barkloaf / dotfiles

My personal setup for Arch Linux featuring the Nord color scheme, bspwm, picom, polybar, and more!

barkloaf's dotfiles

my personal setup for arch linux featuring the nord color scheme, bspwm, picom, polybar, and more!

Overview

Component	Software
Display server	Xorg
Window manager	bspwm
Compositor	picom-jonaburg
Bar	polybar
Application launcher	rofi
Notification daemon	dunst
GTK and icons theme	Archcraft Nordic
Font	Ubuntu
Cursor	Breeze snow
Screenshot tool	Flameshot (uploaded to a ShareS server)
Terminal	kitty
Shell	Z shell

Mentioned packages and files

All packages are in the official Arch repositories or the Arch User Repository as named unless otherwise linked

Package / File	Dependents
.config/bspwm/autostart	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
.config/picom/opacity-rules	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
.config/polybar/colors	.config/polybar/config
.config/polybar/package-updates	.config/polybar/config
.config/rofi/themes/rounded-nord-dark.rasi	.config/rofi/config.rasi
.config/rofi/symbols.txt	.local/bin/rofi-unicode-menu
.config/shareS/shareS.conf	.local/bin/shareS
.config/shareS/urls	.local/bin/shareS
.local/bin/rofi-power-menu	.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
.local/bin/rofi-unicode-menu	.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
.local/bin/rofi-wifi-menu	.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
.local/bin/shareS	.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
.local/bin/winmask	.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
.local/share/background.png	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
archcraft-gtk-theme-nordic	.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
archcraft-icons-nordic	.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
betterlockscreen	.config/betterlockscreenrc .config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
breeze-snow-cursor-theme	.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
bspwm	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc .config/polybar/config .config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc .local/bin/winmask
dunst	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc .config/dunst/dunstrc
easyeffects	.xprofile
feh	.config/betterlockscreenrc .config/bspwm/bspwmrc
flameshot	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc .local/bin/shareS
gnome-keyring	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
gtk2	.xprofile
gtk3	.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini .xprofile
kitty	.config/kitty/kitty.conf .config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc .zshrc
ksuperkey	.xprofile
neofetch	.config/neofetch/config.conf
networkmanager (or, more preferrably, networkmanager-iwd)	.config/polybar/config .local/bin/rofi-wifi-menu
network-manager-applet	.xprofile
numlockx	.xprofile
paru	.config/paru/paru.conf .config/polybar/package-updates
picom-jonaburg-git	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc .config/picom/picom.conf
pipewire-pulse (enable the pipewire-pulse.service systemd user unit)	.config/polybar/config
polkit-gnome	.xprofile
polybar	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc .config/polybar/config
polybar-spotify-module (enable the spotify-listener.service systemd user unit)	.config/polybar/config
qt4 (not required or recommended to install unless necesary, but dependents are recommended regardless)	.config/Trolltech.conf
qt5-styleplugins	.xprofile
qt6gtk2	.xprofile
rofi	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc .config/rofi/config.rasi .config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc .local/bin/rofi-power-menu .local/bin/rofi-unicode-menu .local/bin/rofi-wifi-menu .local/bin/shareS
rofimoji	.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
spotify	.config/polybar/config
sxhkd	.config/bspwm/bspwmrc .config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
ttf-ubuntu-font-family	.config/betterlockscreenrc .config/dunst/dunstrc .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini .config/kitty/kitty.conf .config/neofetch/config.conf .config/polybar/config .config/rofi/config.rasi .local/bin/rofi-wifi-menu
ttf-ubuntu-mono-nerd	.config/polybar/config
ttf-ubuntu-nerd	.config/polybar/config
xclip	.local/bin/shareS
xdg-desktop-portal	.xprofile
xdg-desktop-portal-kde	.xprofile
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk	.xprofile
xdotool	.local/bin/rofi-unicode-menu
zsh	.local/bin/histfix .local/bin/rofi-unicode-menu .local/bin/shareS .zshrc
zsh-syntax-highlighting	.zshrc

Further recommendations

All packages are in the official Arch repositories or the Arch User Repository as named unless otherwise linked

• baobab: GTK-based directory tree analyzer
• blueman: GTK-based Bluetooth manager
  • bluez-tools: CLI tools for Bluetooth management
• code: Open source build of Visual Studio Code (vscode) editor
  • code-features: Unblocks some features in code
  • code-marketplace: Enables the marketplace in code
    • https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=arcticicestudio.nord-visual-studio-code: Nord theme for Visual Studio Code
• gnome-calculator: GTK-based calculator
• gtk2fontsel: GTK-based font preview tool
• lightdm: Display manager. I don't actually recommend lightdm because it breaks often, but unfortunately it is very customizable
  • accountsservice: D-Bus interface for user account query and manipulation. Can be used by lightdm to gather information such as profile picture, etc.
  • lightdm-webkit2-greeter: Webkit2-based greeter for lightdm
    • https://github.com/AlphaNecron/lightdm-gab-nord: Nord theme for lightdm-webkit2-greeter
      • Potentially working on my own fork
• ly: Alternate, TUI-based display manager. Cool if you can get it to work (I didn't) and pair it with mkinitcpio-colors-git
• lxappearance-gtk3: GTK-based theme, font, icon, cursor, etc. switcher
• mkinitcpio-colors-git: mkinitcpio hook to set VT console colors (such as to Nord colors) during early userspace
• nm-connection-editor: GTK-based NetworkManager connection editor
• noto-fonts: Google Noto TTF fonts, provides a base font set
  • noto-fonts-cjk: Google Noto Chinese-Japanese-Korean TTF fonts
• pipewire: Low-latency audio/video router and processor, better than PulseAudio. This package is for Pipewire clients specifically
  • pavucontrol: GTK-based PulseAudio volume control, for use with pipewire-pulse
  • pipewire-alsa: Pipewire for ALSA clients
  • pipewire-jack: Pipewire for JACK clients
• seahorse: GTK-based application for managing gnome-keyring, PGP keys, and SSH keys
• spicetify-cli: Command-line tool to customize Spotify client
  • spicetify-themes-git: Contains the Dribbblish theme and nord-dark color scheme
• thunar: GTK-based file manager
  • ffmpegthumbnailer: Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by thunar
  • gvfs: Provides trash support, mounting removable media, and remote filesystems in thunar
    • gvfs-mtp: MTP backend for gvfs
  • thunar-archive-plugin: Allows you to create and extract archive files using contextual menu items in thunar
  • thunar-media-tags-plugin: Allows you to view and editdetailed information about media files in thunar
  • tumbler: Generates thumbnails that can be used by thunar
• ttf-twemoji: Provides the Twitter emoji set, the best emoji set
• viewnior: Simple, fast and elegant GTK-based image viewer program
• xarchiver: GTK-based frontend to various command line archivers