README.md

dotfiles-sway

Note

I'm using this setup right now as I moved all of my workflow to hyprland. Go check it out!

personal gruvbox'ed daily-driver dotfiles for Sway/SwayFX and my Arch Linux setup.

Previews

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Features

• A gruvbox-themed desktop all across the board.
• SwayWM SwayFX config with dynamic tiling (BSPWM-style), workspace switching with window movement across containers, gesture navigation and window movement, rounded corners, shadows, and more.
• Vertical bar (waybar) with a second toggleable bar (Preview #3).
• Personal nvim configs (LazyVim) tailored for IDE usage.
• Spotify (spicetify), rofi and kitty themes.
• More and more tools aimed to make my workflow smoother overall. Go check dependencies section below :)

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Packages/Dependencies Used

swaywm and co. (major UI elements)

• wm: swayfx (forked from sway for rounded corners, shadows, and a few more enhancements)

Note

The config files for sway depend on GNOME's GTK4.0 theming for libadwaita apps (i'm a GNOME departee!), as well as for user authentication within nautilus (via polkit). You may want to remove/rewrite those portions accordingly).

• main bottom bar: waybar
• lockscreen: swaylock (not shown)
• notification daemon: dunst
• app launcher and logout options: rofi with themes based on configs from adi1090x's repo

extra dependencies required (check after your sway config copy)

• sway: autotiling (BSPWM-style autotiling), wl-clipboard (for copying and pasting), brightnessctl playerctl pamixer wob (audio/brightness keybindings and progress bar), polkit-gnome (user authentication for nautilus, you could change your policykit and file manager as you please), grim and grimshot (for screenshots and color picking), swayidle (for idle settings), swaybg (for backgrounds), cronie/cron and udev for low battery and charging alert scripts (from Eric Murphy's dotfiles' scripts)
• waybar: playerctl (for MPRIS media module)

terminal stuff

• terminal: kitty
• shell: bash with ble.sh modified with fish like autocomplete
• text editor: nvim with LazyVim
• fetch: fastfetch

theming stuff and miscellaneous

• theme: tinted-theming's base16 gruvbox-dark-medium... here's more info on morhetz's Gruvbox theme... for libadwaita apps (GTK4.0), check Fausto-Korpsvart's repo
• browser: Firefox CSS mods from csshacks
• wallpaper: custom made (link)
• spotify: spicetify-cli with modified text theme
• video player: mpv
• fonts: Jetbrains Mono
• cursor: Bibata-Modern-Classic (not shown)