Windows Dotfiles

My personal configuration files for a tiling window manager workflow on Windows.

📦 Included Configurations

• Komorebi - Tiling Window Manager
• WHKD - Windows Hotkey Daemon
• YASB - Yet Another Status Bar
• Fastfetch - System Information Tool

🛠️ Prerequisites

1. Enable Developer Mode

Symlinks require Developer Mode to be enabled on Windows.

1. Open Settings.
2. Go to System > For developers.
3. Toggle Developer Mode to On.

2. Install Tools

Run the following in PowerShell to install the required tools via winget:

winget install LGUG2Z.komorebi
winget install LGUG2Z.whkd
winget install --id AmN.yasb
winget install fastfetch

3. Install Dotfile Manager

I recommend using tuckr to manage symlinks.

# Requires Rust/Cargo installed
cargo install tuckr

🚀 Setup

1. Configure Environment Variables

Set the configuration paths for komorebi and whkd. Run the following in Administrator PowerShell:

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('KOMOREBI_CONFIG_HOME', "$env:USERPROFILE\.config\komorebi", 'User')
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('WHKD_CONFIG_HOME', "$env:USERPROFILE\.config\whkd", 'User')

2. Installation

Option A: Using Tuckr (Recommended)

# Create directory
mkdir -Force "$env:APPDATA/dotfiles"

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/Ciphrox/windots.git "$env:APPDATA/dotfiles"

# Link configurations
tuckr add windots

Option B: Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Ciphrox/windots.git

2. Copy the contents of windots/Configs/windots/* to your C:/Users/<username>/*/ directory

🏃 Usage

Managing Komorebi & WHKD

# Start Komorebi and WHKD
komorebic start --whkd

# Stop Komorebi and WHKD
komorebic stop --whkd

# Enable Autostart on login
komorebic enable-autostart

Status Bar

# Run YASB
yasb

⌨️ Keybindings

• Press Alt + i to view a list of available shortcuts.
• Check the whkd configuration file in .config/whkd/whkdrc for the full list of hotkeys.