dotfiles

Personal macOS dotfiles for a keyboard-driven setup centered around yabai, skhd, kitty, nvim, and terminal-first tools.

What's in this repo

• yabai/ - window manager config (.yabairc)
• skhd/ - hotkey config (.skhdrc)
• kitty/ - terminal config and themes
• nvim/ - LazyVim-based Neovim setup
• yazi/ - file manager config + plugins
• rmpc/ - MPD TUI client config + themes
• btop/ - system monitor config + themes
• firefox/ - userChrome.css styling
• simple-bar/ - status bar widget for Ubersicht
• latex_template/ - LaTeX starter template
• wallpapers/ - background images

Prerequisites

This setup is primarily for macOS.

Recommended tools/apps:

• brew
• yabai
• skhd
• kitty
• neovim
• yazi
• btop
• mpd + mpc (used by rmpc and some keybindings)
• simple-bar (needs Ubersicht)

Install

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/tonylam0/dotfiles.git "$HOME/dotfiles"
cd "$HOME/dotfiles"

Create symlinks into ~/.config (and other expected paths):

mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"

ln -sfn "$HOME/dotfiles/yabai/.yabairc" "$HOME/.yabairc"
ln -sfn "$HOME/dotfiles/skhd/.skhdrc" "$HOME/.skhdrc"
ln -sfn "$HOME/dotfiles/kitty" "$HOME/.config/kitty"
ln -sfn "$HOME/dotfiles/nvim" "$HOME/.config/nvim"
ln -sfn "$HOME/dotfiles/yazi" "$HOME/.config/yazi"
ln -sfn "$HOME/dotfiles/rmpc" "$HOME/.config/rmpc"
ln -sfn "$HOME/dotfiles/btop" "$HOME/.config/btop"

Optional:

• Firefox styling: copy/symlink firefox/userChrome.css into your Firefox profile's chrome/ directory.
• Ubersicht widget: point Ubersicht widgets folder at simple-bar/.