🌾 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 setup
• ❄️ Beautiful YASB config
• 🌸 Minimal VSCode and Zed setups
• >_ Sleek Windows Terminal config
• 🐚 PowerShell config
• 🎨 Oh My Posh 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: Zed / 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 these 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 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
Text Editor	💖 Zed ⚙️ / VSCode ⚙️
Music Player	Spotify (patched with Spicetify)
Web Browser	💖 Zen-Browser ⚙️ 🏡 startpage
Note Taking App	💖 Obsidian
File Manager	File Pilot
Office Apps	LibreOffice

🔍 Other

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

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🔧 Setup

[!WARNING] These configs are not plug-and-play
Cherry-pick what you need. Backup before applying.

🪟 GlazeWM

NOTE: Uses YASB, not Zebar.

• Install GlazeWM
• .config/glazewm/config.yaml

🍫 YASB

NOTE: Requires a Nerd Font (JetBrainsMono Nerd Font recommended).

• Install YASB
• .config/yasb/

📝 Zed

• Install Zed
• .config/zed/settings.json

⌨️ VSCode

WARNING: Using VSCode v1.91.1
(Newer versions do not support APC Customize UI)

• Install VSCode
• APC Customize UI++
• .config/vscode/settings.json

🌐 Browser

NOTE: Works only on Firefox-based browsers.

1. Enable stylesheets:

   • Open about:config
   • Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true

2. Locate profile folder:

   • Open about:support
   • Click Open Folder next to Profile Folder

3. Copy configs:

   • .config/browser/userChrome.css
   • .config/browser/userContent.css

🚀 Flow Launcher

• Install Flow Launcher
• .config/FlowLauncher/settings.json

🦅 Windhawk

• Install Windhawk

• Required mods:

  • Notification Center Styler
  • Start Menu Styler
  • Taskbar Styler

• .config/windhawk/

Paste configs via:
Mod → Advanced → Mod Settings → Load

>_ Windows Terminal

• Install Windows Terminal
• .config/terminal/settings.json

🐚 PowerShell

• Install PowerShell
• .config/WindowsPowershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

🎨 Oh My Posh

• Install:

  winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh -s winget
  

• .config/ohmyposh/zen.toml

Theme init is already included in the PowerShell profile.

⚙️ Fastfetch

• Install:

  winget install fastfetch
  

• .config/fastfetch/config.jsonc

• .config/fastfetch/windows.txt

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⌨️ Keybindings

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

🪟 Window Management & Navigation

🚀 Custom App & Browser Shortcuts

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🖼️ Gallery

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

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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! 💖

© 2025-present Ashish Kumar