🌾 windots

           

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🌷 About

Hey there! 👋

Welcome to windots! This repo contains dotfiles for my Windows environment — designed for users who want a riced, Unix-like experience on Windows.

I created this to transform my Windows environment into something cleaner and more Unix-y. Whether it's for a tiling window manager, terminal customization, or smoother workflows, everything here is aimed at making Windows feel less like a chore and more efficient to work with.

If you're into r/unixporn-style setups and want something similar on Windows, this might just help you get started!

Note

All configurations related to my Linux environment (WSL2) are maintained in a separate repository: dotfiles

✨ Features

• 🪟 Glazewm config
• ❄️ Beautiful YASB config
• 🌸 Minimal VSCode setup
• >_ Sleek windows terminal config
• 🐚 Powershell config
• 🎨 Ohmyposh theme
• ⚙️ Minimal fastfetch config
• 🚀 Flow launcher config
• 🦅 Themeable Start menu, Taskbar and Notification center
• 💫 Beautiful Wallpapers
• 🐈 Catppuccin everywhere

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🌸 Core System Info

• OS: Windows 11 🪟 + WSL2 🐧
• WM: GlazeWM ✨
• Shell: powershell / zsh 🐚
• Terminal Emulator: Windows terminal >_
• Panel: YASB ❄️
• Text Editor: VSCode and neovim ⌨️
• App Launcher: Flow launcher 🚀
• File Manager: File explorer / yazi 📂
• Browser: Zen-Browser 🌐
• Colorscheme: Catppuccin 🎨

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ℹ️ Whole System Info

Here is all the information about my setup:

Note

Some of this apps have the config files included in the repo, which are marked with ⚙️. Also, my favorite programs and tools are marked with 💖.

🪟 System

📚 Entry	✨ App
OS	Windows 11 + WSL2
Window Manager	💖 GlazeWM ⚙️
Bar	💖 YASB ⚙️
Application Launcher	Flow Launcher ⚙️
Mods	💖 Windhawk ⚙️

🖥️ CLI/TUI Apps (Configs for these can be found in this repo: dotfiles)

📚 Entry	✨ App
Shell	💖 zsh ⚙️ / pwsh ⚙️
Terminal Emulator	windows terminal ⚙️
Terminal Multiplexer	💖 tmux ⚙️
Shell Prompt	ohmyposh ⚙️
Text Editor	💖 neovim ⚙️
CD Replacement	💖 zoxide
LS Replacement	eza
Cat Replacement	bat ⚙️
File Manager	💖 yazi ⚙️
Fuzzy File Finder	💖 fzf
Git	git ⚙️
Git TUI	lazygit
System Monitor	btop ⚙️ & bottom ⚙️
System Fetch	fastfetch ⚙️
Audio Visualizer	cava

🖱️ GUI Apps

📚 Entry	✨ App
Fallback Text Editor	VSCode ⚙️
Music Player	💖 Spotify (patched with Spicetify)
Web Browser	💖 Zen-Browser ⚙️ 🏡 startpage
Note Taking App	💖 Obsidian
File Manager	File Explorer
Office Apps	LibreOffice

🔍 Other

📚 Entry	✨ App
Colorscheme	💖 Catppuccin Mocha
Font	JetBrainsMono Nerd Font

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🔧 Setup

Warning

Before proceeding, make sure to backup your existing configuration files.
Some settings may overwrite your current setup, so manually merge or restore if needed.

🪟 GlazeWM

Note

This setup is compatible with the latest version of GlazeWM but does not use Zebar. Instead, it uses YASB.

• Install GlazeWM.

• windots/.config/glazewm/config.yaml → %USERPROFILE%\.glzr\glazewm\config.yaml

• Restart GlazeWM for the changes to take effect.

📊 YASB (Yet Another Status Bar)

Note

Make sure you have a Nerd Font installed for proper icon rendering. I use JetBrainsMono Nerd Font, so if you are using a different Nerd Font, update the fonts in the YASB styles.css accordingly.

• Install YASB.

• windots/.config/yasb/ → %USERPROFILE%\.config\yasb\

• Restart YASB for the changes to take effect.

📝 VSCode

Warning

I am using VSCode v1.91.1, as newer versions do not support the APC Customize UI extension.

• Enhance your VSCode UI with these extensions:

  • APC Customize UI - Customize the VSCode interface
  • GlassIt-VSC - Add a transparent/glass effect (optional)

• windots/.config/vscode/settings.json → %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json

• Restart VSCode to load the updated settings.

🌐 Browser

Note

These configs are applicable only for Firefox-based browsers.

• Enable userChrome.css and userContent.css:

  • Open about:config in the address bar.
  • Search for toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets.
  • Set it to true.

• Locate your profile folder:

  • Open about:support in the address bar.
  • Find "Profile Folder" and click "Open Folder."

