Glimt is an opinionated post-installation tool for Debian (Trixie) and Fedora. It streamlines and personalizes your Linux setup—both in the terminal and on the GNOME desktop—by applying sensible defaults, installing essential tools, and delivering a clean, consistent environment that’s ready to use from the start.
To install Glimt, simply run the following command in your terminal:
bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kenguru33/glimt/main/bootstrap.sh)- Do not run this script as the
rootuser - Your user must have sudo privileges
- ZSH setup
- Starship prompt
- Catppuccin color scheme
- Git and related essentials
- Zellij
- Lazyvim
- Kubernetes tools (kubens, kubectx, kubectl, k9s)
- Volta nodejs version management
- BlackBox terminal (Debian core, Fedora optional extra)
- Docker Rootless setup
- LazyDocker
- 1Password CLI
- Azure CLI
- Glimt CLI
- .NET 8
- .NET 10
- btop
- Tiling Shell
- Blur My Shell
- Papirus icon theme
- Gravatar-based user profile image
- Wallpaper and GNOME UI settings
- Adds third-party APT sources
- Kitty Terminal
- BlackBox Terminal
- Visual Studio Code
- JetBrains Toolbox
- Lens Kubernetes Desktop App
- 1Password
- Chrome
- Discord (Fedora: Flatpak)
- Spotify (Fedora: Flatpak)
- TablePlus
- Virtualization Suite with GNOME Boxes
- GitKraken
- Auto-detect NVIDIA GPU and install the newest driver (Debian)
Supports autocomplete.
# install module - Press tab for autocomplete
glimt install <module>
# clean module - Press tab for autocomplete
glimt clean <module>
# Module selection menu
glimt module-selection
# Update glimt
glimt updateglimt install <TAB> and glimt clean <TAB> complete modules from the correct tree:
- Fedora/RHEL:
modules/fedora/andmodules/fedora/extras/ - Debian/Ubuntu:
modules/debian/andmodules/debian/extras/
On Fedora, Git uses git-credential-libsecret (GNOME Keyring). If your user keyring socket isn’t enabled, run:
systemctl --user enable --now gnome-keyring-daemon.socketGlimt helps you go from a fresh install to a fully personalized, ready-to-work system — fast, clean, and consistent.
