Dotfiles

Personal dotfiles for macOS, managed with Dotbot.

Installation

git clone --recursive https://github.com/alexchen/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
./install

Structure

~/.dotfiles/
├── install                 # Dotbot installation script
├── offload                 # Convert symlinks → real files (remove from repo)
├── install.conf.yaml       # Dotbot symlink configuration
│
├── config/
│   ├── alacritty/          # Terminal emulator (TOML)
│   ├── nvim/               # Neovim editor (Lua config, lazy.nvim)
│   ├── pip/                # Python package manager
│   ├── starship.toml       # Shell prompt
│   ├── tmuxthemes/         # Tmux themes
│   └── zsh/                # Shell environment
│       ├── env.zsh         # PATH and environment variables
│       ├── tools.zsh       # Aliases, functions, tool inits
│       └── plugins.zsh     # antidote plugin manager
│
├── zshrc                   # Zsh entry point (sources config/zsh/*)
├── zsh_plugins.txt         # antidote plugin list
├── bash_profile            # Bash shell
├── vimrc                   # Vim/Neovim stub
├── tmux.conf               # Terminal multiplexer
├── gitconfig               # Git configuration
├── inputrc                 # readline settings
├── condarc                 # Conda configuration
├── npmrc                   # NPM configuration
│
├── dotbot/                 # Dotbot submodule (v1.24.0)
└── MIGRATION_HISTORY.md    # Migration history and details

What's Managed

Shell (zsh)

• antidote plugin manager (zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting, zsh-history-substring-search)
• starship prompt
• Tool integrations (fzf, zoxide, yazi, conda)

Editor (Neovim)

• lazy.nvim plugin manager (30 plugins)
• LSP support (pyright, lua_ls)
• AI integration (claudecode, opencode)
• Key: <leader> = ,

Terminal

• Alacritty (Gruvbox theme)
• Tmux (seamless vim/tmux navigation, prefix: Ctrl-a)

Tools

• eza (modern ls)
• zoxide (smart cd)
• yazi (file manager)
• fzf (fuzzy finder)

Usage

Edit files in the repo, then run ./install to apply changes.

To remove a config from the repo: ./offload <config-name>

Notes

• All configs follow XDG Base Directory standard where possible
• Local secrets go in ~/.zshrc.local (gitignored)
• See MIGRATION_HISTORY.md for migration history