Apps and workflows

Hornero is a desktop product, not a fixed collection of third-party apps. Its Shell owns desktop surfaces, Hornero Config supplies system defaults, and the host decides which optional applications and services are installed. These guides explain how those parts connect and what to check when one is missing.

What is part of Hornero?

The current Preview composition has no ISO or supported installer. It brings together Hornero Shell, horneroctl, and the hornero-config package. Config requires Bash, Git, Python, and python-materialyoucolor; it does not install a complete workstation by itself.

Hornero defaults for optional applications

These programs remain separate host packages. If installed, they can use defaults supplied by Hornero Config:

• Kitty — terminal colors, typography, and key settings; used by the default Super + E Yazi workflow. See Terminal.
• Thunar — file-manager accelerators, bulk rename, and context actions. Super + F asks the host to open its FileManager. See Files.
• CopyQ — clipboard history UI configuration and generated theme colors. See Clipboard.
• Fastfetch, btop, and Cava — terminal summary, resource monitor, and visualizer configuration. See System utilities.
• Git — shared defaults and ignore rules, with no user identity. Add your own name and email before creating commits.
• Fontconfig, GTK, qt6ct, and Papirus — font and application appearance defaults. GTK themes and external icon packages can be missing; Hornero does not download them. See Appearance.
• handlr — optional integration for inspecting file and app handlers. horneroctl uses xdg-mime to update MIME associations.

Host services and applications

• Hyprland runs the configured desktop session. Hornero Config supplies its defaults; see shortcuts.
• Quickshell / Hornero Shell owns bars, Launcher, Dashboard, notifications, OSD, and Control Center. See the desktop guide and Shell documentation.
• exo-open and XDG helpers start the host’s selected terminal, file manager, browser, and MIME handlers. See Default applications.
• Yazi is not a Config package dependency, but Super + E invokes it inside Kitty. The personal workstation profile can install Yazi and preview helpers. See Files.
• cliphist and wl-clipboard can collect Wayland clipboard history; PipeWire, pamixer, pavucontrol, and playerctl provide host audio and media integration. See Clipboard and Media and audio.
• NetworkManager and BlueZ provide host network and Bluetooth services. Control Center exposes their state; see Connectivity.
• sss, grim, slurp, and GPU Screen Recorder provide optional capture backends. See Screenshots and recording.
• Hyprlock and Hypridle support lock and idle behavior. SDDM and Hornero Greeter are separate login components, not part of the current Preview composition. See Lock and login.

Optional personal workstation applications

The public dotfiles repository configures a broader Arch workstation. Its optional applications include Zen Browser, Zsh, tmux, mpv, sxiv, Xarchiver, and audio or studio tools. They are not Hornero release defaults; the relevant workflow pages explain their role.

The release package’s exact dependency metadata is maintained in Hornero Config. The dotfiles repository is a separate, broader workstation configuration. It is useful to understand the personal application setup, but Hornero’s product behavior does not depend on running its provisioning commands.

Follow a workflow

• Terminal — Kitty, the account shell, Zsh, and tmux.
• Files — Thunar, Yazi, previews, archives, and file associations.
• Clipboard — CopyQ, Wayland clipboard history, and privacy.
• Default applications — host app handlers and MIME types.
• Browsing, editing, and documents — browsers, editors, PDFs, and image/file associations.
• Media and audio — PipeWire, volume controls, MPRIS, and players.
• Screenshots and recording — screenshot and recording backends.
• Connectivity — NetworkManager, Bluetooth, and VPN providers.
• System utilities — Git, Fastfetch, btop, Cava, and host helpers.
• Lock and login — session lock versus SDDM login.

These guides describe the current Hornero contract first. Optional personal workstation choices are labelled as such. Historical wiki procedures were reviewed and classified in the source disposition; old paths and dots-* commands are not current instructions.

For a searchable, status-labelled inventory of applications and integrated services, see the application catalogue. It separates Hornero components from optional host apps and the public personal workstation profile.

The catalogue is organized around the work people do: terminal, files and documents, clipboard, capture, and media, and appearance and login.