Window Manger Theme

Personal Linux config with theme switching for Sway and XMonad.

Prerequisites

Terminal emulator (one of)

• Alacritty — primary terminal, all themes fully tested
• Ghostty — also supported (theme applied via alacritty config only)

Window manager (one or both)

• Sway — Wayland tiling WM; themes update waybar, wofi, and sway colors
• XMonad — X11 tiling WM; themes update xmobar colors and the Haskell PP config

Required tools

Tool	Purpose
git	Clone this repo and install OMZ plugins
curl	Install Oh My Zsh
ripgrep	Neovim live grep via Telescope — required for :Telescope live_grep

The bootstrap will detect missing tools and offer to install ripgrep automatically.

Optional tools

Tool	Purpose
zsh	Zsh shell setup with Oh My Zsh + Powerlevel10k
tmux	Terminal multiplexer with themed statusbar
fd / fdfind	Faster file search for fzf
bat	Syntax-highlighted file previews in fzf
exa	Better ls (falls back to colorls or ls)

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Quick start

git clone git@github.com:paarthd00/dotfiles.git ~/WM-Theme
cd ~/WM-Theme
./bootstrap.sh

The script will:

1. Check for required dependencies (and offer to install ripgrep)
2. Prompt for a theme
3. Ask which components to set up (Zsh, Oh My Zsh, plugins, tmux)
4. Link all configs and apply the selected theme
5. Reload Sway or restart XMonad if running

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Options

./bootstrap.sh --theme tokyo-night   # skip prompt, apply a specific theme
./bootstrap.sh --yes                 # non-interactive, defaults to night-owl
./bootstrap.sh --theme-only          # re-apply theme links only, skip dotfile links

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Themes

All themes are fully tested with Sway, XMonad, Neovim, Alacritty, tmux, waybar, and wofi.

Theme	Style
night-owl	Dark — blue/teal, default
pitch-black	Dark — true black background, high contrast
rose-pine	Dark — muted purple/rose
rose-pine-light	Light — warm parchment
tokyo-night	Dark — deep blue/purple
quiet-light	Light — minimal, neutral

Each theme provides: alacritty.toml, tmux.conf, nvim-theme.lua, sway-colors.conf, waybar-colors.css, wofi-colors.css, xmobarrc, xmonad-colors.hs.

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Auto-detection

The bootstrap detects what is installed and only links what applies — nothing is installed or forced. Re-running is always safe.

Tool	Behaviour if installed	Behaviour if missing
zsh	Links home/profile/zsh_rc.zsh, zsh_profile.zsh, zsh_env.zsh, zsh_p10k.zsh	Skipped
tmux	Links home/profile/zsh_tmux_conf.zsh + theme file, reloads if running	Skipped
alacritty	Links alacritty config + theme	Skipped
Sway	Links managers/sway, managers/sway/waybar, wofi configs + theme, reloads if running	Skipped
XMonad	Links xmonad.hs, xmobarrc, Colors.hs, recompiles if running	Skipped

Oh My Zsh plugins (install separately if desired)

The .zshrc uses these plugins — install them manually into $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/:

Plugin	Install
zsh-autosuggestions	git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
fast-syntax-highlighting	git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/fast-syntax-highlighting
zsh-autocomplete	git clone https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autocomplete
Powerlevel10k	git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k

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What gets linked

Destination	Source
~/.zshrc	home/profile/zsh_rc.zsh
~/.zprofile	home/profile/zsh_profile.zsh
~/.zshenv	home/profile/zsh_env.zsh
~/.p10k.zsh	home/profile/zsh_p10k.zsh
~/.config/alacritty/	home/config/alacritty/
~/.config/nvim/	home/config/nvim/
~/.config/wofi/	home/config/wofi/
~/.config/sway/	managers/sway/
~/.config/waybar/	managers/sway/waybar/
~/.tmux.conf	home/profile/zsh_tmux_conf.zsh
~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs	managers/xmonad/xmonad.hs
~/.codex/config.toml	codex/config.toml
~/.claude.json	claude/config.json

Theme links (applied on every run)

Destination	Source
~/.config/alacritty/theme.toml	themes/<theme>/alacritty.toml
~/.tmux-theme.conf	themes/<theme>/tmux.conf
~/.config/nvim/lua/paarth/theme.lua	themes/<theme>/nvim-theme.lua
~/.config/sway/colors.conf	themes/<theme>/sway-colors.conf (Sway only)
~/.config/waybar/style.css	themes/<theme>/waybar-colors.css + managers/sway/waybar/style-base.css (Sway only)
~/.config/wofi/style.css	themes/<theme>/wofi-colors.css + home/config/wofi/style-base.css (Sway only)
~/xmobarrc	themes/<theme>/xmobarrc (XMonad only)
~/.xmonad/lib/Colors.hs	themes/<theme>/xmonad-colors.hs (XMonad only)

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XMonad notes

xmonad.hs imports a Colors module from ~/.xmonad/lib/Colors.hs. This file is written by the bootstrap per theme. After switching themes, xmonad is automatically recompiled and restarted if it is currently running.

The Colors.hs module exposes: colorBg, colorFg, colorCurrent, colorVisible, colorHidden, colorHiddenNoWin, colorTitle, colorLayout, colorDate, colorTime.