Dotfiles

Personal Fedora/Linux dotfiles for my terminal-first development workflow.

This repo is centered on Fish, tmux, Neovim, and a small set of CLI tools I use every day. It is public for reference and backup, but it is still opinionated and machine-specific in a few places, so review before copying it directly onto your system.

What this repo manages

• fish as the main shell
• tmux for terminal multiplexing
• nvim for editing
• starship for the prompt
• atuin for history
• yazi for file management
• lazygit and lazydocker
• terminal configs for ghostty, alacritty, and wezterm
• Git, htop, and a few extra app/env configs

Supported environment

This setup currently assumes:

• Fedora or another dnf-based Linux distro
• an XDG-style config layout under ~/.config
• GNOME in some places
• a Nerd Font, especially JetBrains Mono Nerd Font
• Homebrew/Linuxbrew for a few extra CLI packages

Repository layout

• .config/ - main XDG application configs
• .config/fish/ - Fish config, aliases, functions, completions, and scripts
• .config/nvim/ - Neovim config managed as a git submodule
• .config/ghostty/ - Ghostty terminal config
• .config/alacritty/ - Alacritty config
• .config/git/ - Git config
• .config/yazi/ - Yazi config
• .tmux.conf - upstream tmux base config
• .tmux.conf.local - personal tmux overrides
• .vimrc - fallback Vim config
• .wezterm.lua - WezTerm config
• env-configs/ - extra app and environment config files
• redis.conf - standalone Redis config

Core tools

Main tools I expect to have installed:

sudo dnf install fish tmux neovim git fzf zoxide starship ripgrep fd-find bat htop btop lazygit zoxide eza mpv procs gdu hyperfine

Useful clipboard tools for tmux and terminal workflows:

sudo dnf install wl-clipboard xclip xsel

Some tools I use come from Homebrew/Linuxbrew instead of dnf:

brew install atuin yazi duf dua tabiew topgrade

Installation

Clone the repo with submodules so Neovim is pulled in too:

git clone --recurse-submodules <your-repo-url> ~/dotfiles

If you already cloned without submodules:

git submodule update --init --recursive

This repo does not currently ship with a bootstrap script or a stow setup, so the safe way to use it is to review the files you want and symlink them manually.

Example:

ln -s ~/dotfiles/.config/fish ~/.config/fish
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.config/ghostty ~/.config/ghostty
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.config/alacritty ~/.config/alacritty
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.config/git ~/.config/git
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.config/yazi ~/.config/yazi
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.tmux.conf.local ~/.tmux.conf.local
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.wezterm.lua ~/.wezterm.lua

Back up your existing configs first if you already use any of these tools.

Fish setup

Fish is the main shell in this repo.

After installing it:

chsh -s $(which fish)

The Fish config expects or references tools such as:

• starship
• atuin
• bun
• nvm
• go
• Homebrew/Linuxbrew

There are also a few machine-specific paths in the current config, so review ~/.config/fish/config.fish before using it as-is.

Neovim

Neovim lives in .config/nvim/ and is tracked as a git submodule:

git submodule update --init --recursive

If you want the full setup, make sure the language/runtime tools your Neovim config depends on are installed too.

Fonts

This setup assumes JetBrains Mono Nerd Font.

I use it across terminal and editor configs, so install a Nerd Font first if icons or prompt symbols look wrong.

Local and private config

Some parts of this repo are intentionally personal and should be reviewed before reuse:

• hardcoded /home/samarth/... paths
• Homebrew path assumptions under /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
• GNOME gsettings changes in shell startup
• local env files such as /home/samarth/.deno/env and $HOME/.turso/env
• personal Git identity in .config/git/config

If you adapt this repo, keep secrets, machine-local paths, and personal identity settings in untracked local files.

Optional tools

Other tools I use in this repo:

• ghostty
• alacritty
• wezterm
• lazydocker
• redis
• browser and CSS snippets under env-configs/

Updating

Update the repo and its submodules with:

git pull
git submodule update --init --recursive

Then restart Fish, tmux, or your terminal apps as needed.

Notes

• This repo is meant first for my own machines
• it should still be useful as reference or a starting point
• fork it, trim it, and make it yours instead of copying it blindly