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🚀 Haven't installed Artix yet? Use the Artix Installer to get a full Hyprland setup running in minutes.

If you're here just for the wallpapers, grab all 1050+ from the images repo.

Horizontal or vertical, choose during setup — easily toggleable from rofi too.

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A brand new system-overview GUI for settings and features. Almost anything you want to set or change can be done from this one-stop-shop app, and more quality-of-life features are added regularly.

This repository is the result of 8 months of tinkering, breaking, fixing, and polishing. It's a labor of love designed to feel as easy to install as a "standard" distribution — but with the raw power and minimalism of Arch Linux on OpenRC.

Please consider starring ⭐ this repo as a token of support!

This setup is strictly optimized for BTRFS filesystem format. (Should also work on ext4, but not recommended.)

• Why BTRFS? ZSTD compression, copy-on-write (CoW) to prevent data corruption, and instant snapshots.

The setup scripts auto-detect your hardware and set the appropriate environment variables. If your hardware isn't detected or has issues, configure manually:

Best for: Users who already have a fresh, unconfigured Artix Linux installation with Hyprland, set up either via the Artix Installer or manually. If you haven't installed yet, use the installer script to get up and running with Btrfs and Hyprland configured automatically.

After installing, boot into the OS and run the following in a terminal:

Uses a bare git repository method to drop files exactly where they belong in your home directory.

Make sure you're connected to the internet and git is installed:

sudo pacman -Syu --needed git

Clone the repo:

git clone --bare --depth 1 https://github.com/dim-ghub/dawn.git $HOME/dawn

Deploy the files on your system:

git --git-dir=$HOME/dawn/ --work-tree=$HOME checkout -f

Run the master script to install dependencies, themes, and services. This will take a while since it sets up everything. You'll be prompted with yes/no questions during setup, so don't leave it running unattended.

~/user_scripts/arch_setup_scripts/Conductor.sh

The Conductor.sh is a conductor that manages ~80 subscripts.

• Smart: Detects installed packages and skips them.
• Safe: Re-run as many times as you like without breaking things.
• Time: Expect 30–60 minutes. A few AUR packages compile from source — grab a coffee!

The steepest learning curve will be the keybinds. They're designed to be intuitive, but feel free to customize them.

💡 Pro Tip: Press Ctrl + Shift + Space to open the Keybinds Cheatsheet. You can click commands in this menu to run them directly!

Tested to work on other Arch-based distros with Hyprland installed (fresh install).

If a script fails (which can happen on a rolling release distro):

1. Don't Panic. The scripts are modular — the rest of the system usually installs fine.
2. Check the Output. Identify which subscript failed (located in $HOME/user_scripts/setup_scripts/scripts/).
3. Run Manually. Try running that specific subscript individually.
4. AI Help. Copy the script content and error message into ChatGPT/Gemini. It can usually pinpoint the exact issue.

Dawn uses ConnMan instead of NetworkManager. To connect to WiFi from a terminal (e.g. after a fresh install):

connmanctl
connmanctl> agent on
connmanctl> scan wifi
connmanctl> enable wifi
connmanctl> services
connmanctl> connect wifi_xxxxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxx
connmanctl> quit

Note: Dawn purposely avoids Quickshell to keep things as lightweight as possible. Everything uses user-friendly TUIs to stay snappy and low on resources while delivering a whole host of features.

• Emoji Picker
• Calculator
• Matugen Theme Switcher
• Animation Switcher
• Power Menu
• Clipboard Manager
• Wallpaper Selector
• Shader Menu
• System Menu

• Volume Control
• Brightness Control
• Nightlight / Hyprsunset Intensity

Dynamically rendered to respect your fractional scaling settings.

• Lightweight: ~900MB RAM usage and ~5GB disk usage (fully configured)
• ZSTD & ZRAM: Compression enabled by default — save storage and triple your effective RAM (great for low-spec machines)
• Native Optimization: AUR helpers configured to build with CPU-native flags (up to 20% performance boost)
• OpenRC Support: Fully compatible with Artix Linux and the OpenRC init system

• Fluid Animations: Tuned physics and momentum for a liquid feel
• GPU Passthrough Guide: Zero latency (native performance) for dual-GPU setups using Looking Glass
• Instant Shaders: Switch visual shaders via Rofi
• Android Support: Automated Waydroid installer script

• Universal Theming: Matugen powers unified Light/Dark mode across the system
• Dual Workflow: Designed for both GUI-centric (mouse) and Terminal-centric (keyboard) users
• Accessibility: Text-to-Speech (TTS) and Speech-to-Text (STT) capabilities
• Keybind Cheatsheet: Press Ctrl + Shift + Space anytime to see controls

Thank you to all the Contributors!

SDDM theme is a modified version of the SilentSDDM project by @uiriansan — a great project, kindly star it on GitHub!