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fastfetch Startpage
Explorer Control Panel
Zen Browser Spotify
Discord VSCode
YASB Launch Pad YASB Power Menu

πŸ’• About

A Catppuccin Mocha themed Windows setup, built for looks, kept for how well it works.

Made this because I wanted my Windows setup to look and work good without fighting it every day, and honestly it took longer than it should have. Figured others might want the same, so here it is. Feel free to steal all or part of this setup and make it your own. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!


🌠 Features

πŸͺŸ GlazeWM tiling window manager 🍫 YASB status bar
πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» VSCode clean setup >_ Windows Terminal modern look
🐚 PowerShell enhancements 🎨 Oh My Posh prompt
βš™οΈ fastfetch system info πŸš€ Flow Launcher workflow
πŸ¦… Themed Start menu, Taskbar, Notification Center 🧱 Wallpapers
πŸˆβ€β¬› Catppuccin Mocha color scheme everywhere 🌺 Theme for Almost Everything

🌺 Core System Overview

Component Tool
OS Windows 11 πŸ–₯️
Window Manager GlazeWM πŸͺŸ
Shells PowerShell πŸ’»
Terminal Windows Terminal πŸ–²οΈ
Status Bar YASB πŸ“Š
Windows Border Tacky Borders πŸ–ΌοΈ
Editors VSCode πŸ“
Launcher Flow Launcher πŸ”
File Managers File Explorer πŸ—‚οΈ
Web Browser Zen-Browser 🌎
Theme Catppuccin Mocha 🧁

ℹ️ Complete System Overview

πŸͺŸ System

πŸ“š Entry ✨ App
OS Windows 11
Window Manager 🀍 GlazeWM βš™οΈ
Bar 🀍 YASB βš™οΈ
Application Launcher 🀍 Flow Launcher βš™οΈ
Mods 🀍 Windhawk βš™οΈ
Context Menu Nilesoft Shell βš™οΈ
Theme 🀍 SecureUxTheme with Nivuu's Catppuccin Mocha theme

πŸ–₯️ CLI/TUI Apps

πŸ“š Entry ✨ App
Shell pwsh βš™οΈ
Terminal Emulator windows terminal βš™οΈ
Shell Prompt ohmyposh βš™οΈ
System Fetch 🀍 fastfetch βš™οΈ
Terminal File Manager superfile

πŸ–±οΈ GUI Apps

| πŸ“š Entry | ✨ App | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Fallback Text Editor | VSCode βš™οΈ | | Music Player | 🀍 Spotify (patched with Spicetify) | | Web Browser | 🀍 Zen-Browser βš™οΈ | | Note Taking App | 🀍 Obsidian | | File Manager | File Explorer | βš™οΈ | | Game Launcher | Hydra Launcher βš™οΈ | | Clipboard Manager | CopyQ βš™οΈ | | Torrent Manager | qBittorrent βš™οΈ | | Discord Client | 🀍 Equicord | | YouTube Music Client | Th-Ch YouTube Music βš™οΈ | | Web Themer | 🀍 Stylus (for Firefox) with 🀍 Catppuccin Mocha βš™οΈ |

πŸ” Other

πŸ“š Entry ✨ App
Colorscheme 🀍 Catppuccin Mocha
Font JetBrainsMono Nerd Font

πŸ”§ Setup

⚠️ Backup your current configuration files before continuing. Applying these settings may overwrite existing configs, so be sure to manually merge or restore as needed.

πŸͺŸ GlazeWM
πŸ“Š YASB (Yet Another Status Bar)

[!NOTE] Ensure you have JetBrainsMono Nerd Font installed for correct icon display. If you want to use another Nerd Font, adjust the font settings and unicode mappings in the YASB styles.css & config.yaml respectively.
To setup Libre Hardware Monitor for your specific hardware, check the YASB Wiki.

πŸ–ΌοΈ Tacky Borders
πŸ“ VSCode
πŸ“‚ Windows Explorer

[!WARNING] This process requires administrator privileges and system modifications.

Step 1: Install SecureUxTheme

SecureUxTheme allows custom themes to be applied on Windows 11.

