diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 3b3c351..bc20e61 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ in
       inputs.stylix.nixosModules.stylix
       (mkAliasOptionModule ["hm"] ["home-manager" "users" config.user.name])
       (mkAliasOptionModule ["home"] ["hm" "home"])
+      (mkAliasOptionModule ["create" "configFile"] ["hm" "xdg" "configFile"])
+      (mkAliasOptionModule ["create" "dataFile"] ["hm" "xdg" "dataFile"])
     ]
     ++ (mapModulesRec' (toString ./modules) import);
 
diff --git a/modules/desktop/plasma.nix b/modules/desktop/plasma.nix
index 7f59e9b..f87004e 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/plasma.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/plasma.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,38 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, options, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib.meta) getExe;
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+in
 {
-  services = {
-    xserver.enable = true;
+  options.modules.desktop.plasma = let
+    inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
+  in { enable = mkEnableOption "plasma 6"; };
 
-    displayManager = {
-      sddm = {
-        enable = true;
-        wayland.enable = true;
-      };
-      autoLogin = {
-        enable = true;
-        user = "chris";
+  config = mkIf config.modules.desktop.plasma.enable {
+    services = {
+      xserver.enable = true;
+
+      displayManager = {
+        sddm = {
+          enable = true;
+          wayland.enable = true;
+        };
+        autoLogin = {
+          enable = true;
+          user = "chris";
+        };
       };
+
+      desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
     };
 
-    desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
+    environment.sessionVariables.NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
+
+    environment.plasma6.excludePackages = with pkgs.kdePackages; [
+      konsole
+    ];
+
+    # should enable theme integration with gtk apps (i.e. firefox, thunderbird)
+    programs.dconf.enable = true;
   };
-
-  environment.sessionVariables.NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
-
-  environment.plasma6.excludePackages = with pkgs.kdePackages; [
-    konsole
-  ];
-
-  # should enable theme integration with gtk apps (i.e. firefox, thunderbird)
-  programs.dconf.enable = true;
 }
diff --git a/modules/desktop/terminal/alacrity.nix b/modules/desktop/terminal/alacrity.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f4dfd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/desktop/terminal/alacrity.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+{
+  config,
+  options,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (builtins) toString;
+  inherit (lib.meta) getExe;
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkMerge;
+
+  active = config.modules.themes.active;
+in {
+  options.modules.desktop.terminal.alacritty = let
+    inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
+  in {enable = mkEnableOption "OpenGL terminal emulator";};
+
+  config = mkIf config.modules.desktop.terminal.alacritty.enable {
+    modules.shell.toolset.tmux.enable = true;
+
+    hm.programs.alacritty = {
+      enable = true;
+
+      settings = mkMerge [
+        {
+          env = {
+            TERM = "xterm-256color";
+            WINIT_X11_SCALE_FACTOR = "1.0";
+          };
+
+          window.dynamic_title = true;
+
+          scrolling = {
+            history = 5000;
+            multiplier = 3;
+          };
+
+          selection = {
+            semantic_escape_chars = '',│`|:"' ()[]{}<>'';
+            save_to_clipboard = false;
+          };
+
+          live_config_reload = true;
+
+          shell = {
+            program = "${getExe pkgs.zsh}";
+            args = ["-l" "-c" "tmux new || tmux"];
+          };
+        }
+
+        (mkIf (active != null) {
+          import = ["~/.config/alacritty/config/${active}.toml"];
+        })
+      ];
+    };
+
+    create.configFile = mkIf (active != null) {
+      alacritty-conf = {
+        target = "alacritty/config/${active}.toml";
+        source = let
+          inherit (config.modules.themes.font) mono sans;
+          inherit (config.modules.themes.colors.main) bright normal types;
+
+          tomlFormat = pkgs.formats.toml {};
+        in
+          tomlFormat.generate "alacritty-theme" {
+            font = {
+              builtin_box_drawing = true;
+              size = mono.size;
+
+              normal = {
+                family = "${mono.family}";
+                style = "${sans.weight}";
+              };
+
+              italic = {
+                family = "${mono.family}";
+                style = "${sans.weight} Italic";
+              };
+
+              bold = {
+                family = "${mono.family}";
+                style = "${mono.weight}";
+              };
+
+              bold_italic = {
+                family = "${mono.family}";
+                style = "${mono.weight} Italic";
+              };
+
+              offset = {
+                x = 0;
+                y = 0;
+              };
+              glyph_offset = {
+                x = 0;
+                y = 0;
+              };
+            };
+
+            colors = {
+              primary = {
+                foreground = "${types.fg}";
+                background = "${types.bg}";
+              };
+
+              cursor = {
+                text = "${types.bg}";
+                cursor = "${normal.yellow}";
+              };
+
+              vi_mode_cursor = {
+                text = "${types.bg}";
+                cursor = "${normal.blue}";
+              };
+
+              selection = {
+                text = "${types.bg}";
+                background = "${types.highlight}";
+              };
+
+              normal = {
+                black = "${normal.black}";
+                red = "${normal.red}";
+                green = "${normal.green}";
+                yellow = "${normal.yellow}";
+                blue = "${normal.blue}";
+                magenta = "${normal.magenta}";
+                cyan = "${normal.cyan}";
+                white = "${normal.white}";
+              };
+
+              bright = {
+                black = "${bright.black}";
+                red = "${bright.red}";
+                green = "${bright.green}";
+                yellow = "${bright.yellow}";
+                blue = "${bright.blue}";
+                magenta = "${bright.magenta}";
+                cyan = "${bright.cyan}";
+                white = "${bright.white}";
+              };
+            };
+          };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/desktop/terminal/default.nix b/modules/desktop/terminal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b4b544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/desktop/terminal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ config, options, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkDefault mkIf mkMerge;
+
+  cfg = config.modules.desktop.terminal;
+in {
+  options.modules.desktop.terminal = let
+    inherit (lib.options) mkOption;
+    inherit (lib.types) str;
+  in {
+    default = mkOption {
+      type = str;
+      default = "alacrity";
+      description = "Default terminal";
+      example = "alacrity";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkMerge [
+    {
+      home.sessionVariables.TERMINAL = cfg.default;
+      services.xserver.desktopManager.xterm.enable = mkDefault (cfg.default == "xterm");
+    }
+
+    (mkIf (config.modules.desktop.type == "x11") {
+      services.xserver.excludePackages =
+        mkIf (cfg.default != "xterm") [pkgs.xterm];
+    })
+  ];
+}