Arch Linux working environment for developers

The best operating system for developers. Program in fast motion with this working environment 🚀.

Default shortcuts

• Super+Enter Open terminal (default = ghostty)
• Super+Space Open the launcher
• Super+q Kill focussed window
• Super+0-9 Switch to workspace
• Super+v Open the clipboard history
• Super+e Open the emoji picker
• Print Takes a screenshot of the selected area
• Shift+Print Takes a screenshot of the selected monitor
• Super+←/↑/→/↓ Move the workspace to the left/right monitor
• Super+Ctrl+←/↑/→/↓ Resize focussed window (it can also be done with right click + drag)
• Super+Alt+←/↑/→/↓ Move focussed window (it can also be done with left click + drag)
• Super+Shift+←/↑/→/↓ Move the focus to another window
• Super+Shift+b Open the browser (default = brave)
• Super+Shift+e Open the file manager (default = ranger)
• Super+Shift+c Open the code editor (default = neovim)
• Super+f Toggle floating window
• Super+p Toggle pseudo window
• Super+s Toggle vertical/horizontal split (2 or more windows)

📁 Install

• Perform a clean installation of Arch Linux using archinstall with the Hyprland desktop environment.

• Clone this repo and run the install.sh script:

git clone https://github.com/SoyAlejandroCalixto/arch4devs ~/arch4devs && cd ~/arch4devs
./install.sh

Once the installation is finished, you can delete the ~/arch4devs directory.

Then restart and that is all. However, you may need to make some additional adjustments for your special conditions:

Change wallpaper

Go to ~/.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf and replace the paths of preload and wallpaper:

preload = /your/wallpaper/path
wallpaper = , /your/wallpaper/path

Configure multiple screens

Run hyprctl monitors all and check the name of your monitors, for example, if you have a monitor connected by HDMI, it is probably called HDMI-1.

Go to ~/.config/hypr/monitors.conf, delete the auto config and replace it with this format: name,resolution,position,scale

For example, if you have two monitors with the names HDMI-1 and DP-1, this would be a standard configuration:

monitor=HDMI-1,1920x1080@75,0x0,1
monitor=DP-1,1920x1080@60,1920x0,1

Change key binds

Go to ~/.config/hypr/binds.conf and follows the structure of the other key binds in the file:

bind = SUPER SHIFT, K, exec, any-command

Make the top bar appear on all monitors

Edit ~/.config/eww/eww.yuck and check this part:

(defwindow topbar0
  :monitor 0
  :geometry (geometry :x "0%" :y "0%" :width "100%" :height "28px" :anchor "top center")
  :stacking "fg"
  :reserve (struts :distance "28px" :side "top")
  :windowtype "dock"
  :wm-ignore false
  (topbar))

Duplicate that block of code below and change topbar0 to topbar1 and :monitor 0 to :monitor 1.

Now edit ~/.config/hypr/autostart.conf and add && eww open topbar1 to this line so that it opens at startup next to the other one:

exec-once = eww daemon && eww open topbar0 && eww open topbar1

Repeat this process with as many screens as you want.