ILoveNixOS

My NixOS + Home Manager setup, built around Hyprland. Sharing it in case any of it is useful to someone else.

Installation

You'll need NixOS with flakes enabled. If flakes aren't on yet:

sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

add

nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];

and rebuild once with sudo nixos-rebuild switch so the flake commands below work.

Clone it:

git clone https://github.com/naxce/ILoveNixOS.git ~/NixOS
cd ~/NixOS

Before applying it on a different machine, go through these:

• hardware-configuration.nix — regenerate with sudo nixos-generate-config on the new machine
• Modules/system/users.nix — change the username if it's not naxce
• Config/hypr/monitors.conf — set your own monitor names/resolutions (run hyprctl monitors after the first boot to see the real output names)
• Pictures/wallpapers/avatar.png — swap in your own picture, same filename

Then apply the system config:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/NixOS#naxce

and Home Manager:

home-manager switch --flake ~/NixOS#naxce

Reboot, and you should land on a plain TTY login prompt. Log in with your username and password, then type hl to start Hyprland.

If Home Manager complains about existing dotfiles it doesn't want to overwrite:

home-manager switch --flake ~/NixOS#naxce -b backup

Keybindings

$mod is Super.

Run hotkeys in any terminal, or press $mod + F1, for an interactive fzf menu with every shortcut grouped by app (Hyprland, SylSwitch, SylBar, Neovim, Kitty, SylPad/SylPower, Zsh). The tables below are just a quick reference for Hyprland itself.

Apps

Keybind	Action
$mod + Return	Terminal
$mod + Space	App launcher
$mod + Tab	Window list
Alt + Tab	Cycle focus (hold Alt, tap Tab)
$mod + B	Zen Browser
$mod + E	File manager
$mod + Q	Close window
$mod + Shift + Q	Exit Hyprland

Windows

Keybind	Action
$mod + F2	Toggle floating
$mod + F	Fullscreen
$mod + Shift + F	Fullscreen, fake (keeps tiling layout)
$mod + J	Toggle split direction
$mod + P	Pseudo-tile
$mod + M	Minimize
$mod + `	Show/hide minimized windows
$mod + arrows	Move focus
$mod + Shift + arrows	Move window
$mod + Ctrl + arrows	Resize window

Workspaces

Keybind	Action
$mod + [1-0]	Go to workspace
$mod + Shift + [1-0]	Move window to workspace
$mod + Ctrl + arrow	Next/previous workspace
$mod + scroll	Cycle workspaces
3-finger swipe	Switch workspaces

System

Keybind	Action
$mod + L	Lock screen
$mod + Shift + L	Power menu
$mod + N	Notification center
$mod + V	Clipboard history
$mod + C	Color picker
Print	Screenshot region (SylCapture)
Shift + Print	Screenshot full screen (SylCapture)
$mod + Print	Screenshot region → clipboard

License

MIT, see LICENSE.