Collie's Dotfiles

Personal dotfiles managed with chezmoi. One repo, several machines.

Install

chezmoi init --apply collieiscute -v

Supported platforms

OS	Package manager	Status
macOS	Homebrew	daily-driven
Arch / CachyOS	pacman + paru	daily-driven
Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint	apt	CI-tested only

Custom touches worth knowing

Theme

• Catppuccin by default on macOS and non-Noctalia apps. On Linux, Noctalia renders Kitty, Alacritty, and Ghostty colors from the current wallpaper.
• Theme files for kitty and alacritty are pulled from the upstream catppuccin/* repos via .chezmoiexternal.toml.tmpl with refreshPeriod = "168h"; Ghostty uses its built-in Catppuccin theme.
• Font: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font across every terminal / bar / lock screen.

Per-host config switch

Two Hyprland machines (home + office) share one config but pin different monitors to ws1/2/3. Office hosts get desc-keyed workspace rules; home hosts use Hyprland's default per-monitor assignment (which already gives 1/2/3) — hand-rolled rules would otherwise reserve those slots even when the matching monitor isn't connected (see hyprland.lua.tmpl head comment for the underlying bug).

To mark a machine as office: edit ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml →

[data]
  location = "office"

Then chezmoi apply.

chezmoi quirks I keep tripping over (that this repo handles)

• run_onchange_* scripts only re-run when their rendered content changes. Manifest files (fish_plugins, Brewfile) that aren't templated into the script bodies don't trigger reruns. Both are pinned via embedded sha256 hash comments — see run_onchange_after_1-setup-fish-and-its-plugins.sh.tmpl and install-packages_darwin.tmpl.
• All apt-based distros share .packages.ubuntu.apt and the lazygit-from-GitHub fallback (lazygit isn't in Ubuntu apt).
• Fonts use the Nerd Font patched family (JetBrainsMono Nerd Font), not the un-patched JetBrains Mono — drop that distinction and bar icons disappear.

Tmux

• Prefix is C-z (so C-b stays free for vim).
• Splits: prefix | (horizontal), prefix - (vertical), inheriting the current pane's path.
• set-clipboard on + allow-passthrough → OSC 52 yank works over SSH without X11 forwarding.
• Sessions auto-restore via tmux-resurrect + tmux-continuum on tmux start.

Kitty

• Used on macOS specifically because AeroSpace tiles each Ghostty native tab as a separate window — Kitty's custom tab bar appears as a single AXWindow.
• cmd+option/Alt key bindings deliberately avoided (macOS 26 Tahoe intercepts them).
• macOS loads Catppuccin Macchiato directly. Linux keeps Catppuccin as a fallback and then globincludes Noctalia's generated themes/noctalia.conf so wallpaper changes can update Kitty without Noctalia editing kitty.conf.
• Alacritty and Ghostty use the same ownership model: chezmoi owns the main config, while Noctalia only rewrites generated theme overlays under each terminal's theme directory.

Hyprland

• 6 Lua hl.monitor(...) rules (3 home + 3 office) — desc-keyed so the right machine picks the right monitors automatically.
• Cursor: Catppuccin Mocha Teal (Hyprcursor) with Catppuccin Mocha Green as XCursor fallback.
• Electron / fcitx5 / GTK theming env vars set centrally.
• Noctalia v5 owns the desktop shell layer (bar, launcher, notifications, wallpaper, lock screen, idle, screenshots, clipboard).
• Wallpapers are deployed by chezmoi to ~/.config/wallpapers; Noctalia reads that path directly.
• Noctalia is the Linux wallpaper/theme owner. App theme integrations should write generated theme files and reload apps, not mutate chezmoi-managed main config files.
• Noctalia desktop/lockscreen widget placement is generated from monitor roles and ratios in 20-widgets.generated.toml.tmpl; run chezmoi apply after moving between home/office monitor layouts.
• If widgets are edited in Noctalia's GUI, remove [desktop_widgets] and [lockscreen_widgets] from ~/.local/state/noctalia/settings.toml or fold the new ratios back into the template; state overrides win over declarative config.

Keymappings

$SUPER = Windows / Cmd key. $ALT = Option / Meta. $CTRL = Control.

Hyprland (Wayland)

Bind	Action
SUPER+T	open Kitty
SUPER+E	open Nautilus
SUPER+C	close window
SUPER+M	exit Hyprland
SUPER+V	toggle floating
SUPER+P	pseudotile
SUPER+RETURN	true fullscreen
SUPER+N	toggle Noctalia notifications
SUPER+S	toggle scratchpad workspace
SUPER+SHIFT+S	move window to scratchpad
SUPER+SPACE	Noctalia launcher
ALT+L	Noctalia lock screen
ALT+J	toggle split
ALT+P	Noctalia region screenshot → clipboard
CTRL+RETURN	maximize
SUPER+H/J/K/L	focus left/down/up/right
SUPER+1..9,0	switch workspace 1..10
SUPER+SHIFT+1..9,0	move window to workspace
SUPER+SHIFT+H/L	move window to prev/next monitor
SUPER+scroll	cycle workspaces
SUPER+LMB/RMB drag	move/resize floating window
XF86Audio*	volume / mute / mic mute
XF86MonBrightness*	screen brightness

Tmux (prefix = C-z)

