satellite/README.md

# Welcome to _the Satellite_

In case you are not familiar with nix/nixos, this is a collection of configuration files which build all my systems in a declarative manner. The tool used to configure the global system is called [nixos](https://nixos.org/), and the one used to configure the individual users is called [home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager).

> A [visual history](./docs/history.md) of my setup is in the works!

## Features this repository includes:

- Consistent base16 theming using [stylix](https://github.com/danth/stylix)
- [Agenix](https://github.com/ryantm/agenix) & [homeage](https://github.com/jordanisaacs/homeage) based secret management
- Sets up all the apps I use — including git, neovim, fish, tmux, starship, xmonad, rofi, polybar, discord, zathura, alacritty & more.

The current state of this repo is a refactor of my old, messy nixos config, based on the structure of [this template](https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs).

## Hosts

This repo's structure is based on the concept of hosts - individual machines configured by me. I'm naming each host based on things in space/mythology (_they are the same picture_). The hosts I have right now are:

- [tethys](./hosts/nixos/tethys/) - my personal laptop
- [lapetus](./hosts/nixos/lapetus/) - older laptop running as a server
- [euporie](./hosts/nixos/euporie/) - barebones host for testing things insdie a VM

## File structure

| Location                     | Description                                                        |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [common](./common)           | Configuration loaded on both nixos and home-manager                |
| [devshells](./devshells)     | Nix shells                                                         |
| [docs](./docs)               | Additional documentation regarding my setup                        |
| [dotfiles](./dotfiles)       | Contains some of the bigger dotfile dirs. Will eventually be moved |
| [home](./home)               | Home manager configurations                                        |
| [hosts/nixos](./hosts/nixos) | Nixos configurations                                               |
| [modules](./modules)         | Custom generic/nixos/home-manager modules                          |
| [overlays](./overlays)       | Nix overlays                                                       |
| [pkgs](./pkgs)               | Nix packages                                                       |
| [flake.nix](./flake.nix)     | Nix flake entrypoint!                                              |
| [nixpkgs.nix](./nixpkgs.nix) | Pinned nixpkgs for bootstrapping                                   |
| [secrets.nix](./secrets.nix) | Agenix entrypoint                                                  |
| [shell.nix](./shell.nix)     | Bootstrapping nix shell                                            |
| [stylua.toml](./stylua.toml) | Lua formatter config for the repo                                  |

## Points of interest

Here's some things you might want to check out:

- My [neovim config](./dotfiles/neovim)
- The [flake](./flake.nix) entrypoint for this repository

## Things I use

> This does not include links to every plugin I used for every program here. You can see more details in the respective configurations.

### Fundamentals

- [Nixos](http://nixos.org/) — nix based operating system
- [Home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager) — manage user configuration using nix
- [Impernanence](https://github.com/nix-community/impermanence) — see the article about [erasing your darlings](https://grahamc.com/blog/erase-your-darlings)
- [Agenix](https://github.com/ryantm/agenix) & [homeage](https://github.com/jordanisaacs/homeage) — secret management
- [Slambda](https://github.com/Mateiadrielrafael/slambda) — custom keyboard chording utility
- [disko](https://github.com/nix-community/disko) — format disks using nix
  - [zfs](https://openzfs.org/wiki/Main_Page) — filesystem

### Graphical

- [Stylix](https://github.com/danth/stylix) — base16 module for nix
  - [Base16 templates](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-templates-source) — list of base16 theme templates
  - [Catpuccin](https://github.com/catppuccin/catppuccin) — base16 theme I use
  - [Rosepine](https://rosepinetheme.com/) — another theme I use
- [Hyprland](https://hyprland.org/) — wayland compositor
  - [Wlogout](https://github.com/ArtsyMacaw/wlogout) — wayland logout menu
  - [Hyprpicker](https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpicker) — hyprland color picker
  - [Grimblast](https://github.com/hyprwm/contrib/tree/main/grimblast) — screenshot tool
  - [Dunst](https://dunst-project.org/) — notification daemon
  - [Wlsunset](https://sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/wlsunset/) — day/night screen gamma adjustements
  - [Anyrun](https://github.com/Kirottu/anyrun) — program launcher
- [Wezterm](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/) — terminal emulator
- [Zathura](https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/) — pdf viewer
- [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/) — web browser
- [Tesseract](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract) — OCR engine
- [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) — note taking software

### Terminal

> There are many clis I use which I did not include here, for the sake of brevity.

- [Neovim](https://neovim.io/) — my editor
  - [Neovide](https://neovide.dev/index.html) — neovim gui client
  - [Vimclip](https://github.com/hrantzsch/vimclip) — vim anywhere!
  - [Firenvim](https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim) — embed neovim in web browsers
- [Tmux](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki) — terminal multiplexer
- [Fish](https://fishshell.com/) — user friendly shell
  - [Starship](https://starship.rs/) — shell prompt
- [Ranger](https://github.com/ranger/ranger) — file manager
- [GPG](https://gnupg.org/) + [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/)
- Self management:
  - [Smos](https://github.com/NorfairKing/smos) — A comprehensive self-management System.
  - [Intray](https://github.com/NorfairKing/intray) — GTD capture tool.

### Services

- [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) — file synchronization

## Hall of fame

Includes links to stuff which used to be in the previous section but is not used anymore. Only created this section in June 2023, so stuff I used earlier might not be here. Sorted with the most recently dropped things at the top.

- [Mind.nvim](https://github.com/phaazon/mind.nvim) — self management tree editor. The project got archived, so I switched to [Smos](https://github.com/NorfairKing/smos).
- [Null-ls](https://github.com/jose-elias-alvarez/null-ls.nvim) — general purpose neovim LSP. The project got archived, so I switched to [formatter.nvim](https://github.com/mhartington/formatter.nvim).
- [Wofi](https://sr.ht/~scoopta/wofi/) — program launcher. I switched to [Anyrun](https://github.com/Kirottu/anyrun).
- [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty) — terminal emulator
- [Xmonad](https://xmonad.org/) — xorg window manager. I switched to [Hyprland](https://hyprland.org/).
  - [Polybar](https://github.com/polybar/polybar) — desktop bar
  - [Rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) — program launcher. I switched to [Wofi](https://sr.ht/~scoopta/wofi/).
  - [Spectacle](https://apps.kde.org/spectacle/) — screenshot tool. I switched to [Grimblast](https://github.com/hyprwm/contrib/tree/main/grimblast).
- [Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/) — web browser. I switched to `firefox` because it offers a better HM module.

## Future

Tooling I might use in the future:

- [nix-darwin](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin) - like nixos but for macs
- [eww](https://github.com/elkowar/eww) - widget framework