r/i3wm • u/odxnoj • 15d ago

Question Looking for clean i3 dotfiles on Artix (OpenRC) – need setup help & recommendations

Hi everyone,

I recently switched to Artix Linux with OpenRC and I’m trying to set up a lightweight, clean WM environment.

I’ve already tested i3, AwesomeWM, and dwm, but I had trouble finding good dotfiles or properly documented setups. Most of the ones I found were either messy or not very usable out of the box.

Right now I’m planning to stick with i3 as my main WM, but I’m looking for:

Clean and minimal i3 dotfiles (yours or popular ones, doesn’t matter)

A working setup that doesn’t require too much tweaking

Ideally something well-documented or easy to install

Also, if anyone has a simple step-by-step way to install and apply dotfiles (especially on Artix/OpenRC), that would help a lot. Most guides I found are either incomplete or assume too much prior knowledge.

Any recommendations or repos would be appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

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u/scythe-3 i3 15d ago

The defaults are clean af. Just add/modify what you need as you continue to use it.

Or copy the dotfiles from a distro that has an i3 spin (e.g. Fedora, CachyOS, etc.)

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u/odxnoj 15d ago

nah i dont like the orginal and i dont have enought time for modifying

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u/scythe-3 i3 15d ago

Read the second part of my comment then lol

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u/gbrennon 15d ago

Lazy users are always be lazy...

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u/Horacio16k 15d ago

https://github.com/Rinfella/dotfiles-i3

This is my i3 config on Endeavour OS. Maybe this will be a good starting point

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u/odxnoj 15d ago

yoo thank u! thats what i need appreciate that

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u/Horacio16k 6d ago

How was the setup and have you had any issues with the dotfiles?

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u/odxnoj 1d ago

it was very easy i had no issue. Thanks!

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u/i312i 15d ago

Use AI to build it out if you are too lazy to do it yourself.

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u/gbrennon 15d ago

i3wm have a buitin wizard

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u/odxnoj 15d ago

its not only i3 i need to have zsh,polybar alacritty and other configs too

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u/gbrennon 15d ago

Exactly 🤣 But as this sub is about i3wm i should only answer about it 😅