  • Install SecureUxTheme using winget:

    winget install namazso.SecureUXTheme
  • Run SecureUxTheme as administrator

  • Check the Hook SystemSettings and Remove DefaultColors checkbox.

  • DO NOT check Hook Explorer (can cause instability)

  • Click Install

  • Reboot your PC

Step 2: Install the Catppuccin Theme

  • Copy all files and folders from windots/.dotfiles/explorer/Theme/ β†’ C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\
  • After reboot, open SecureUxTheme again as administrator
  • Select Catppuccin Mocha theme from the list
  • Click Patch and Apply
  • The theme is now active! You can now change it anytime from Settings β†’ Personalization β†’ Themes

Step 3: Add Explorer Blur Effect

  • Create a folder for custom scripts (e.g., C:\scripts\)
  • Copy the Explorerblur folder β†’ C:\scripts\
  • Navigate to C:\scripts\Explorerblur\
  • Right-click register.cmd and select Run as administrator
  • The blur effect is now active!
🌐 Browser

[!NOTE] These configs are applicable only for Firefox-based browsers.

Enable userChrome.css and userContent.css

  1. Open about:config in the address bar.
  2. Search for toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets.
  3. Set it to true.

Locate your profile folder

  1. Open about:support in the address bar.
  2. Find "Profile Folder" and click "Open Folder."

Copy the browser styling configs

Optional: Theme websites

  • Install the Stylus extension.
  • **Download the **Userstyles** import file.
  • Open the Stylus "manage" page.
  • On the sidebar panel, click the Import button in the Backup section, and select the downloaded Userstyles file.

For websites without userstyles, you can use the Dark Reader extension:

  1. Open Dark Reader extension settings.
  2. Click on Dev tools > Advance > Preview New Design and close the window.
  3. Go to See all options > Colors > Color Schemes & choose Catppuccin from the list of presets.
  4. Close the settings tab (no apply button).

Custom Start Page

  • Get my Catppuccin Themed Start Page or fork it to create your own.
  • Host it on Github Pages or Vercel. I suggest using Vercel as it's faster and easier to set up.
  • Set it as your default home page in browser settings.
  • For Firefox, you can also set it as the new tab page using the New Tab Override extension.
πŸš€ Flow Launcher
πŸ¦… Windhawk
  • Install Windhawk version 2.0 alpha 2 or later.
  • Download the Windhawk.json file.
  • Open Windhawk, Go to Settings > Backup & Restore > Import > From a backup file and select the downloaded Windhawk.json and click Import.

    [!NOTE] You may backup your current configs just to be safe.

🐚 Nilesoft Shell
πŸš€ Hydra Launcher
  • **Copy the content inside windots/.dotfiles/HydraLauncher/styles.css
  • Open Hydra Launcher and go to Settings > Appearance > Create, type any name and press enter, then paste the config and save the file to apply it.
🌐 qBittorrent
  • Download the config from windots/.dotfiles/qBittorrent/mocha.qbtheme & place it anywhere safe into a folder of your choice. I suggest making a separate folder for themes inside the script folder I asked to create earlier like C:\scripts\themes\
  • Open qBittorrent and on the top bar go to Tools > Options, check the Use custom UI Theme options & then browse and select the downloaded theme file.
🎡 Spotify
  • Install Spotify if you haven't already.

  • Open Powershell and run the following commands to install Spicetify and Spicetify Marketplace:

    • Spicetify:

      iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/cli/main/install.ps1 | iex
    • Spicetify Marketplace:

      iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/marketplace/main/resources/install.ps1 | iex
  • Open Spotify and in the top bar, click on the Marketplace icon, then search for Catppuccin theme and install it. Then, select Mocha as the scheme.

    You can instead search for and install Termspot theme and set Mocha as the scheme if you want a terminal-like look.

πŸˆβ€β¬› Discord
  • Install Discord if you haven't already.

  • Download Equilotl and Install it.

  • Open Discord and the click on the Settings icon at the bottom beside your profile. Under the Equicord section, click on Themes and then click on Edit QuickCSS. Paste the text below into the editor:

    @import url("https://catppuccin.github.io/discord/dist/catppuccin-mocha-mauve.theme.css");
  • Save the changes with Ctrl + S and quit the editor.

