--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/zsh.nix	Mon Sep 28 13:10:19 2026 -0500
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+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.zsh = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableCompletion = true;
+    autosuggestion.enable = true;
+    syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
+
+    history = {
+      size = 10000;
+      save = 10000;
+      ignoreAllDups = true;
+      share = true;
+      path = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/zsh/history";
+    };
+
+    shellAliases = {
+      ll = "ls -lah";
+      rebuild = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .";
+      hf = "hyfetch";
+      fastfetch = "hyfetch";
+      ff = "hyfetch";
+    };
+
+    initContent = ''
+      setopt autocd interactivecomments
+      bindkey -e
+      zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list 'm:{a-z}={A-Za-z}'
+      zstyle ':completion:*' menu select
+      hyfetch
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # keeps you in zsh inside nix-shell and nix develop
+  programs.nix-your-shell = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableZshIntegration = true;
+  };
+}