Dotfiles & Hyprland Rice Installer

Overview

This repository contains curated dotfiles and a comprehensive installation script for ricing and configuring a Hyprland-based Arch Linux environment. The setup is designed for minimalism, aesthetics, and productivity, automating the deployment of essential packages, configs, themes, and customizations for your window manager, terminal, and development tools.

Features

• Automated installation of recommended packages for Hyprland, terminal, and productivity
• Backup and deployment of dotfiles and configs for Hyprland, Kitty, NeoVim, Waybar, Wofi, and more
• Desktop and CLI integration for a seamless workflow
• Service management for essential system and user services
• Code - OSS and NeoVim plugin setup
• Safe backup of existing configs before overwriting

Installation

Clone the repository and run the installer:

git clone https://github.com/exvorn/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
chmod +x install
./install --all

Options

• --packages Install recommended packages only
• --dotfiles Install dotfiles and configs only
• --all Run full setup (recommended)
• --help Show help message

Note: Existing configs will be backed up to ~/.dotfiles-backup/YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. Review the script before running if you have custom settings.

Requirements

• Arch Linux or derivative
• Internet connection
• Sudo privileges (for package installation)

Resolution & Scaling

This setup is designed at 2880×1800@120. The Hyprland config includes HiDPI scaling:

env = QT_SCALE_FACTOR,2
env = GTK_SCALE,2
env = GTK_DPI_SCALE,2

If you use a lower resolution, change these to 1 in .config/hypr/hyprland.conf.

Components

Component	Choice
Window Manager	Hyprland
Terminal	Kitty (Adwaita darker theme)
Status Bar	Waybar (top, transparent, dark)
App Launcher	Wofi (dark, blue accent)
Notifications	Mako (bottom-right, urgency-based colors)
File Manager	Thunar
Wallpaper	hyprpaper
Idle / Lock	hypridle / hyprlock
Shell	Zsh
Editor	NeoVim + Code - OSS

Keybindings

The main modifier ($mainMod) is LALT.

General

Key	Action
Alt + Return	Launch terminal (kitty)
Ctrl + Q	Kill active window
Alt + E	Launch file manager (thunar)
Alt + V	Toggle floating window
Alt + P	Launch app menu (wofi)

Focus & Movement

Key	Action
Alt + H	Focus left
Alt + J	Focus down
Alt + K	Focus up
Alt + L	Focus right

Workspaces

Key	Action
Alt + 1-9	Switch to workspace N
Alt + Shift + 1-9	Move window to workspace N
Alt + Tab	Switch to previous workspace
Alt + Scroll Down/Up	Scroll through workspaces

System

Key	Action
Alt + Shift + L	Lock screen (hyprlock)
Alt + Print	Take screenshot (area → clipboard + swappy)
Super + T	Toggle touchpad
Alt + B	Toggle waybar

Media & Hardware Keys

Key	Action
XF86AudioRaiseVolume	Volume up
XF86AudioLowerVolume	Volume down
XF86AudioMute	Toggle mute
XF86AudioMicMute	Toggle mic mute
XF86MonBrightnessUp	Brightness up
XF86MonBrightnessDown	Brightness down
XF86AudioNext	Next track
XF86AudioPrev	Previous track
XF86AudioPlay	Play / pause
XF86AudioPause	Play / pause

Mouse

Key	Action
Alt + LMB	Move window
Alt + RMB	Resize window

Scripts

Located in .config/hypr/scripts/:

Script	Purpose
audio	Volume up/down/mute via wpctl
brightness	Brightness up/down via brightnessctl
screenshot	Area screenshot → clipboard + swappy editor
toggle-touchpad	Enable/disable touchpad
notify	Custom notification helper for scripts
battery-alert	Cron job — alerts at low battery

Waybar Modules

Modules shown in the top bar (left to right):

• Arch logo - opens wofi on click
• Workspaces - hyprland workspace switcher
• Idle inhibitor - toggle idle inhibition
• Audio - volume slider, click opens pavucontrol
• Network - WiFi SSID / ethernet IP, click opens nmtui
• CPU - current usage
• Memory - current usage
• Temperature - CPU temperature
• Keyboard layout - current layout (US / SR-Latn / SR-Cyrl)
• Battery - percentage with charging indicator
• Clock - time and date

Author

Created & maintained by Jovan Bogovac

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for improvements, bug fixes, or new features.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

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For more details, see the install script and explore the configs in .config/.