dhmsDots

Personal Hyprland supplement and post-install bootstrap for Arch Linux. This is my personal setup — not a distro, just my stuff. It exists so I can reinstall Arch + Hyprland and get my daily-driver setup back with one command.

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Table of Contents

1. About
2. Preview
3. Default Apps
4. Virtual Machines
5. Dependencies
6. Dotfiles
7. Installation
8. Special Thanks

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About

Based on Omarchy, my first linux setup, although it has been customized to suit my needs

• Post-install helper for Hyprland configs
• Installs my base packages from pacman & AUR
• Stows my dotfiles safely
• Restores my preferred defaults for Hyprland usage
• This repo is aiming to be a keyboard-driven Hyprland setup.
• $mainMod is usually the Windows key, but I swap it with ALT. Check the config in input.conf
• Contains a few themes from the Omarchy community — easily install or update themes using theme-install

⚠️ IMPORTANT KEYBINDS SUPER + SHIFT + / — Open keybinds info

This repo assumes Arch Linux with Hyprland is already installed.

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Preview

Click to view screenshots

Backgrounds selector

select-background.mp4

Themes selector

select-theme.mp4

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Default Apps

My Hyprland config uses the following defaults:

Purpose	App
Terminal	ghostty
Editor	nvim
File manager	yazi
Browser	brave-origin
AUR Helper	Paru

These apps are referenced directly in Hyprland keybinds.

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Virtual Machines

Run OS VMs in Docker using the dockur family. Docker is enabled on demand when you install a VM and is never a required package (remove it again when the last VM goes away).

• Windows 11 — dockurr/windows, hands-free install, connect over RDP.
• Arch / Fedora / Ubuntu — qemux/qemu, interactive install through a web viewer; Ubuntu asks desktop vs server first.

Install from the shell menu (Setup > Install > VM) or:

dhms-vm install windows   # or arch / fedora / ubuntu
dhms-vm status            # list every VM
dhms-vm launch windows    # connect (RDP / web viewer)
dhms-vm stop fedora       # shut down
dhms-vm remove ubuntu     # delete (offers to remove Docker on the last VM)

Requires /dev/kvm and at least ~10 GB free in addition to the disk you allocate. Guest disks live in ~/.<os>-vm; shared folders default to ~/<OS>. The guest can only reach those paths — nothing else on the host.

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Dependencies

• Hyprland installed (basic setup)
• Bash — I never use zsh or fish
• Internet connection~

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Dotfiles

This repo manages configs for:

• bash
• btop
• fastfetch
• ghostty
• hypr
• hyprland-preview-share-picker
• kitty
• nvim
• shell — the dhms desktop shell (Quickshell, adapted from Omarchy) — docs
• sddm theme
• starship
• themes
• uwsm (yes, I use uwsm because it's just easier 🤣)
• yazi

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Installation

⚠️ Heads up — existing configs will be replaced by stow. Back them up before running the installer.

1. One-line command

1. Install Arch + Hyprland
2. Run this command

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhms013/dhmsDots/main/install.sh | bash

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2. Manual

1. Install Arch + Hyprland
2. Clone the repo

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/dhms013/dhmsDots.git $HOME/.dhmsDots

3. Run the installer

cd $HOME/.dhmsDots
bash install.sh

This will:

• Install all listed packages
• Stow dotfiles

Reboot after. Recommended to make sure all configs are applied properly.

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Special Thanks

1. Omarchy — my first Linux setup, provided so much inspiration for this repo
2. Typecraft Dev — install.sh is adapted from Crucible

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Made for personal use. Feel free to take whatever's useful.