Sway Fedora DotFiles

A complete Wayland desktop environment configuration for Fedora, built around the Sway tiling window manager. This setup features a dark Nordic/Nord-inspired theme, Vim-style keyboard navigation, and a developer-friendly workflow.

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✨ Features

• Sway – Wayland tiling window manager with Vim-style navigation and systemd integration
• Waybar – Status bar with workspaces, clock, CPU/memory/disk/network, battery, volume, DNF update notifications, and system tray
• Alacritty – GPU-accelerated terminal with the Nordic color theme
• Kitty – Alternative terminal with the Nord color theme
• Wofi – Application launcher with a dark, styled UI
• Mako – Desktop notification daemon with Nord-inspired styling
• Swaylock – Lock screen with a custom wallpaper and visual feedback
• Starship – Fast, minimal shell prompt with Nord colors and Git/language indicators
• Btop – Real-time system resource monitor
• Fastfetch – System information display on shell start

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📦 Prerequisites

Install the following packages on Fedora before applying these dotfiles:

sudo dnf install sway waybar alacritty kitty wofi mako swaylock swayidle \
    swaybg grimshot wl-clipboard cliphist playerctl brightnessctl \
    btop starship zoxide fastfetch lxqt-policykit sddm

Note: Some packages may be available via COPR or Flatpak if they are not in the default Fedora repositories.

Install a Nerd Font for icons in Waybar and the terminal. This config uses MesloLGS Nerd Font Mono.

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Albert-LGTM/Sway-Fedora-DotFiles.git
   cd Sway-Fedora-DotFiles

2. Back up any existing configuration files you want to keep:

   cp -r ~/.config/sway ~/.config/sway.bak
   # Repeat for waybar, alacritty, kitty, wofi, mako, swaylock, btop, etc.

3. Copy the dotfiles to your home directory:

   cp .bashrc ~/
   cp .gitconfig ~/
   cp -r .config/* ~/.config/

   Or use symbolic links if you prefer to manage updates via Git:

   ln -sf "$(pwd)/.bashrc" ~/
   ln -sf "$(pwd)/.gitconfig" ~/
   for dir in .config/*/; do
       ln -sf "$(pwd)/$dir" ~/.config/
   done

4. Log out and select Sway from your display manager, or start it directly:

   sway

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⌨️ Key Bindings

The modifier key is Super (Windows key).

General

Shortcut	Action
Super + Return	Open terminal (Alacritty)
Super + D	Open application launcher (Wofi/Rofi)
Super + Shift + Q	Close focused window
Super + Ctrl + L	Lock screen (Swaylock)
Super + Shift + E	Exit Sway
Super + Shift + R	Reload Sway config

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Super + H/J/K/L	Move focus (Vim-style: left/down/up/right)
Super + Shift + H/J/K/L	Move window
Super + 1–9	Switch to workspace 1–9
Super + Shift + 1–9	Move window to workspace 1–9

Layout

Shortcut	Action
Super + R	Enter resize mode
Super + F	Toggle fullscreen
Super + V	Split vertically
Super + B	Split horizontally

Screenshots

Shortcut	Action
Print	Screenshot entire screen
Alt + Print	Screenshot active window
Ctrl + Print	Screenshot selected region

Media & System

Shortcut	Action
XF86AudioPlay/Pause	Play/pause media
XF86AudioNext/Prev	Next/previous track
XF86AudioRaiseVolume/LowerVolume	Adjust volume
XF86AudioMute	Toggle mute
XF86MonBrightnessUp/Down	Adjust screen brightness
Super + Shift + V	Open clipboard history (Cliphist + Rofi)

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🗂️ Configuration Overview

Path	Description
.config/sway/config	Main Sway window manager config
.config/sway/config.d/	Modular Sway config snippets
.config/sway/environment	Wayland environment variables
.config/waybar/config.jsonc	Waybar layout and modules
.config/waybar/style.css	Waybar theme and styling
.config/waybar/scripts/updates.sh	DNF update count script (runs every 30 min)
.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml	Alacritty terminal settings
.config/alacritty/nordic.toml	Nordic color theme for Alacritty
.config/kitty/kitty.conf	Kitty terminal settings
.config/kitty/nord.conf	Nord color theme for Kitty
.config/wofi/config	Wofi launcher settings
.config/wofi/style.css	Wofi launcher styling
.config/mako/config	Mako notification daemon settings
.config/swaylock/config	Swaylock lock screen settings
.config/btop/btop.conf	Btop system monitor settings
.config/starship.toml	Starship prompt configuration
.bashrc	Bash shell aliases, functions, and exports

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🎨 Theme

The entire desktop uses a Nordic/Nord dark color palette:

Role	Color
Background	#13171b (semi-transparent)
Accent / Border	#5EA1C8
Focused Window Border	#5EA1C8
Unfocused Window Border	#252d33
Critical Notification	#e67e80

Fonts used:

• MesloLGS Nerd Font Mono – terminal and icons
• IBM Plex Sans – notifications

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🔤 Keyboard Layout

The keyboard layout is set to GB and DK, with Alt + Shift to toggle between them. This can be changed in .config/sway/config.

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📜 License

This repository does not currently include a license. All configuration files are provided as-is for personal use and inspiration.