GNAR

One script. Fresh Arch Linux box becomes a headless home dev server.

What's installed

• zsh, tmux, neovim
• code-server
• Caddy, Docker
• PostgreSQL, Valkey, sqlite
• Node, Python (uv), Ruby
• Rust, Go, Java
• Claude Code
• UFW, fail2ban, hardened sshd
• Snapper + snap-pac (btrfs)
• Mango kiosk dashboard

Install

Fresh Arch with a sudo user. Recommended: btrfs + GRUB.

git clone https://github.com/iammatthias/gnar.git
cd gnar
sudo ./scripts/setup.sh

curl -L https://github.com/iammatthias/gnar/archive/main.tar.gz | tar xz
cd gnar-main
sudo ./scripts/setup.sh

wget https://github.com/iammatthias/gnar/archive/main.tar.gz
tar xzf main.tar.gz
cd gnar-main
sudo ./scripts/setup.sh

Reboot when it finishes. Run gnar-help.

Uninstall

sudo ./scripts/uninstall.sh