A premium, reproducible NixOS configuration featuring Home Manager, GNOME, and Hyprland, built with modern Nix Flakes.
DotFlakes is designed to be a stable, aesthetic, and highly productive base system. It prioritizes system-level management while keeping the environment visually polished and functionally robust. It is built to complement application-specific configurations like Kiddots.
DotFlakes combines the best tools in the Nix community for a seamless experience:
- NixOS: The foundation of the system.
- Flakes: For reproducible and versioned configuration.
- Home Manager: Declarative user environment management.
- Nix-Direnv: Fast, automatic shell environments.
- GNOME: A polished, stable DE with customized extensions.
- Hyprland: A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor for high productivity.
- Stylix: Consistent system-wide theming.
- Zsh: Enhanced with Starship prompt.
- Kitty: Fast, GPU-accelerated terminal.
- Neovim / Tmux: Core development tools.
- Lazygit / Lazydocker / OpenCode: CLI productivity interfaces.
- Python 3.14, Go, Ruby, Node.js 24 (via pnpm).
If you already have NixOS installed and just want to switch to this configuration:
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/cesargomez89/dotflakes ~/dotflakes cd ~/dotflakes
- Setup Hardware:
Generate your hardware config if you haven't already:
nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config > nixos/hardware-configuration.nix - Apply Configuration:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#nixos
See the detailed INSTALL.md guide for instructions on installing from scratch using the NixOS ISO.
DotFlakes provides a consistent set of shortcuts across both GNOME and Hyprland where possible.
These apply to both environments or are the primary app triggers.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
<Super> + Return |
Open Terminal (Kitty) |
<Super> + B |
Open Browser (Chrome) |
<Super> + E |
Open File Manager (Nautilus) |
<Super> + C |
Open Chat (Slack) |
<Super> + Y |
Open Music (YouTube Music) |
<Super> + R |
Change Wallpaper (Random) |
<Super> + Q |
Close Window |
<Super> + Backspace |
Log Out / Exit |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
<Super> |
Overview / Activity search |
<Super> + Tab |
Switch Applications |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
<Super> + Space |
App Launcher (Walker) |
<Super> + P |
Notification Center (SwayNC) |
<Super> + L |
Lock Screen (Hyprlock) |
Print |
Take Screenshot (Hyprshot) |
<Super> + [0-9] |
Switch Workspace |
<Super> + V |
Toggle Floating |
<Super> + Arrow Keys |
Move Focus |
The system includes a custom random-bg script that changes your wallpaper from ~/wallpapers/.
- Auto-change: Triggers every time you log in.
- Manual change: Use
<Super> + Ror click the wallpaper icon in the dock/bar. - Source: Feel free to use my collection:
git clone https://github.com/cesargomez89/wallpapers.git ~/wallpapers
The GNOME environment is enhanced with:
- Open Bar: Beautifully customized top panel.
- Tiling Shell: Optional tiling window management for GNOME.
- Blur My Shell: Elegant blur effects.
- Vitals: System monitoring in the panel.
.
├── flake.nix # Entry point and dependency management
├── home-manager/ # User-level configuration (apps, shell, DEs)
│ ├── gnome.nix # GNOME settings & extensions
│ ├── hypr.nix # Hyprland configuration
│ └── home.nix # Main Home Manager entry
├── nixos/ # System-level configuration
│ ├── configuration.nix # Core system settings
│ └── hardware-configuration.nix # Hardware specific settings
└── README.md # You are here
A look at the clean, productive workspace.
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This is my personal configuration, but I'm happy to accept suggestions, bug reports, or forks. Feel free to open an issue or a PR!