# hlissner/dotfiles

And I say hey, what's going on?

Repository: https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hlissner-dotfiles
Homepage: https://youtu.be/ZZ5LpwO-An4
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dotfiles, nixos, nix-flake, nixos-configuration
Last push: 2026-07-22T05:29:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4933, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1938, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.194550+00:00)

## What it is
A personal NixOS configuration repository (dotfiles) by hlissner, using Nix flakes to declaratively manage hosts, packages, and desktop tooling like Doom Emacs, Hyprland, and zsh. It includes an installer script and a management CLI ('hey') for maintaining the system.

## Use cases
- manage my linux system configuration declaratively with nix flakes
- set up a nixos machine from dotfiles
- example nixos configuration with hyprland and doom emacs
- bootstrap a new nixos install from a git repo
- organize dotfiles across multiple hosts with nix

## When to choose
- you want a real-world, actively maintained example of a flake-based NixOS setup
- you use or admire hlissner's tooling (Doom Emacs) and want a similar environment
- you need a reference for structuring multi-host NixOS configurations

## When to avoid
- you want a community framework or NixOS distribution - the author explicitly warns against this
- you are a NixOS beginner looking for supported, documented tooling
- you expect polished, reusable modules rather than personal, over-engineered config

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: configuration-management, developer-tools, cli
- domain: self-hosted, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: dotfiles, nixos, nix-flakes, declarative-os-config, doom-emacs, hyprland, personal-setup, automation, linux, shell

## Member repositories
- hlissner/dotfiles (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.194550+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:08:13.150675+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.194550+00:00, sha fbeb3300899a)
  - homepage: https://youtu.be/ZZ5LpwO-An4 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:47:31.256635+00:00, sha 7c105b0715d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.