• Copy the browser styling configs:

  • windots/.config/browser/userChrome.css → <Your Profile Folder>/chrome/userChrome.css
  • windots/.config/browser/userContent.css → <Your Profile Folder>/chrome/userContent.css

• Restart your browser for the changes to take effect.

🚀 Flow Launcher

• Install Flow Launcher

• windots/.config/FlowLauncher/settings.json → %APPDATA%\FlowLauncher\Settings\Settings.json

• Restart Flow Launcher

🦅 Windhawk

• Install Windhawk.

• Install Relevant Mods from the Windhawk Store:

  • Notification Center Styler
  • Start Menu Styler
  • Taskbar Styler

• Copy the Windhawk config files from windots/.config/windhawk/

• Open the relevant mod’s details page, go to Advanced > Mod Settings, paste the config, and click "Load" to apply it.

>_ Terminal & Shell Setup

🖥️ Windows Terminal

• Install Windows Terminal

• windots/.config/terminal/settings.json → %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json

• Restart Windows Terminal to see the updated config.

🐚 PowerShell

• windots/.config/WindowsPowershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 → %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

• Restart PowerShell to apply the changes.

🎨 Oh My Posh

• Install Oh My Posh using winget:

winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh -s winget

• windots/.config/ohmyposh/zen.toml → %USERPROFILE%\.config\ohmyposh\zen.toml

• Optional Step: Skip this if you applied my PowerShell config.

  • I have already included the command to set the theme in the PowerShell profile, so there's no need to do it manually. The following command is automatically applied when PowerShell starts:

oh-my-posh init pwsh --config "$env:USERPROFILE\.config\ohmyposh\zen.toml" | Invoke-Expression

⚙️ Fastfetch

• Install fastfetch using winget:

winget install fastfetch

• windots/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc → %USERPROFILE%\.config\fastfetch\config.conf

• windots/.config/fastfetch/windows.txt → %USERPROFILE%\.config\fastfetch\windows.txt

• Run fastfetch.

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⌨️ GlazeWM keybindings

You can always change these in your .glzr\glazewm\config.yaml

🪟 Window Management & Navigation

Keys	Action
alt + h | j | k | l	Focus window left | down | up | right
alt + shift + h | j | k | l	Move focused window left | down | up | right
alt + q	Close focused window
alt + 1 - 9	Focus workspace {n}
alt + shift + 1 - 9	Move focused window to workspace {n}
alt + m	Toggle window minimization
alt + f	Toggle window maximization
alt + v	Change tiling direction
alt + t	Toggle floating/tiled window state
alt + shift + e	Exit GlazeWM

🚀 Custom App & Browser Shortcuts

Note: All browser links open in new browser windows for isolated sessions

Keys	Action	Keys	Action
alt + enter	Open Terminal (WSL)	alt + p	Open Terminal (PowerShell)
alt + e	Open File Explorer	alt + c	Open VSCode
alt + o	Open Obsidian	alt + m	Open Spotify
alt + d	Open Discord	alt + w	Open WhatsApp
alt + n	Open Neovim	alt + t	Open btop
alt + b	Open Zen Browser	alt + y	Open YouTube
alt + x	Open X (Twitter)	alt + a	Open ChatGPT
alt + g	Open GitHub Profile	alt + l	Open LeetCode Profile

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🖼️ Gallery

Note

You can check out the wallpapers here if you're interested!

Browser on r/unixporn & cmatrix, cbonsai scripts	GUI Text Editor

Topbar menu and TUI System Monitor	Browser startpage

Text Editor	Fuzzy finder preview, ls replacement and cd preview

TUI File Manager	Start Menu, Taskbar and Notification Center

Topbar Calendar Widget, tty-clock and App Launcher	Music Player and CLI Music Visualiser

Git UI Manager and Telescope find_files	Power Menu

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📌 Todo

• Add an install script to set up the configs easily.
• Write dedicated README files inside each config folder with detailed information and usage instructions.

📢 Discussions

Have a question, idea, or a cool setup to share? Or maybe you're running into an issue?
Head over to the Discussions section.

Warning

Please open an issue only for reproducible bugs or critical problems.
For all other help or feedback, Discussions is preferred.

🎉 Credits

Big thanks to all the amazing communities like r/unixporn, r/desktops, GlazeWM, YASB, Komorebi, Catppuccin, and many others whose inspiration and contributions made this project possible!

I wanna point out some resources and projects that helped me the most with the setup:

• Matt-FTW to help me with the overall design of the README 🙏
• lunar-os for the Start menu windhawk config 🦅
• pivoshenko for the aesthetic and clean browser startpage 🌐
• orxngc for all the beautiful catppuccinified wallpapers 🖼️
• GlazeWM for providing an incredible tiling window manager experience that enhances my workflow ✨
• YASB for a feature-rich and customizable status bar that perfectly complements my setup 🚀
• Catppuccin for making the Best Colorscheme Ever 🖌️

💵 Donating

If you want to support my work, please consider donating. This is optional, but it's always appreciated.

Thank you! 💖

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