This is a DWM patches from Chris Titus Tech. I’ve tweaked and configured the patches to suit my personal workflow, but it’s simple enough for anyone to use.

Dependencies

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git libx11 libxcb libxinerama libxft imlib2 meson ninja

Debian/Ubuntu-based

sudo apt install build-essential git libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-res0-dev libxinerama-dev libxft-dev libimlib2-dev meson ninja-build

Installation

For Installating necessary dependencies & stuffs run this command:

bash <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/harilvfs/dwm/refs/heads/main/setup.sh)

Setup

git clone https://github.com/harilvfs/dwm
cd dwm/
sudo make clean install

Add this to your ~/.xinitrc

exec dwm

Important

After installation, remember to adjust some keybindings in config.h to fit your use case.

Note

Default keybinding for terminal is mod + x and for rofi is mod + r.

Picom

For transparency settings, check out this ➤ Picom Config.

For the inbuild animation of picom, check out this ➤ FT-LABS

Installation with Animations

To use the inbuilt animations provided by FT-Labs picom, follow the steps below:

git clone https://github.com/FT-Labs/picom.git ~/build/picom
cd ~/build/picom
meson setup --buildtype=release build
sudo ninja -C build install

Dependencies

Assuming you already have all the usual building tools installed (e.g. gcc, python, meson, ninja, etc.)

Project Overview

For one click installing & setup use my Carch Project