Dotfiles

Unix-philosophy dotfiles managed with chezmoi.

Design principles: Fast startup (~37ms), composable tools, minimal config, text over databases.

Supported Platforms

• macOS (Apple Silicon) — zsh, Homebrew, mise
• Linux (WSL2/Fedora) — bash, systemd, KDE/GNOME
• Windows 11 — PowerShell 7, winget

Quick Install

macOS

sh -c "$(curl -fsLS get.chezmoi.io)" -- init --apply KevinTCoughlin

Windows (PowerShell)

winget install twpayne.chezmoi
chezmoi init --apply KevinTCoughlin

What's Included

Component	Tool	Config
Shell	zsh (no framework)	~300 lines
Prompt	starship (minimal)	~70 lines
Terminal	wezterm	~210 lines
Editor	neovim + lazy.nvim	-
Runtimes	mise	see below

Runtimes (mise)

Single tool replaces fnm/pyenv/SDKMAN:

Node, Python, Java (Temurin), Go, Ruby, Rust, Bun, Deno, Zig, SwiftFormat, SwiftLint

mise list             # installed versions
mise use node@25      # project-local
mise use --global go  # global default
mise upgrade --all    # update all

Key Features

Fast Shell (~37ms startup)

• No Oh My Zsh — plain zsh with manual config
• Cached tool inits (~/.cache/zsh/) with auto-invalidation on binary updates
• Single version manager (mise) instead of fnm/pyenv/SDKMAN
• Completions: compinit -C (cached .zcompdump)

Modern CLI Replacements

Standard	Replacement
ls	eza
cat	bat (smart: bat in tty, cat in pipes)
grep	ripgrep
find	fd
cd	zoxide
top	btop
ps	procs
dig	doggo
make	just
history	atuin

Shell Aliases

Category	Aliases
Git	gs ga gc gp gd gl lg
GitHub CLI	prc prl prv prco prm iss isc csl css
Just	j jl je jc ju
Claude CLI	ai aic aim air
Editors	vim/vi (nvim), em et ek (emacs)
OBS/Streaming	stream rec scenes ss
Network	ports myip localip flushdns vpn
Apple Dev	xc sim dd ddclean xopen
Android Dev	gw gwb gwc adbd adblog emu
Godot Dev	godot-run gdf gdl gdfmt
Tools	ll lt dev ps dns bench

Claude CLI Integration

ai "question"         # prompt
aic                   # continue session
aim "question"        # fast (haiku)
air                   # resume
review                # review git diff
gcai                  # AI-generated commit message
explain <cmd>         # explain command output
aif                   # fzf file + claude

FZF (Fuzzy Finder)

Key	Action
Ctrl-R	fuzzy history search
Ctrl-T	fuzzy file finder (with preview)
Alt-C	fuzzy cd (with tree preview)

Quick Capture

inbox "thought"       # timestamped entry to ~/inbox.txt
inbox                 # view inbox
inbox-process         # AI prioritize + categorize

Structure

├── dot_zshrc                 # shell config (~300 lines)
├── dot_config/
│   ├── starship.toml         # prompt (~70 lines)
│   ├── wezterm/              # terminal (~210 lines)
│   ├── nvim/                 # neovim
│   ├── mise/config.toml      # runtime versions
│   └── greet/quotes.txt      # greeting quotes
├── dot_local/bin/            # scripts
├── Brewfile                  # homebrew packages
├── CLAUDE.md                 # AI assistant context
└── CLAUDE-{darwin,linux,windows}.md

Chezmoi Commands

chezmoi apply         # apply changes
chezmoi diff          # preview changes
chezmoi add <file>    # track new file
chezmoi edit <file>   # edit managed file
chezmoi cd            # go to source dir
chezmoi git push      # push to GitHub

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License

MIT