sway-dotfiles

🧊 Nordic-inspired, reproducible Sway/Wayland desktop.

🖼️ Gallery (click to expand)

One script. A fresh Debian 13 install in, a fully themed Sway desktop out.
Installs packages, fonts, icons, shell configuration, and dotfiles — non-interactively.

git clone https://github.com/rebootless/sway-dotfiles
cd sway-dotfiles
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

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🧩 Included Software

🪟 Window Manager & Bar	🖥️ Terminal
🚀 Launcher & Notifications	📁 File Management
📝 Editor & Browser	📡 Network, Bluetooth & Security
🔊 Audio	📸 Screenshots & Clipboard
🎵 Media Playback	🎨 Theming
🔤 Fonts

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📋 Requirements

• Debian 13 (trixie) only — install.sh checks /etc/os-release and refuses anything else.
• A regular sudo user, not root — sudo and git must already be installed.
• A minimal base install (Debian installer, "Standard system utilities" only) — no existing DE, nothing pre-configured.
• An internet connection — apt, fonts, icons and the shell setup all pull from the network.

⚡ Installation Process

1. Installs packages via scripts/install-pkgs-*.sh
2. Installs Nerd Fonts, ranger devicons, and Zafiro icons.
3. Copies dotfiles/ into $HOME
4. Sets up the shell and user dirs.
5. Enables NetworkManager, bluetooth and firewalld.

Important

♻️ Re-running the installer does not merge existing dotfiles. Managed files are backed up and then overwritten on every run.

⌨️ Keybindings (click to expand)

$mod = Win

Shortcut	Action
$mod + Enter	Open terminal
$mod + D	App launcher
$mod + Shift + Q	Close window
$mod + Shift + C	Reload config
$mod + Shift + E	Exit session
$mod + ← ↑ ↓ →	Move focus
$mod + Shift + ← ↑ ↓ →	Move window
$mod + B / V	Split horizontal / vertical
$mod + E	Toggle split layout
$mod + S / W	Stacking / tabbed layout
$mod + F	Fullscreen
$mod + Shift + Space	Toggle floating
$mod + Space	Switch tiling ↔ floating focus
$mod + A	Focus parent container
$mod + Shift + - / -	Send to / cycle scratchpad
$mod + R	Resize mode
Print	Screenshot
Alt + Shift	Switch keyboard layout

✨ Acknowledgements

Zafiro Icons · Nordic · Nerd Fonts · Nordic Wallpapers

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Licensed under the MIT