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What is this project?

This is a complete PowerShell configuration system designed for Windows 11 developers who want a modern, efficient terminal experience. It transforms PowerShell into a powerful development environment with beautiful prompts, smart completions, and integrated CLI tools. The configuration uses a modular architecture with numbered prefixes, making it easy to understand load order and customize individual components without breaking the entire setup.

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Who is this for?

This configuration is perfect for:
  • Windows developers who want a Unix-like terminal experience without leaving PowerShell
  • DevOps engineers managing both Windows and WSL environments
  • Power users who prefer keyboard-driven workflows and modern CLI tools
  • Anyone migrating from Fish/Zsh/Bash and wants similar functionality in PowerShell
  • Developers who value beautiful, functional terminal environments
This configuration works best with WezTerm terminal emulator and requires a Nerd Font for icon support.

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Problems it solves

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1. Fragmented PowerShell configuration

Unlike Unix shells with ~/.config directories, PowerShell’s $PROFILE often becomes a monolithic file that’s hard to maintain. This project provides:
  • Modular structure with separate files for aliases, tools, functions, and completions
  • Numbered prefixes (00-init.ps1, 10-environment.ps1, etc.) for clear load order
  • Easy debugging - disable individual modules by renaming or moving files

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2. Missing modern CLI tools

Windows lacks many Unix tools developers rely on. This configuration integrates: 
cat README.md  # Uses bat with syntax highlighting

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3. Poor terminal experience

Out-of-the-box PowerShell lacks:
  • ❌ No syntax highlighting in file previews
  • ❌ No fuzzy finding for files/history
  • ❌ No smart directory jumping
  • ❌ Basic, uninformative prompts
This configuration fixes all of that:
  • ✅ Oh My Posh - Beautiful, informative prompts with git status
  • ✅ FZF integration - Fuzzy find files, directories, and command history
  • ✅ PSReadLine - Advanced history search and predictive IntelliSense
  • ✅ Vesper color theme - Warm, readable color palette throughout

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4. Inconsistent development workflow

Jumping between Windows, WSL, and remote systems creates friction. This setup provides:
  • Unified git workflows with short aliases (gs, ga, gc, etc.)
  • WSL integration helpers for seamless file transfers
  • HTTPie shortcuts for API testing (hget, hpost)
  • Archive extraction that works like Unix (extract file.tar.gz)

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Key features

All configuration lives in ~/.config/powershell/ with:
  • conf.d/*.ps1 - Loaded in numbered order
  • functions/*.ps1 - Custom utilities and helpers
  • Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 - Entry point that loads everything
  • .gitignore - Excludes machine-specific settings (99-local.ps1)
  • fzf - Fuzzy finder for files, directories, history
  • bat - cat with syntax highlighting
  • eza - ls with icons and git integration
  • zoxide - Smart directory jumping
  • ripgrep - Fast recursive search
  • delta - Beautiful git diffs
  • lazygit - Terminal UI for git
  • fastfetch - System info display
  • btop - Resource monitor
  • jq - JSON processor
  • PSReadLine - History search with arrow keys, predictive text
  • PSFzf - Deep PowerShell + fzf integration
    • Ctrl+R - Search command history
    • Ctrl+T - Find files with preview
    • Alt+C - Navigate directories
  • Terminal-Icons - File and folder icons
  • Enhanced tab completions for git, docker, npm, winget, scoop
  • mkcd - Create directory and cd into it
  • rfv - Ripgrep + fzf interactive search, open in editor
  • jqc - Parse JSON from clipboard
  • backup - Create timestamped backups
  • extract - Universal archive extraction
  • reload - Reload PowerShell configuration
  • WSL helpers - wsl-here, Copy-ToWSL, Copy-FromWSL
A warm, readable color palette designed for long coding sessions:
  • Dark charcoal background (#101010)
  • Warm orange accents (#FFC799)
  • Muted, easy-to-read text (#B0B0B0)
  • Consistent across FZF, bat, Oh My Posh

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Architecture overview

The configuration follows this load sequence: 
$PROFILE (symlinked)
  ↓
Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
  ↓
conf.d/
  ├── 00-init.ps1          → Core settings, PSReadLine
  ├── 10-environment.ps1   → Editor chain, PATH, env vars
  ├── 20-aliases.ps1       → Git, lazygit, httpie shortcuts
  ├── 30-tools.ps1         → bat, eza, zoxide, fzf config
  ├── 40-completions.ps1   → Tab completions
  ├── 50-functions.ps1     → Load custom functions
  ├── 60-prompt.ps1        → Oh My Posh initialization
  └── 99-local.ps1         → Machine-specific (gitignored)
The numbered prefixes are critical. For example, aliases (20) must load after environment variables (10) so tools are in $PATH. Prompt (60) loads last for clean startup.

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What’s next?

Follow the Quickstart guide to install prerequisites and set up the configuration in under 15 minutes.

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