Dotfiles

My dotfiles for Arch Linux & MacOS.

List of the awesome software I use(d) for MacOS and Arch Linux.💥

Check rust repo for a curated list of awesome Rust resources.

• TL;DR
• Package Manager
• Terminal
• CLI Tools
  • zsh plugins
• Editors
• Window Manager
• Productivity
• VPN
• Academic
• Communication
• Email
• Cloud Storage
• Notes
• Translation
• Video/Audio
• Other

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TL;DR

A brief list for MacOS.

• Package manager: Homebrew
• Terminal: Ghostty
• Shell: zsh (ohmyzsh, powerlevel10k, and plugins)
• CLI tools: yazi, lazygit, fzf, curl, rg, fd, bat, eza, zoxide, tldr, yt-dlp, delta, yt-dlp, fastfetch, slides, loc, gh, onefetch, htop, dust
• Editor/Notes: Neovim
• Window Manager: AeroSpace
• Launcher: Raycast
• Academic: Zotero, Overleaf
• Audio/Video: mpv, ffmpeg, vlc, spotify, neteasemusic
• Translation: bob
• Cloud Storage: iCloud, OneDrive

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Package Manager

Arch Linux

• yay -- AUR Helper written in Go.
• paru -- AUR helper written in Rust.

MacOS

• Homebrew -- Package Manager for MacOS.

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Terminal

• Ghostty -- No config required!
• WezTerm -- GPU-accelerated cross-platform multiplexer in Rust.
• Kitty -- Fast, feature-rich, GPU based.
• Alacritty -- Sensible defaults, allow configuration, high performance, in Rust.
• iTerm2 -- A popular terminal emulator. Used for a long time on my MBP.

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CLI Tools

• zsh -- The shell you love.
• tmux -- Terminal multiplexer.
• Oh My Zsh -- Framework for managing Zsh configurations.
• powerlevel10k -- A Zsh theme.
• curl -- Transferring data with URLs.
• fzf -- Fuzzy finder.
• tldr -- Cheatsheets for console commands. (Too Long, Didn't Read)
• thefuck -- Correct errors in previous console command.
• delta -- A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output.
• yt-dlp -- A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes.
• fd -- A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.
• ripgrep (rg) -- Fast text searching, faster than ack, silver search (ag) or grep.
• ripgrep-all -- rga: ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc.
• bat -- A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
• eza -- Modern replacement for ls since exa is unmaintained.
• htop -- Interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems, a better top.
• bottom -- A customizable cross-platform graphical process/system monitor for the terminal.
• dust -- A more intuitive version of du in Rust.
• zoxide -- A smarter cd command in Rust, inspired by z and autojump. Or you can try z.lua.
• procs -- A modern replacement for ps written in Rust.
• sd -- Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative) in Rust.
• yazi -- Terminal file manager. (joshuto, ranger, nnn)
• lazygit -- Terminal UI for git. (gitui)
• lazydocker -- Simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose.
• mdBook -- Create modern online books from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust.
• slides -- Terminal slides.
• gh -- Take GitHub to the CLI.

zsh plugins

• zsh-autosuggestions -- A zsh plugin to provide suggestions for the command line.
• zsh-syntax-highlighting -- Syntax highlighting for zsh.

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Editors

• Neovim -- More of a lifestyle than an editor. Use vim when ssh to remote servers.
• Emacs -- An OS mistaken for an editor, brew coffee with it. xD
• VSCode -- The most popular one.
• Cursor -- Tab is all you need.

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Window Manager

Arch Linux

• i3wm -- Tiling window manager (X11).
• Hyprland -- Dynamic tiling Wayland compositor.

MacOS

• AeroSpace -- An i3-like twm for macOS.
• yabai -- Tiling window manager for MacOS. Use with skhd for keybindings.

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Productivity

Arch

• Albert -- A fast and flexible keyboard launcher, C++/Qt based.

MacOS

• Raycast - Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. It lets you complete tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more.

  Alternative:

  Alfred -- Boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more.

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VPN

• clash-verge-rev -- A Clash Meta GUI based on Tauri.
• v2ray -- A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions. GUI clients.
• Shadowsocks -- A fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls.

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Academic

• Zotero -- Collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. Set webdav with Jianguoyun, and many useful plugins.
• Tex Live -- TeX system. Check MacTex for MacOS. Switched to Overleaf.

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Communication

• Telegram -- Messaging app with a focus on speed and security.
• Discord -- All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure.
• Skype -- Cross-platform application that provides video chat and voice call services. Users can exchange images, text, video and any other digital documents.
• Zoom -- Online meetings, video conferencing, etc.
• WeChat -- Official WeChat app for Mac.

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Email

• Neomutt -- Command line mail reader (or MUA). It’s a fork of Mutt with added features.
• ThunderBird -- Email client by Mozilla.

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Cloud Storage

• Dropbox -- By Dropbox.
• OneDrive -- By Microsoft. Check onedrive for Linux support.
• Google Drive -- By Google. Check grive2 for Linux support.
• insync -- Manage Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox files straight from your Desktop. Cross platform.

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Notes

org-mode -> markdown

• Org Mode -- Your life in plain text.
• neorg -- Your New Life Organization Tool - All in Lua.
• Obsidian -- Sharpen your thinking. Obsidian is the private and flexible note‑taking app that adapts to the way you think.

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Translation

• Bob -- Translation & OCR, support many plugins. (MacOS only)
• pot -- Cross-platform text translation.

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Video/Audio

• ffmpeg -- A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
• vlc -- Free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server.

Other

MacOS

• Dash -- API documentation browser and code snippet manager.
• CheatSheet -- Cheatsheet.

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