πŸŽ₯ YouTube Music
  • Install Th-Ch YouTube Music.
  • Download the config from windots/.dotfiles/youtubemusic/ytmusic.css & place it anywhere safe into a folder of your choice, probably the same folder you used for the qBittorrent theme.
  • Open YouTube Music and on the top bar go to Options > Visual Tweaks > Theme and click on Import custom css file, then browse and select the downloaded theme file.
©️ CopyQ
  • Install CopyQ.
  • Copy the config files from windots/.dotfiles/copyq/catppuccin-mocha.ini β†’ %APPDATA%\CopyQ\themes\
  • Open CopyQ, on the top bar go to File > Preferences > Appearance, click on load theme, select the catppuccin mocha.ini file you copied earlier, and click on Apply.
πŸ”— ShareX

>_ Terminal & Shell Setup

πŸ–₯️ Windows Terminal
🐚 PowerShell

[!Note] This only applies to the recent versions of PowerShell from the official GitHub releases. If you want to stick with the default Windows PowerShell, you should figure out the steps yourself.

  • windots/.dotfiles/Powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 β†’ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\PowerShell\

  • Restart PowerShell to apply the changes.

    If you get an error about the execution policy, run the following command in PowerShell as administrator:

    Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

Installing the following dependencies is recommended for a better experience with PowerShell:

winget install -e --id junegunn.fzf
winget install ajeetdsouza.zoxide
Install-Module -Name PSFzf -Scope CurrentUser -Force
🎨 Oh My Posh
βš™οΈ Fastfetch
πŸ“‚ Superfile
  • Run this command in powershell:

    winget install --id yorukot.superfile

⌨️ GlazeWM Keybindings

Show Keybindings

Window Management

Keys Action
win + left / down / up / right Focus window left / down / up / right
win + shift + left / down / up / right Move focused window left / down / up / right
win + q Close focused window
win + m Toggle window minimization
win + f Toggle fullscreen
win + t Toggle tiling mode
win + space Toggle floating mode
win + shift + v Toggle tiling direction
win + shift + space Cycle focus: tiling β†’ floating β†’ fullscreen
win + 1-9 Focus workspace {1-9}
win + shift + 1-9 Move focused window to workspace {1-9}
win + shift + j / l / i / k Move focused window's workspace to monitor left / right / up / down
win + alt + left / right Resize active window's width -/+ 2%
win + alt + up / down Resize active window's height +/- 2%
win + shift + e Exit GlazeWM
win + shift + r Reload GlazeWM config
win + shift + p Pause/Resume all GlazeWM keybindings

Application Shortcuts

Keys Action
win + enter Open terminal
win + e Open File Explorer
win + c Open VSCode
win + b Open Zen Browser
win + s Open Spotify
win + y Open Youtube Music

πŸ–ΌοΈ Gallery

You can check out the wallpapers here if you're interested!

GUI Text Editor Start Menu, Taskbar and Notification Center
Spotify with Spicetify Power Menu
GlazeWM Window Manager Flow Launcher
Discord Client Web Browser

You can check out all the previews here!


πŸ“’ Discussions

Have questions, suggestions, or want to showcase your setup? Or maybe you need some help? Visit the Discussions section.

⚠️ Please open an issue only for reproducible bugs or critical problems. For all other questions, feedback, or general help, Discussions is preferred.


πŸŽ‰ Credits

Special mention to the following resources and projects that were especially helpful during setup:

  • GlazeWM for delivering an outstanding tiling window manager that boosts productivity ✨
  • YASB for a customizable and feature-rich status bar that fits seamlessly into the setup πŸš€
  • Catppuccin for creating the best color scheme ever πŸ–ŒοΈ
  • Windhawk for providing a powerful and flexible modding framework for Windows πŸ› οΈ
  • Nilesoft Shell for the custom context menu that enhances usability πŸ–±οΈ
  • pivoshenko for the clean and aesthetic browser startpage 🌐
  • ashish for some of the config files & readme design 🀍