/i3-CatDotfiles

These are my personal dotfiles for the i3 window manager.

Primary LanguageCSSMIT LicenseMIT

i3wm Dotfiles

These dotfiles come with Catppuccin & Nordic theme

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Nord BG Credit TheDistroHopper

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Config File Overview

Important

Note that the keybindings are based on my personal uses, so remember to change them after installation.

🚀 Quick Setup

Use the following script to set up my i3 configuration.If you encounter any issues, feel free to submit an issue:

sudo pacman -Syy git
git clone https://github.com/aayushx402/i3-CatDotfiles
cd i3-CatDotfiles
chmod +x setup.sh
./setup.sh

Or just run this curl command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aayushx402/i3-CatDotfiles/main/setup.sh | sh 

Dependencies

  • i3status
  • polybar
  • dmenu
  • rofi
  • alacritty
  • kitty
  • picom
  • maim
  • fish
  • imwheel
  • nitrogen
  • variety
  • polkit-gnome
  • xclip
  • flameshot
  • lxappearance
  • thunar

🚀 Default Apps

  • Browser: Thorium / Brave
  • File Manager: Nemo / Thunar
  • Code Editor: Cursor / Vim
  • Screenshot Tool: Flameshot
  • Terminal: Alacritty / Kitty
  • Launcher: Rofi / Dmenu
  • Status Bar: Polybar / i3status
  • Shell: Bash / Zsh

Nord Background

To use the Nord background, clone the repository with the following command:

git clone https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/nord-background

Set Wallpaper using nitrogen

Change Theme, Icons and Mouse Cursor from lxappearance

  • Widget Theme : NordArc-Theme / Catppuccin-Moncha-Standard
  • Icon Theme : NordArc / Nordzy
  • Mouse Cursor : Capitaine Cursors - Light / Qogir

Keybinds

Launchers

Key Combo Action
Super + Enter Open Terminal (Kitty/Alacritty)
Super + D Open App Launcher (Rofi/dmenu)
Super + E Open File Manager (Thunar)
Super + B Open Browser (Brave)

Screenshots

Key Combo Action
Super + N Screenshot Selected Area (Flameshot)
Super + M Screenshot Entire Screen (Flameshot)

Window Management

Key Combo Action
Super + Q Close Focused Window
Alt + Tab Switch Windows
Super + Number Switch Workspace
Super + Shift + Number Move Container to Workspace
Super + Shift + C Reload Config
Super + Shift + R Restart i3
Super + Shift + E Exit i3 Session

Navigation

Key Combo Action
Super + J Focus Left
Super + K Focus Down
Super + L Focus Up
Super + O Focus Right

Moving Windows

Key Combo Action
Super + Shift + J Move Left
Super + Shift + K Move Down
Super + Shift + L Move Up
Super + Shift + O Move Right

Layouts

Key Combo Action
Super + H Split Horizontally
Super + V Split Vertically
Super + F Toggle Fullscreen

Tiling/Floating

Key Combo Action
Super + Shift + Space Toggle Tiling/Floating
Super + Space Switch Focus between Tiling/Floating
Super + A Focus Parent Container
Super + D Focus Child Container

🔗 Credits

Special Thanks

Shoutout to Justus0405 & TheDistroHopper for their i3wm dotfiles