~nicksp 🌮

June 8, 2026 · View on GitHub

My personal dotfiles for configuring macOS with Zsh and Homebrew.

nicksp terminal

Important

Please only open pull requests that fix bugs or add improvements without any breaking changes.

Warning

I recommend forking this repository to create your own set of dotfiles.

Requirements

macOS
Homebrew (the install script will install Homebrew)
Zsh (the install script will install Zsh via Homebrew)

What's in there?

Custom color scheme: Squirrelsong.
Handy CLI scripts.
Coding agents config automation.
Custom zsh theme with Git status, etc. using Starship.
Git aliases.
Zsh aliases.
Obsidian as a second brain.
zsh / fzf.
git / hunk terminal diff viewer.
Sensible macOS defaults.
Visual Studio Code settings synchronization.
Firefox custom styles.
Config for other apps and utils.
macOS apps and VSCode extensions I use.
macOS tips & tricks.

Installation

Point the DNS Servers to Cloudflare DNS
- 1.1.1.1
- 1.0.0.1
- 2606:4700:4700::1111
- 2606:4700:4700::1001
Configure Git and GitHub SSH
1. Generate SSH key and add it to the ssh-agent
2. Add your public SSH key to GitHub account
3. Test your authentication with:
```
ssh -T git@github.com
```
Configure GPG commit signature verification
Install MonoLisa font
Choose manual or automatic dotfiles installation below

Manually

git clone git@github.com:nicksp/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
./setup/zsh.sh
./setup/brew.sh
./setup/misc.sh
./setup/symlinks.sh

Automatically

To automate the setup of your dotfiles on a new machine, use the setup script.

Caution

Use at your own risk!

git clone git@github.com:nicksp/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
~/dotfiles/setup.sh

This will install all required dotfiles in your home directory as symlinks. Everything is then configured via modifying files in ~/dotfiles.

Extras

Set macOS defaults

set-defaults

Use alternative apps icons

Refer to the icons documentation for available icon variants.

Install colors themes

sync-color-themes

Local customizations

The dotfiles can be extended to suit additional local requirements by using the following files:

`~/.zsh.local`

If this file exists, it will be automatically sourced after all the other shell related files allowing its content to add to or overwrite the existing aliases, settings, PATH, etc.

`~/.ssh/config.local`

If this file exists, it will be automatically included after the public SSH hosts to specify any additional SSH hosts.

`~/.gitconfig.local`

If this file exists, it will be automatically included after the configurations from ~/.gitconfig allowing its content to overwrite or add to the existing git configurations.

Tip

Use ~/.gitconfig.local to store sensitive information such as the git user credentials for individual repositories.

Updating

cd ~/dotfiles
git pull
./setup.sh

License

MIT License.