Dotfiles

Dec 19, 2024 · updated Jun 23, 2026

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These are my macOS dotfiles, including shell, editors, automation, and the rest of the tooling I actually use every day. It’s a well-refined system I’ve iterated on over time, and I hope you find something useful in it!

features

My dotfiles feature:

Automation & Setup:

a makefile to automatically set up a fresh system
automatic installation of homebrew formulae, casks, and App Store apps through homebrew bundle
editor extensions managed from a single list and installed into both VSCode and Cursor
automatic macos system settings configuration and dock setup
custom dotfiles terminal command for maintenance tasks
automatic symlinking of configuration files using gnu stow

Terminal & Shell:

ghostty terminal emulator with zenwritten dark theme
zsh config optimized for fast startup (~80ms)
fzf-tab, zsh-completions, zsh-syntax-highlighting, and zsh-autosuggestions
eza for listings, starship prompt, and zoxide for navigation

Neovim:

native plugin management via vim.pack
LSP support (nvim-lspconfig) with nvim-cmp completion
treesitter, telescope, neo-tree, luasnip, lualine, and typst-preview
onedark theme

VSCode:

extensive LaTeX support with latex-workshop and hypersnips, complete with an extensive custom LaTeX snippet library
- the snippet library was compiled with snipsmith, a custom snippet manager I built myself!
vitesse dark soft theme and other useful extensions

System Tools:

karabiner for caps lock remapping
rift tiling window manager with sketchybar integration
topgrade for system-wide updates

repo

My dotfiles can be found here: https://github.com/deancureton/dotfiles