Soft/Hardware That I Use

Here's a comprehensive list of software and hardware which I use, inspired by and for uses.tech. Check out uses.tech for similar /uses pages. orangc.net/uses redirects to this page.

Software

It is easy to discover in detail what software I use, and how they are configured, by examining my NixOS flake.

General

Internet Explorer-chan, don't cry...

• Firefox as my primary web browser.
• Chromium as the web browser which I use for school.
• mpv for playing videos.
• Gwenview for viewing images.
• gpu-screen-recorder for scren recordings.
• Prism Launcher for launching and managing Minecraft instances.

Development

Speak to the machine.

• Python with uv for package management and ruff for code formatting and linting.
• I am learning Rust.
• Nix, the language.
• HTML and CSS with TailwindCSS as my go-to CSS framework.
• Git, for version control.

Editors

Just use nano.

• VSCodium as my code editor.
• Neovim with the nvf configuration framework as a base, also for use as a code editor.
• Micro for quick edits or random notes.

Operating System & Environment

Rice your machines declaratively!

• Android for all mobile hosts.
• NixOS as my operating system on all non-mobile hosts.
• Hyprland as my window manager on all non-mobile hosts.
• Thunar as the file manager.
• Walker as my app launcher.
• Waybar as my bar.
• SwayNotificationCenter as my notification daemon.
• Hyprlock as my lock screen.
• Hypridle for making the computer idle.
• wleave as my logout screen.
• Syshud for the volume/brightness OSD.
• swww for setting wallpapers.

CLI

Stuck in the Age of the Terminal!

• Kitty as my terminal emulator.
• Fish as my shell.
• Starship as my prompt.
• tar for file compression.
• diskus and dust for monitoring disk usage.
• imagemagick, ffmpeg, and yt-dlp for media manipulation.
• microfetch as my fetch, although I don't use it often.
• bat as a replacement for cat, eza as a replacement for ls, fd as a replacement for find, sd as a replacement for sed, and ripgrep as a replacement for grep.
• fzf for fuzzy finding, although I don't use this often.
• zoxide for jumping between directories more easily.

Server / Selfhosting

An at-home lab?! You sound like a mad scientist!

• Caddy as my web server.
• Cloudflare Tunnels for protecting my IP address.
• ConvertX for quickly converting files from one filetype to another.
• Forgejo as my git server.
• Filebrowser for browsing server files.
• Glance as my server dashboard.
• Immich as a Google Photos alternative.
• IT-Tools for handy utilities.
• Jellyfin for hosting and streaming media.
• Microbin as my pastebin.
• Ntfy for scripting notifications.
• SearXNG as my search engine.
• Speedtest Tracker for monitoring internet speeds.
• Technitium as my DNS server.
• Umami for analytics.
• Vaultwarden for password management.
• Zipline for uploading and sharing media.

Browser Extensions

Extensions? How about you extend your height, shortie?

• uBlock Origin for block ads.
• MAL-sync for syncing totally legal streaming sites to MyAnimeList.
• Stylus for custom stylesheets on any webpage.
• Bitwarden for password management. Hooks into my Vaultwarden instance.
• Simple Translate for on the fly translations.
• NightTab for an easily customisable newtab.
• Search with MyAnimeList, no, I'm not a weeb!
• Catppuccin GitHub File Explorer.
• Tampermonkey for custom userscripts. Like Stylus but for JavaScript.
• CanvasBlocker for blocking malicious canvas elements. No painting without my permission!
• ClearURLs keeps the URLs clear.
• Enhanced GitHub for some fun GitHub utilities.
• Refined GitHub for more of the above.

Hardware

Let's get physical.

Hosts

Nix solves this.

• komashi ~ My main desktop; a HP EliteDesk mini PC with an Intel i5-6500T, integrated graphics, 16GiB of RAM, and a 512GiB NVMe SSD. Name is a reference to Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. Runs NixOS.
• sirius ~ Not an actual computer. A portable 128GiB USB meant to be plugged in and booted from live. Name is a reference to Foundation. Runs NixOS.
• gensokyo ~ My homelab/server. An HP EliteDesk mini PC with an Intel i7-6700, integrated graphics, 32GiB of RAM, and a 1TiB NVMe SSD. Name is a reference to Touhou. Runs NixOS.
• evergarden ~ My phone. A Motorola G86 Power; colour is Pantone Spellbound. Runs Android 15.
• asperta ~ My 11th generation Kindle. When I read books, it's primarily on asperta. Name is a reference to Foundation.

Retired hosts:

• babel ~ My phone from 2020, which I used from the summer of 2024 to September 20th, 2025. A Motorola G Power. Name is a reference to Babel, or The Necessity of Violence. Runs Android 11.

Peripherals

• Sony WH-CH520 as my wireless headphones.
• Logitech G305 as my wireless mouse.
• Logitech MK295 as my wireless, silent keyboard.