diff --git a/modules/home-manager/desktop.nix b/modules/home-manager/desktop.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75f0256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/desktop.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  inputs,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  options = {
+    desktop.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "desktop gui applications";
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.desktop.enable {
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [
+      ghostty
+      google-chrome
+      zathura
+      pavucontrol
+      bolt-launcher
+      libnotify
+      bibata-cursors
+      vesktop
+      rocketchat-desktop
+      telegram-desktop
+      slack
+      jellyfin-media-player
+      cider-2
+      protonmail-bridge
+      ledger-live-desktop
+    ];
+
+    services.dunst.enable = true;
+
+    home.file.".assets".source = inputs.assets;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/dev.nix b/modules/home-manager/dev.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d08f66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/dev.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  inputs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  packages = inputs.self.outputs.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system};
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    dev.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "development tools";
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.dev.enable {
+    home.packages = [
+      pkgs.git
+      packages.git-linearize
+      packages.ggman
+      pkgs.go
+      pkgs.python3
+      pkgs.mdbook
+      pkgs.marksman
+      pkgs.mdformat
+      pkgs.google-cloud-sdk
+      pkgs.google-cloud-sql-proxy
+      packages.ahab
+      pkgs.just
+    ];
+
+    programs.direnv = {
+      enable = true;
+      nix-direnv.enable = true;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/neovim.nix b/modules/home-manager/neovim.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39d9617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/neovim.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  options = {
+    neovim = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption "neovim nightly with lsp support";
+      package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "neovim" { };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.neovim.enable {
+    stylix.targets.neovim.enable = false;
+    programs.neovim = {
+      enable = true;
+      vimAlias = true;
+      defaultEditor = true;
+      inherit (config.neovim) package;
+
+      extraPackages = with pkgs; [
+        # runtime deps
+        gcc
+        luajit
+        nodejs_22
+        tree-sitter
+        gnumake
+        osc
+
+        # search and diff
+        fd
+        ripgrep
+        bat
+        delta
+
+        # language servers
+        pyright
+        typescript-language-server
+        lua-language-server
+        gopls
+        nil
+        nixd
+
+        # formatters
+        nixpkgs-fmt
+        stylua
+      ];
+
+      extraWrapperArgs = [
+        "--suffix"
+        "LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+        ":"
+        "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib ]}"
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/shell.nix b/modules/home-manager/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a4d4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  options = {
+    shell.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "shell utilities";
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.shell.enable {
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [
+      starship
+      fzf
+      htop
+      jc
+      jq
+      openssl
+      pv
+      ripgrep
+      fd
+      tmux
+    ];
+  };
+}