ZaneyOS 🟰 Best ❄️ NixOS Configs

** Updated: June 3rd,2025

ZaneyOS is a simple way of reproducing my configuration on any NixOS system. This includes the wallpaper, scripts, applications, config files, and more.

Inspiration for the Waybar config here.

Third waybar option

Please note:

This project has a Wiki. Find out how to use ZaneyOS here! ddubs has put a lot of effort into the FAQ so it should be accurate. However, please if you notice that something is wrong with it create an issue or reach out to us on Discord.

🍖 Requirements

• You must be running on NixOS, version 23.11+.
• The zaneyos folder (this repo) is expected to be in your home directory.
• You must have installed NIXOS using GPT parition with booting with UEFI.
• ** 500MB minimum /boot partition required. **
• Systemd-boot is what is supported.
• For GRUB you will have to brave the internet for a how-to. ☺️
• Manually editing your host specific files.
• The host is the specific computer your installing on.

🎹 Pipewire & Notification Menu Controls

• We are using the latest and greatest audio solution for Linux. Not to mention you will have media and volume controls in the notification center available in the top bar.

🏇 Optimized Workflow & Simple Yet Elegant Neovim

• Using Hyprland for increased elegance, functionality, and efficiency.
• No massive NeoVIM project here. This is my simple, easy to understand, yet incredible NeoVIM setup. With language support already added in.

🖥️ Multi Host & User Configuration

• You can define separate settings for different host machines and users.
• Easily specify extra packages for your users in the modules/core/user.nix file.
• Easy to understand file structure and simple, but encompassing, configuration.

👼 An Incredible Community Focused On Support

• The entire idea of ZaneyOS is to make NixOS an approachable space.
• NixOS is actually a great community that you will want to be a part of.
• Many people who are patient and happy to spend their free time helping you are running ZaneyOS.
• Feel free to reach out on the Discord for any help with anything.

Please do yourself a favor and read the wiki.

📦 How To Install Packages?

• You can search the Nix Packages & Options pages for what a package may be named or if it has options available that take care of configuration hurdles you may face.
• To add a package there are the sections for it in modules/core/packages.nix and modules/core/user.nix. One is for programs available system wide and the other for your users environment only.

🙋 Having Issues / Questions?

• Please feel free to raise an issue on the repo, please label a feature request with the title beginning with [feature request], thank you!

• Contact us on Discord as well, for a potentially faster response.

• Don't forget to checkout the FAQ

Hyprland Keybindings

Below are the keybindings for Hyprland, formatted for easy reference.

Application Launching

• $modifier + Return → Launch terminal
• $modifier + K → List keybinds
• $modifier + Shift + Return → Launch rofi-launcher
• $modifier + Shift + W → Open web-search
• $modifier + Alt + W → Open wallsetter
• $modifier + Shift + N → Run swaync-client -rs
• $modifier + W → Launch Web Browser
• $modifier + Y → Open kitty with yazi
• $modifier + E → Open emopicker9000
• $modifier + S → Take a screenshot
• $modifier + D → Open Discord
• $modifier + O → Launch OBS Studio
• $modifier + C → Run hyprpicker -a
• $modifier + G → Open GIMP
• $modifier + V → Show clipboard history via cliphist
• $modifier + T → Toggle terminal with pypr
• $modifier + M → Open pavucontrol

Window Management

• $modifier + Q → Kill active window
• $modifier + P → Toggle pseudo tiling
• $modifier + Shift + I → Toggle split mode
• $modifier + F → Toggle fullscreen
• $modifier + Shift + F → Toggle floating mode
• $modifier + Alt + F → Float all windows
• $modifier + Shift + C → Exit Hyprland

Window Movement

• $modifier + Shift + ← / → / ↑ / ↓ → Move window left/right/up/down
• $modifier + Shift + H / L / K / J → Move window left/right/up/down
• $modifier + Alt + ← / → / ↑ / ↓ → Swap window left/right/up/down
• $modifier + Alt + 43 / 46 / 45 / 44 → Swap window left/right/up/down

Focus Movement

• $modifier + ← / → / ↑ / ↓ → Move focus left/right/up/down
• $modifier + H / L / K / J → Move focus left/right/up/down

Workspaces

• $modifier + 1-10 → Switch to workspace 1-10
• $modifier + Shift + Space → Move window to special workspace
• $modifier + Space → Toggle special workspace
• $modifier + Shift + 1-10 → Move window to workspace 1-10
• $modifier + Control + → / ← → Switch workspace forward/backward

Window Cycling

• Alt + Tab → Cycle to next window
• Alt + Tab → Bring active window to top

Installation:

⬇️ Install with script

📜 Script:

This is the easiest and recommended way of starting out. The script is not meant to allow you to change every option that you can in the flake or help you install extra packages. It is simply here so you can get my configuration installed with as little chances of breakages and then fiddle to your hearts content!

Simply copy this and run it:

nix-shell -p git curl pciutils

Then:

sh <(curl -L https://gitlab.com/Zaney/zaneyos/-/raw/stable-2.3/install-zaneyos.sh)

The install process will look something like this:

After the install completes your environment will probably look broken. Just reboot and you will see this as your login:

Then after login you should see a screen like this:

🦽 Manual install process:

1. Run this command to ensure Git & Vim are installed:

nix-shell -p git vim

2. Clone this repo & enter it:

cd && git clone https://gitlab.com/zaney/zaneyos.git -b stable-23 ~/zaneyos 
cd zaneyos

You can still run the `install.sh` script if you want to.

• You should stay in this folder for the rest of the install

3. Create the host folder for your machine(s) like so:

cp -r hosts/default hosts/<your-desired-hostname>

4. Edit hosts/<your-desired-hostname>/variables.nix.

5. Edit flake.nix and fill in your username, profile, and hostname.

6. Generate your hardware.nix like so:

nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config > hosts/<your-desired-hostname>/hardware.nix

7. Run this to enable flakes and install the flake replacing hostname with profile. I.e. intel, nvidia nvidia-laptop, or vm

NIX_CONFIG="experimental-features = nix-command flakes" 
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#profile

Now when you want to rebuild the configuration you have access to an alias called fr that will rebuild the flake and you do not have to be in the zaneyos folder for it to work.

Special Recognitions:

Thank you for all your assistance

• Jakookit https://github.com/jakookit
• Justaguylinux https://github.com/drewgrif
• Jerry Starke https://github.com/JerrySM64

Hope you enjoy!