Ghost's NixOS Configuration

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README.md is generated by AI because I low-key know more about Nix than Markdown atp.

A personal NixOS configuration featuring a comprehensive development environment with Wayland/Sway, custom theming, and modular organization.

Overview

This flake configures a NixOS system called "grimm" with:

• Desktop Environment: Sway Wayland compositor with custom theming
• Development: Neovim with Tree-sitter, Zed editor, development tools
• Browser: Firefox with privacy-focused extensions
• Terminal: Feature-rich Zsh with Tmux and utility scripts
• Theming: Catppuccin color scheme throughout the system
• Spicetify: Comfy theme for Spotify

Structure

.
├── flake.nix              # Main flake definition
├── ghost.nix              # Home-manager configuration
├── modules/
│   ├── home/              # Home-manager modules
│   │   ├── bar.nix        # Status bar configuration
│   │   ├── general.nix    # General home settings
│   │   ├── sway.nix       # Sway window manager
│   │   └── swaync.nix     # Sway notification daemon
│   ├── nixos/             # NixOS system modules
│   │   ├── desktop.nix    # Desktop environment
│   │   ├── fontman.nix    # Font management
│   │   ├── gnupg.nix      # GPG configuration
│   │   └── virtualization.nix
│   └── ghost/
│       ├── hm/            # Ghost home-manager modules
│       └── nixos/         # Ghost NixOS modules
└── flake.lock             # Locked inputs

Features

Development Environment

• Neovim: Latest nightly build with Lua language server
• Zed: Modern code editor
• Languages: Lua, C/C++ development support
• Tools: Stylua, clang.

Desktop & UI

• Sway: Tiling Wayland compositor
• Fuzzel: Application launcher
• Catppuccin: Consistent color scheme
• Spicetify: Custom Spotify theming

Browser & Privacy

• Firefox: With privacy extensions:
  • Dark Reader
  • Ghostery
  • Vimium
  • YouTube Recommended Videos
  • Proton Pass

Utilities

• Terminal Tools: Tmux, Zsh with custom plugins
• Media: imv (image viewer), kiwix-tools (local documentation hoster)
• Productivity: tealdeer (tldr)
• Security: Proton Pass, Proton Authenticator, GnuPG

Inputs

This flake uses the following inputs:

• nixpkgs: nixos-unstable
• home-manager: User environment management
• spicetify-nix: Spotify theming
• catppuccin/nix: Catppuccin theming
• neovim-nightly-overlay: Latest Neovim
• nur: Nix User Repository
• treesitter: Syntax highlighting
• wrappers: Wrapper utilities

Usage

Apply Configuration

# Rebuild the system
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .

# Build only home configuration
home-manager switch --flake .#null

Development Shell

# Enter development environment
nix develop .#nvim

System Details

• Hostname: grimm
• Architecture: x86_64-linux
• User: null
• State Version: 25.05

Customization

The configuration uses a modular approach with the ghost option set for easy customization:

ghost = {
  dev = {
    enhancements.enable = true;
    packages.enable = true;
    # ... other options
  };
  browser.enable = true;
  fuzzel.enable = true;
};

Cache Configuration

Uses nix-community cache for faster builds:

• https://nix-community.cachix.org
• Public key: nix-community.cachix.org-1:mB9FSh9qf2dCimDSUo8Zy7bkq5CX+/rkCWyvRCYg3Fs=

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Personal NixOS configuration by Ghost/randomdude16671