aurora

My Arch Linux + Hyprland desktop, in a Nothing OS style, themed live from the wallpaper.

![aurora desktop](assets/aurora-desktop.webp) My desktop: **Arch Linux + Hyprland** (Lua config) + **aurora**, a custom Quickshell shell (bar, panel, notifications, OSD, dock), themed live from the wallpaper with **matugen** and deployed with **GNU stow**. ## aurora One shell instead of waybar, dunst, wlogout, fuzzel and a pile of scripts, in a Nothing OS style (Doto dot-matrix type, pills, LED dots; after [glyph-rice](https://github.com/Nebelung-cloud/glyph-rice)) with Material You colours: everything below is themed from the current wallpaper, which aurora draws itself as mono dots, colour dots or the plain photo.
control panel
Control panel · media, volume/mic/brightness, quick toggles, capture, session
system tab
System · cpu, memory, disks, battery, power profile, GPU mode (envycontrol)
runner
Runner (Super+R) · apps, scripts, calc, shell; also a dmenu for scripts
wallpaper picker
Wallpaper picker · live full-screen preview, folders, search, vim keys, three looks; re-themes everything through matugen
glyph picker
Glyph picker (Super+`) · emoji, nerd icons, symbols, kaomoji, fancy text
power menu
Power menu (Super+Esc) · lock, logout, suspend, reboot, ...
calendar
Calendar · from the clock in the bar
settings app
Settings (Super+I) · network, sound, appearance, Hyprland, keybinds, display, power
overview
Overview · live previews of every workspace and window, click to jump
> [!WARNING] > **This is my personal setup, not a general purpose dotfiles framework.** > > It's built around my hardware (Lenovo Legion, Intel + NVIDIA hybrid graphics, `linux-zen`), my monitors, > my keyboard and my habits. I'm not trying to make it work for everyone, and I won't be adding options > or support for other setups. It's public as a **reference**, or for people who want **exactly the same > setup** as me. > > **Only run `install.sh` on a freshly installed, unconfigured Arch Linux system.** It installs a lot of > packages (NVIDIA drivers included if you pick them), replaces your configs with symlinks, changes your login > shell and can enable system services. Don't run it on a system you already use. ## Installing (fresh Arch only) ```bash git clone https://git.krolyxon.com/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles cd ~/.dotfiles ./install.sh # interactive: pick packages per group ./install.sh --yes # pre-select the default packages, no pickers ./install.sh --check # only compare installed packages with the lists, changes nothing ``` The repo has to live at `~/.dotfiles` (stow links into the parent directory). ## Packages The lists live in `packages/*.txt`: one package per line, `#` for comments, and a trailing `!` means "listed, but not pre-selected". | file | | |---|---| | `desktop.txt` | always installed: Hyprland, Quickshell, PipeWire, the tools the shell and keybinds call | | `utils.txt` | CLI tools, fonts, media, small utilities | | `dev.txt` | development tools | | `gpu.txt` | Intel + NVIDIA (`nvidia-open-dkms`) drivers. Change this for your hardware | | `optional.txt` | desktop apps | | `aur.txt` | AUR packages (installed with paru) | | `base.txt` | reference only, never installed: what the base install already provides | ## What's inside | | | |---|---| | WM | Hyprland (Lua config), hypridle, hyprlock; aurora draws the wallpaper (mono dots, colour dots or photo) | | Shell / bar | aurora (Quickshell) | | Theming | matugen: picking a wallpaper in aurora (or `setwall`) re-themes everything (GTK via adw-gtk3, Qt via qt6ct); accent = the wallpaper's own colour, near-black surfaces. The terminal (foot) too, with ANSI colours tinted toward the wallpaper | | Terminal / shell | foot, zsh | | Editor | Neovim (LazyVim) | | Launcher / menus | aurora's runner (`aurora-run`, also a dmenu replacement for scripts) | | Files | lf, pcmanfm | | Music / video | mpd + ncmpcpp, mpv | | Font / icons | Doto, Space Grotesk, Space Mono (shell UI, vendored in `.local/share/fonts/glyph`), JetBrainsMono Nerd Font, Papirus-Dark | ## Credits - aurora's look follows Nothing OS via [glyph-rice](https://github.com/Nebelung-cloud/glyph-rice) by Nebelung-cloud (GPL-3.0): the design language, the dot-matrix shaders (`.config/quickshell/aurora/shaders/`) and several components are ported from it; ported files say so in their header. Nothing, Nothing OS and Glyph are trademarks of Nothing Technology Ltd; this is a fan setup, not affiliated with Nothing. - Fonts in `.local/share/fonts/glyph/`: [Doto](https://github.com/oliverlalan/Doto), [Space Grotesk](https://github.com/floriankarsten/space-grotesk) and [Space Mono](https://github.com/googlefonts/spacemono), under the SIL Open Font License (`OFL.txt` next to them).