dotfiles

❄️ Nix flake dotfiles with support for:

• macOS and Linux on both x86 and ARM
• home-manager for both macOS and NixOS

Overview

macOS setup:

system · home

• Declarative homebrew packages →
• Sane system defaults →
• Custom app icons support →

NixOS laptop setup:

system · home

• Darling erasure - restoring the machine to a clean state on every boot
• Secureboot via lanzaboote
• LUKS encryption with TPM unlocking
• Flicker-free boot with Plymouth
• Work in progress Wayland setup

NixOS server setup:

system · home

• Declarative disk management using disko →
• Remote installation support using nixos-anywhere →
• Web server, mail server, Seafile, self-hosted DNS, Tailscale, Syncthing, ...

Principles

• Keep it simple, try to not introduce overly complicated boilerplate
• Document any new concepts to make them understandable for me in a year
• Make module loading explicit, and loading a module = enabling it
• Keep things formatted with alejandra

To-Do

• Fix ZSH setup - improve startup performance, proper cache busting
• Full Neovim setup
• Custom Sway/Hyperland based setup for personal laptop
• Better split NixOS laptop config

Useful resources

• NixOS & Flakes Book
• Nix language basics
• Encypted Btrfs Root with Opt-in State on NixOS
• Quick Start: NixOS Secure Boot
• Nixpkgs Functions reference
• Nix Expression Language
• hlissner/dotfiles
• my old dotfiles