Dotfriedrice Alternatives

dotfriedrice reviews and mentions

• DotFriedRice: Niri / Arch Linux Desktop Environment with Modern CLI Tools
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 May 2026
• Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)
  165 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 May 2026

  I've had public dotfiles at https://github.com/nickjj/dotfriedrice for a long time but recently branded them and after having run native Linux for 6 months, I added a desktop environment based on using niri and Arch Linux.

  It can get you up and running in a few minutes. It has an installer that can set up a new system or keep an existing up to date. There's also a command line version that works on Debian based distros (including WSL 2) and macOS.

• Why TUIs Are Back
  12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 May 2026

  I do like TUIs but in the article it mentions Gnome style apps don't fit the look. That sounds like a limitation of Omarchy.

  It's not too bad to theme GTK apps and have them all look in a consistent way. For example I use Tokyonight Moon and Gruvbox and they both have GTK themes that look great for Firefox, Thunar, GIMP, LibreOffice and more. I don't use Omarchy but here's a few screenshots https://x.com/nickjanetakis/status/2037125261657883061/photo....

  Nothing fancy was done on my end, just installed the specific GTK themes. They even support live reloading because GTK's tooling supports it, my dotfiles at https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles handle all of it for you.

  I still prefer TUIs but you can have nice looking GUI apps too.

• Niri 26.04 was just released (scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor)
  10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2026

  Niri is so good. I've switched to using it about 5 months ago and it was legit the best computing decision I can remember in recent history to move away from Windows.

  My dotfiles have always included an install script for setting everything up around command line tools, theme switching and more but it fully supports niri now too on Arch based distros https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles. In case anyone is shopping around for a new desktop environment and wants to get going quickly.

• Arch Linux Now Has a Bit-for-Bit Reproducible Docker Image
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Apr 2026

  It is nice to have this confidence.

  I ran Arch Linux for almost a year in WSL 2, it was really good.

  Then I ran Arch natively for ~5 months, it's really good.

  Now I still run Arch natively, but I also use the Arch Docker image to test my dotfiles[0] with a fresh file system.

  Also, for when I want to run end to end dotfiles tests I run Arch in a VM.

  I have 99 problems but running Arch isn't one of them.

  [0]: https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles

• Perfmon – Consolidate your favorite CLI monitoring tools into a single TUI
  4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Apr 2026

  This is what I use too, the nice thing about this is you can use your existing tools natively and you have lots of flexibility in how you want them arranged. Could be split panes in 1 window or different windows in their own session.

  For example I have a `monitor` script in my dotfiles at https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles/blob/master/.local/bin/mo....

  If I'm already in tmux and run that script it splits a few tools in a new tmux window but if I'm not in tmux already then it creates a new "monitor" session with the same splits. I also have it assigned to my status bar where if I click Waybar's CPU icon, it "launches or focuses" that monitor script it so it doesn't spawn duplicates. Basically ultimate freedom in how I want to launch it.

• Show HN: Difi – Git diff TUI with NVIM support built with Go and Bubbletea
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Feb 2026

  Delta is great.

  Fortunately you can create a git diff TUI using `fzf` and `git diff` with pretty much a 1 liner shell script.

  For example: https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles/blob/master/.local/bin/gd

  If you run `gd` or `gd --side` it will show you a diff.

  Delta can be used a git diff tool by configuring your git tools, such as: https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles/blob/master/.config/git/c...

• Flameshot
  8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jan 2026

  The good news is a few lines of shell scripting, grim, slurp and satty can be combined to create a decent alternative.

  Hit a hotkey, capture a region, get presented with a way to annotate it and easily copy it to your clipboard or write it to disk.

  Here's an example from my dotfiles: https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles/blob/master/.local/bin/do...

• Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)
  101 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jan 2026

  I recently switched to native Linux. I have a dotfiles repo that installs and configures a number of CLI tools, complete with theme switching for a bunch of years that works on Arch / Debian / Ubuntu and macOS, with WSL 2 support too.

  Now I've been piecing together a complete desktop environment using niri and many other tools. If you're using Arch, you can opt-in to turn this feature on. There's an install script which can be run on a new system or existing system, documentation on each package and more at https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles. I'm using it on 2 systems at the moment.

• Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
  204 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Dec 2025

  I've been a long time Windows user (20+ years) who heavily uses WSL 2 as my dev environment with tmux / Neovim but I'm switching to native Linux before the end of this year.

  I tried once 7 years ago but ran into major audio issues that were a deal breaker but I'm hoping the Linux kernel has improved. I have the same hardware as before.

  My dotfiles have been public for many years and can 1 shot a new or existing system in a few minutes with a bunch of command line tools on Debian, Ubuntu, Arch (with or without WSL 2) and macOS. It has an install script and theme switching for a long time which I've used to set up a a few systems (personal desktop, laptop and work laptop).

  I've been casually tweaking a laptop with Arch with niri. I'm preparing a bunch of things in my https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles to prepare for that push which will work on Arch Linux and be opt-in to install and configure a GUI and assorted tools.

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