Arch Linux + i3 Dotfiles

My personal dotfiles for Arch Linux with i3 window manager.

Quick Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nishu-murmu/dotfiles/main/install.sh | bash

Or clone and run manually:

git clone https://github.com/nishu-murmu/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles && chmod +x install.sh && ./install.sh

What Gets Installed

Packages: i3-wm, alacritty, tmux, neovim, picom, rofi, feh, zsh, fzf, ripgrep, lazygit, docker, go, flameshot, copyq, and more.

AUR (via yay): betterlockscreen, i3lock-color

Extras: Oh My Zsh + zsh-autosuggestions, TPM (tmux plugin manager), Hack Nerd Font, Neovim config

What Gets Configured

Config	Location
i3	~/.config/i3/config
Alacritty	~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
Picom	~/.config/picom/picom.conf
Rofi	~/.config/rofi/config.rasi
Betterlockscreen	~/.config/betterlockscreen/betterlockscreenrc
Zsh	~/.zshrc
Tmux	~/.tmux.conf
Xinit	~/.xinitrc
Neovim	~/.config/nvim/
Scripts	~/.local/Scripts/

Keybindings

i3

Key	Action
Mod+Enter	Open Alacritty (zsh)
Mod+d	Rofi launcher
Mod+Shift+q	Kill window
Mod+Shift+s	Flameshot screenshot
Mod+c	CopyQ clipboard
Mod+x	Lock screen
Mod+1-0	Switch workspace

Zsh

Key	Action
Ctrl+f	Tardis - fzf tmux session launcher
Ctrl+s	Infobank - cheat.sh lookup
Ctrl+e	Detach tmux session

Tmux (prefix: Ctrl+a)

Key	Action
v	Split vertical
h	Split horizontal
r	Reload config
Ctrl+h/j/k/l	Navigate panes

Post-Install

1. Log out and back in (zsh becomes default shell)
2. Select i3 at the login screen
3. In tmux, press Ctrl+a then I to install plugins

Structure

configs/         # ~/.config/ files (i3, alacritty, picom, rofi, betterlockscreen)
home/            # Home directory dotfiles (.zshrc, .tmux.conf, .xinitrc)
scripts/         # Utility scripts deployed to ~/.local/Scripts/
install.sh       # One-command setup script