mise-bootstrap

Declarative machine setup for Fedora using mise.

What gets installed

System Packages (DNF)

Development tools, CLI utilities, repositories, and applications:

Tool / Group	Description
eza	Modern ls replacement with icons
zoxide	Smarter cd
starship	Cross-shell prompt
fzf	Fuzzy finder
bat	cat with syntax highlighting
ripgrep, fd-find	Fast grep / find replacements
neovim	Vim-fork focused on extensibility
chromium, google-chrome-stable	Browsers
code	Visual Studio Code editor
podman, podman-compose, podman-docker	Native Fedora container engine and CLI emulation
ghostty	Highly performant GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
fastfetch, tmux, htop, jq, tree, vim	CLI essentials
@virtualization	Virtualization stack (qemu, libvirt, etc.)
@development-tools	Compilers, make, etc.

Dev Tools (mise)

Tool	Version
Node.js	LTS
Bun	latest
Java	17
Swift	latest
ast-grep	latest

Dotfiles

Symlinked/configured:

• .config/fish/config.fish — fish shell configuration with path, aliases, and tool integrations
• .gitconfig — Git configuration
• .config/starship.toml — Starship prompt theme

Shell

• Login shell set to /usr/bin/fish
• Starship prompt, zoxide, fzf, and mise integrations.
• Pure Fish configuration with no heavy plugin frameworks required (Fish features built-in autosuggestions and syntax highlighting).

Bootstrap a fresh Fedora machine

# 1. Install mise
curl https://mise.run | sh

# 2. Activate mise in current shell
eval "$(~/.local/bin/mise activate bash)"

# 3. Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/jensdev/mise-bootstrap.git
cd mise-bootstrap

# 4. Run bootstrap
mise bootstrap

That's it. mise bootstrap will:

1. Run the pre-packages hook (setup-repos.sh) to configure external repositories (RPM Fusion, VS Code, Chrome, and COPR).
2. Install all system packages via dnf (including browsers, virtualization, Podman, and utilities).
3. Symlink dotfiles to ~.
4. Set login shell to /usr/bin/fish.
5. Install dev tools (Node.js, Bun, Java, Swift, ast-grep).
6. Run the bootstrap task (post-bootstrap.sh) to:
   • Install Nerd Fonts.
   • Install and symlink Android Studio.
   • Enable and start the libvirtd system service and the user-level podman.socket service.
   • Set up virtualization user group memberships (libvirt, kvm).
   • Configure Flatpak and install applications (Slack, Spotify, Insomnia, Podman Desktop, Gearlever).

Log out and back in (or run fish) to start using your new shell.

Customizing

• Add packages: Edit [bootstrap.packages] in mise.toml
• Add dotfiles: Place files in dotfiles/ and add entries to [system.files]
• Add dev tools: Edit [tools] in mise.toml
• Re-run: mise bootstrap is idempotent — safe to run again