Convention: an off-by-default feature that needs nomarchy.* settings in the
downstream files should appear commented-out in templates/downstream/{home,
system}.nix, so a new install enables it by uncommenting + tweaking rather
than hunting the docs for the option name. Apply it now: night light,
nomarchy.monitors, per-device keyboard layouts (home.nix) and power
management (system.nix). Also fix the stale keyboard.layout note
(console/LUKS follow xkb automatically now). Documented in README S6.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
My Nomarchy machine
- Overwrite the placeholder hardware config with the real one:
nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config > hardware-configuration.nix - Set
flake.nixup once (Nomarchy repo URL, your username, optionally ahardwareProfilefrom https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware — an unknown name fails the rebuild with suggestions). After that the flake is never touched again: your machine lives insystem.nix(hostname, services — the login user is created fromusernameautomatically) andhome.nix(your packages). git init && git add -A— flakes only see tracked files, includingtheme-state.json.- System:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#default - Desktop:
nix run home-manager -- switch --flake .#me(afterwards justhome-manager switch --flake .#me— it's installed) - Clone/symlink this directory to
~/.nomarchy(or exportNOMARCHY_PATH) sonomarchy-theme-syncknows where the state lives.
Day-to-day:
nomarchy-theme-sync list # 21 shipped presets
nomarchy-theme-sync apply gruvbox # writes state + home-manager switch
nomarchy-theme-sync bg next # cycle wallpapers (instant, no rebuild)
The system layer only needs nixos-rebuild when you change system.nix.