Bind	Action
prefix |	split horizontal (keep cwd)
prefix -	split vertical (keep cwd)
prefix v (copy mode)	begin selection
prefix C-v (copy mode)	rectangle toggle
prefix y (copy mode)	copy + cancel
C-←/↓/↑/→	resize pane (smart-splits)
prefix I	install plugins (TPM)
prefix U	update plugins (TPM)

Kitty (macOS)

Bind	Action
Cmd+T	new tab
Cmd+W	close tab
Cmd+Shift+]/[	next / previous tab
Cmd+Shift+→/←	move tab forward / backward
Cmd+D	new window (split)
Cmd+Shift+D	close window
Ctrl+Shift+]/[	next / previous window
Cmd+Shift+J/K	scroll line down / up
Cmd+Shift+N/U	scroll page down / up
Cmd+Shift+Home/End	scroll to top / bottom
Cmd+C / Cmd+V	copy / paste
Cmd+Shift+F5	reload config
Cmd+Shift+F6	debug config
Ctrl+± / Ctrl+0	font size + / − / reset

Fish aliases

Alias	Expands to
vi	nvim (when nvim is installed)
buu	brew update && brew upgrade -y && fisher update (macOS only)

Tools

Shell / multiplexer

• fish — primary shell.
• tmux — primary multiplexer.
• zellij — secondary multiplexer (Catppuccin Mocha built-in theme).

Editor

• neovim — LazyVim distro on top.

Terminals

• kitty — macOS daily driver (AeroSpace-friendly tabs).
• wezterm — cross-platform fallback.
• ghostty — newer GPU terminal, Catppuccin Macchiato fallback.
• alacritty — minimal GPU terminal.

Wayland stack (Hyprland)

• hyprland — Wayland compositor.
• noctalia — desktop shell: bar, launcher, notifications, wallpaper, lock screen, idle behavior, screenshots, clipboard, and control center.
• sddm — bootstrap and fallback display manager for fresh Arch installs.
• greetd + Noctalia Greeter — final Wayland login greeter after AUR packages are installed.
• fcitx5 + chewing — Chinese input.

Display manager bootstrap and recovery

• Fresh Arch installs should use SDDM from archinstall first; chezmoi switches to greetd only after noctalia-greeter-session is installed and setup succeeds.
• SDDM stays installed as the fallback display manager.
• The switch script only enables/disables services; it does not stop/start the current graphical session.
• If Noctalia Greeter shows a black screen, switch to a TTY with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and run sudo systemctl disable --now greetd.service && sudo systemctl enable --now sddm.service.
• If TTY switching does not work, boot with systemd.unit=multi-user.target from GRUB, then run the same service switch.

macOS extras

• aerospace — tiling WM.
• karabiner-elements — keyboard remapper.
• raycast — launcher.
• Desktop wallpaper is deployed by chezmoi to ~/.config/wallpapers and applied by run_onchange_after_3-configure-macos-wallpaper.sh.tmpl.

CLI tooling

• File / dir: eza, fd, ripgrep, bat, zoxide, fzf.
• System info: btop, fastfetch.
• Git: lazygit, tig, gh, glab, onefetch.
• Build / dev: gnu-tar, bear, cmake, mold, ninja, llvm, clang-format, cppcheck, uv.
• Containers: macOS Apple silicon container + third-party container-compose; Linux podman.
• Docs: hugo, typst, tldr.
• OpenCode zh-TW linting: zhtw-mcp is configured as a local MCP server at ~/.local/bin/zhtw-mcp. Until upstream publishes releases, install it from source with make install so OpenCode can use the fixed binary path.
• OpenCode Loop: @bybrawe/opencode-loop@0.5.1 is loaded through OpenCode's native npm plugin support, with /loop* command stubs managed under ~/.config/opencode/commands/.
• OpenCode Claude Code plugin: @khalilgharbaoui/opencode-claude-code-plugin@0.6.2 is loaded through OpenCode's native npm plugin support; after changing the plugin path, run chezmoi apply /home/collie/.config/opencode/opencode.json and restart OpenCode.

Fish plugins (managed by fisher)

• catppuccin/fish — colour theme.
• edc/bass — run bash scripts in fish.
• jorgebucaran/nvm.fish — Node version manager.
• patrickf1/fzf.fish — fzf integrations.
• pure-fish/pure — minimal prompt.

Tmux plugins (managed by TPM)

• catppuccin/tmux — status-bar theme.
• mrjones2014/smart-splits.nvim — Ctrl+Arrow resize, plays nice with neovim.
• tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible — sensible defaults.
• tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum — auto-save/restore on start.
• tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect — manual save/restore + nvim session capture.

Neovim — LazyVim core extras

• zbirenbaum/copilot.lua — Copilot.
• giuxtaposition/blink-cmp-copilot — Copilot source for blink.cmp.
• neovim/nvim-lspconfig + p00f/clangd_extensions.nvim — LSP, with extra clangd polish.
• nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter — syntax.
• ibhagwan/fzf-lua — fuzzy finder.
• sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim — animated cursor.
• folke/snacks.nvim — utility collection.

Layout

home/                            # chezmoi source root (.chezmoiroot=home)
├── .chezmoidata/packages.yaml   # canonical package list (pacman + apt)
├── .chezmoiexternal.toml.tmpl   # auto-pulled theme files
├── .chezmoiscripts/             # run_once / run_onchange bootstrap
├── .chezmoitemplates/           # macOS install template (Brewfile pass-thru)
└── dot_config/                  # → ~/.config/...