BlackKali Dotfiles (Soon)

A minimal, old-school hacker aesthetic inspired by Kali Linux 1.x and BlackArch Fluxbox.
Black backgrounds, red accents, Terminus font — built for focus.

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         BlackKali Dotfiles

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Stack

Component	Tool
Window Manager	Fluxbox 1.3.7
Terminal	XTerm
Multiplexer	tmux + oh-my-tmux
Launcher	Rofi
Notifications	Dunst
Font	Terminus 12
Shell	Bash

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Palette

Role	Hex	Preview
Background	#000000	⬛
Foreground	#F8F8F2	🔳
Accent / Borders	#cc0000	🔴
Prompt / Alerts	#cc0000	🔴
Inactive text	#555555	⬜
Selection	#3a0000	🟥

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Structure

blackkali-dotfiles/
├── README.md
├── install.sh
├── fluxbox/
│   ├── init
│   ├── keys
│   ├── menu
│   ├── startup
│   └── styles/
│       └── blackkali
├── rofi/
│   ├── config.rasi
│   └── blackkali.rasi
├── dunst/
│   └── dunstrc
├── xterm/
│   └── .Xresources
└── tmux/
    └── .tmux.conf.local

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Install

Fluxbox

mkdir -p ~/.fluxbox/styles
cp fluxbox/init ~/.fluxbox/init
cp fluxbox/keys ~/.fluxbox/keys
cp fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu
cp fluxbox/startup ~/.fluxbox/startup
cp fluxbox/styles/blackkali ~/.fluxbox/styles/blackkali
chmod +x ~/.fluxbox/startup

Rofi

mkdir -p ~/.config/rofi
cp rofi/config.rasi ~/.config/rofi/config.rasi
cp rofi/blackkali.rasi ~/.config/rofi/blackkali.rasi

Dunst

mkdir -p ~/.config/dunst
cp dunst/dunstrc ~/.config/dunst/dunstrc

XTerm

cp xterm/.Xresources ~/.Xresources
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

tmux (oh-my-tmux)

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux.git
ln -s -f .tmux/.tmux.conf
cp tmux/.tmux.conf.local ~/.tmux.conf.local

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⌨️ Keybindings (Fluxbox)

Shortcut	Action
Win + Enter	Open XTerm
Win + D	Rofi launcher
Win + Q	Close window
Win + Shift + Q	Kill window
Win + F	Open Thunar
Win + 1-9	Switch workspace
Win + Shift + 1-9	Send window to workspace
Alt + Tab	Next window

XTerm

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy
Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste
Ctrl + Shift + =	Increase font size
Ctrl + -	Decrease font size
Ctrl + 0	Reset font size
Middle click	Paste selection

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Dependencies

sudo apt install -y \
  fluxbox \
  xterm \
  rofi \
  dunst \
  libnotify-bin \
  tmux \
  feh \
  thunar \
  fonts-terminus \
  xfonts-terminus \
  picom

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Recommended for Kali Linux

This theme is optimized for Kali Linux 2026.x running Fluxbox as the window manager alongside XFCE (both can coexist — select Fluxbox from LightDM at login).

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Screenshots

• Stay focused. 💀