Dotfiles

A minimal, opinionated SwayFX setup running on Debian Testing.

Screenshots

Stack

• WM: SwayFX 0.5.3 (fork of Sway with blur, shadows, rounded corners)
• Shell: Fish with custom prompt
• Terminal: Foot
• Bar: Waybar
• Launcher: Wofi
• Notifications: SwayNC
• Lock Screen: Swaylock
• Logout Dialog: Wlogout
• System Info: Fastfetch

Requirements

• OS: Debian 13 (Trixie) — should work on any Debian-based distro with minor tweaks
• Font: JetBrains Mono Nerd Font (all variants)
• Network Manager: networkmanager_dmenu (for Wi-Fi selection when clicking the network icon in Waybar)

Install Nerd Fonts

# Download JetBrainsMono Nerd Font from https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads
# Unzip and copy .ttf files to ~/.local/share/fonts/JetBrainsMono/
fc-cache -fv

Install networkmanager_dmenu

sudo apt install networkmanager-dmenu

Repository Structure

dotfiles/
├── sway/          # SwayFX, SwayNC, Swaylock, Wlogout
├── waybar/        # Status bar
├── wofi/          # Application launcher
├── foot/          # Terminal emulator
├── fish/          # Shell configuration
├── fastfetch/     # System info display
└── themes/        # Theme switcher + themes

See each folder's README for setup notes.

Quick Setup

1. Copy configs to ~/.config/ (adjust paths if needed):

cp -r sway/swayfx ~/.config/sway
cp -r sway/swaync ~/.config/swaync
cp -r sway/swaylock ~/.config/swaylock
cp -r sway/wlogout ~/.config/wlogout
cp -r waybar ~/.config/waybar
cp -r wofi ~/.config/wofi
cp -r foot ~/.config/foot
cp -r fish ~/.config/fish
cp -r fastfetch ~/.config/fastfetch

2. Copy themes:

cp -r themes ~/.themes

3. Install required packages:

sudo apt install swayfx waybar wofi foot swaync swaylock wlogout fastfetch fish brightnessctl playerctl slurp grim pavucontrol networkmanager-dmenu python3 jq

4. Update paths in configs if your home directory or layout differs.

Keybindings (SwayFX)

Keybinding	Action
Super + Return	Open terminal
Super + d	Application launcher
Super + p	Logout dialog
Super + t	Theme switcher
Super + Shift + t	Create new theme
Super + Shift + c	Reload config
Super + Shift + e	Exit SwayFX
Super + f	Toggle fullscreen
Super + j/k	Focus left/right
Super + Ctrl + j/k	Move window left/right
Super + 1-9	Switch workspace
Super + Shift + 1-9	Move window to workspace
Super + Shift + s	Screenshot (area select)