool";
    rev    = "v${version}";
    hash   = "sha256-AAAA...";
  };
  vendorHash = "sha256-BBBB...";
};

C/C++ project with cmake:

my-c-tool = final.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  pname = "my-c-tool";
  version = "0.5.0";
  src = final.fetchFromGitHub {
    owner  = "some-owner";
    repo   = "my-c-tool";
    rev    = "v${version}";
    hash   = "sha256-AAAA...";
  };
  nativeBuildInputs = [ final.cmake final.pkg-config ];
  buildInputs       = [ final.openssl ];
};

Override an existing package (custom compile flags, patches, …)

Edit overlays/overrides.nix. The package keeps its original name.

Change feature flags the package already exposes (.override):

somePackage = prev.somePackage.override {
  withFeatureX = true;
  enableFoo    = false;
};

Full control over the derivation (.overrideAttrs):

somePackage = prev.somePackage.overrideAttrs (old: {
  configureFlags = (old.configureFlags or []) ++ [
    "--enable-foo"
    "--disable-bar"
  ];
  buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ final.someLib ];
  patches     = (old.patches or []) ++ [ ./patches/somePackage-fix.patch ];
});

Resources

Some good resources that I used in my config:

• https://github.com/atkrad/nixie
• https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-config
• https://github.com/alizdavoodi/nix-config/

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Please read the LICENSE file for more information.