i3wm Dotfiles

These dotfiles come with Catppuccin & Nordic theme

Nord BG Credit TheDistroHopper

Explore Configuration Branches

• Catppuccin Configs: GitHub Link
• Nord Configs: GitHub Link

Note

All main i3 configurations are organized into separate branches to avoid conflicts and provide a cleaner, more structured experience. Check out the branches for a better understanding of each configuration.

Important

Note that the keybindings are based on my personal uses, so remember to change them after installation.

🚀 Quick Setup

Use the following script to install dependencies for i3wm.If you encounter any issues, feel free to submit an issue:

git clone https://github.com/harilvfs/i3wmdotfiles
cd i3wmdotfiles/
chmod +x setup.sh
./setup.sh

Or just run this curl command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/harilvfs/i3wmdotfiles/main/setup.sh | sh 

Dependencies

• i3status
• polybar
• dmenu
• rofi
• alacritty
• kitty
• picom
• maim
• fish
• imwheel
• nitrogen
• polkit-gnome
• xclip
• flameshot
• lxappearance
• thunar
• gnome-keyrings
• nvim
• pystray
• nm-applet

🚀 Default Apps

• Browser: Thorium / Brave
• File Manager: Nemo / Thunar
• Code Editor: Cursor / Vim
• Screenshot Tool: Flameshot
• Terminal: Alacritty / Kitty
• Launcher: Rofi / Dmenu
• Status Bar: Polybar / i3status
• Shell: Bash / Zsh

Nord Background

To use the Nord background, clone the repository with the following command:

git clone https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/nord-background

Set Wallpaper using nitrogen

Change Theme, Icons and Mouse Cursor from lxappearance

• Widget Theme : NordArc-Theme / Catppuccin-Moncha-Standard
• Icon Theme : NordArc / Nordzy
• Mouse Cursor : Capitaine Cursors - Light / Bibata-Modern-Ice

Keybinds

Launchers

Key Combo	Action
Super + Enter	Open Terminal (Kitty/Alacritty)
Super + D	Open App Launcher (Rofi/dmenu)
Super + E	Open File Manager (Thunar)
Super + B	Open Browser (Brave)

Screenshots

Key Combo	Action
Super + N	Screenshot Selected Area (Flameshot)
Super + M	Screenshot Entire Screen (Flameshot)

Window Management

Key Combo	Action
Super + Q	Close Focused Window
Alt + Tab	Switch Windows
Super + Number	Switch Workspace
Super + Shift + Number	Move Container to Workspace
Super + Shift + C	Reload Config
Super + Shift + R	Restart i3
Super + Shift + E	Exit i3 Session

Navigation

Key Combo	Action
Super + J	Focus Left
Super + K	Focus Down
Super + L	Focus Up
Super + O	Focus Right

Moving Windows

Key Combo	Action
Super + Shift + J	Move Left
Super + Shift + K	Move Down
Super + Shift + L	Move Up
Super + Shift + O	Move Right

Layouts

Key Combo	Action
Super + H	Split Horizontally
Super + V	Split Vertically
Super + F	Toggle Fullscreen

Tiling/Floating

Key Combo	Action
Super + Shift + Space	Toggle Tiling/Floating
Super + Space	Switch Focus between Tiling/Floating
Super + A	Focus Parent Container
Super + D	Focus Child Container

🔗 Credits

• Fastfetch - ChrisTitusTech
• Alacritty - ChrisTitusTech
• Kitty - ChrisTitusTech
• Rofi - TypeCraft , Justus0405 & ChrisTitusTech
• Polybar - TypeCraft
• Picom - lactua
• GTK - Catppuccin
• SDDM - Catppuccin

Special Thanks

Shoutout to Justus0405 & TheDistroHopper for their i3wm dotfiles