diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 200a2ec..b4448b3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -231,7 +231,20 @@
 
     # for each hostname, for each user, generate an attribute "${user}@${hostname}"
     homeConfigurations =
-      builtins.listToAttrs (builtins.concatLists
+      {
+        "chayleaf@hysteria" = inputs.home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+          pkgs = mkPkgs {
+            system = "x86_64-linux";
+            overlays = [ overlay ];
+          };
+          extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+          modules = [
+            ./home/hosts/remote.nix 
+            ({ pkgs, ... }: { home.file.hysteria.source = pkgs.hysteria; })
+          ];
+        };
+      }
+      // builtins.listToAttrs (builtins.concatLists
         (lib.flip lib.mapAttrsToList config
           (hostname: { system, home ? {}, ... }:
           let
diff --git a/home/hosts/remote.nix b/home/hosts/remote.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9256e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/hosts/remote.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ inputs
+, ...
+}:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../modules/general.nix
+    inputs.nur.nixosModules.nur
+  ];
+
+  home.stateVersion = "24.05";
+  home.username = "chayleaf";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/chayleaf";
+  minimal = true;
+}
diff --git a/home/modules/fish.nix b/home/modules/fish.nix
index cd8fa58..dfb04b1 100644
--- a/home/modules/fish.nix
+++ b/home/modules/fish.nix
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@
 
       # the following 4 values are special in some way
       # (e.g. even if you use -gx to set them, it won't work)
-      set -U _tide_left_items pwd git vi_mode
+      set -U _tide_left_items context pwd git vi_mode
       set -U _tide_prompt_69105 \x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b34m\x1b\x5b44m\x20\x40PWD\x40\x20\x1b\x5b34m\x1b\x5b40m\ue0b0\x1b\x5b32m\x1b\x5b40m\x20\u276f\x20\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b30m\ue0b0 \x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b30m\ue0b2\x1b\x5b32m\x1b\x5b40m\x20\uf00c\x20\x1b\x5b33m\x1b\x5b40m\ue0b2\x1b\x5b30m\x1b\x5b43m\x2021m\x2023s\x20\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b33m
       set -U _tide_prompt_79899 \x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b34m\x1b\x5b44m\x20\x40PWD\x40\x20\x1b\x5b34m\x1b\x5b40m\ue0b0\x1b\x5b32m\x1b\x5b40m\x20\u276f\x20\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b30m\ue0b0 \x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b30m\ue0b2\x1b\x5b32m\x1b\x5b40m\x20\uf00c\x20\x1b\x5b33m\x1b\x5b40m\ue0b2\x1b\x5b30m\x1b\x5b43m\x2015s\x20\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x28B\x1b\x5bm\x1b\x5b33m
-      set -U _tide_right_items status cmd_duration context jobs rustc nix_shell
+      set -U _tide_right_items status cmd_duration jobs rustc nix_shell
 
       # for the following values, -gx works too (-g doesn't)
       # but it pollutes children's env, so do -U
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       set -U tide_kubectl_color black
       set -U tide_kubectl_icon \u2388
       set -U tide_left_prompt_frame_enabled false
-      set -U tide_left_prompt_items pwd git vi_mode
+      set -U tide_left_prompt_items context pwd git vi_mode
       set -U tide_left_prompt_prefix 
       set -U tide_left_prompt_separator_diff_color \ue0b0
       set -U tide_left_prompt_separator_same_color \ue0b1
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
       set -U tide_pwd_icon_unwritable \uf023
       set -U tide_pwd_markers \x2ebzr \x2ecitc \x2egit \x2ehg \x2enode\x2dversion \x2epython\x2dversion \x2eruby\x2dversion \x2eshorten_folder_marker \x2esvn \x2eterraform Cargo\x2etoml composer\x2ejson CVS go\x2emod package\x2ejson
       set -U tide_right_prompt_frame_enabled false
-      set -U tide_right_prompt_items status cmd_duration context jobs node rustc java php go kubectl toolbox terraform aws nix_shell crystal
+      set -U tide_right_prompt_items status cmd_duration jobs node rustc java php go kubectl toolbox terraform aws nix_shell crystal
       set -U tide_right_prompt_prefix \ue0b2
       set -U tide_right_prompt_separator_diff_color \ue0b2
       set -U tide_right_prompt_separator_same_color \ue0b3
diff --git a/home/modules/general.nix b/home/modules/general.nix
index e92cad4..64879ee 100644
--- a/home/modules/general.nix
+++ b/home/modules/general.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
     ./zsh.nix
     ./fish.nix
   ];
-  manual.json.enable = true;
+  manual.json.enable = !config.minimal;
   services.gpg-agent = {
-    enable = true;
+    enable = !config.minimal;
     enableSshSupport = true;
     maxCacheTtl = 72000;
     maxCacheTtlSsh = 72000;
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
       extraPackages = with pkgs; [
         # utils
         gnused mktemp fzf coreutils-full findutils xdg-utils gnupg whois curl
-        file mediainfo unzip gnutar man rclone sshfs trash-cli
+        file mediainfo unzip gnutar man rclone
         # for preview
         # exa - TODO: replace with eza wrapper?
-        bat
-        libarchive atool
-        glow w3m
+        bat libarchive atool glow
         # for opening
-        p7zip unrar-wrapper odt2txt
+        p7zip unrar-wrapper
+      ] ++ lib.optionals (!config.minimal) [
+        odt2txt w3m sshfs trash-cli
       ];
       plugins = {
         src = pluginSrc;
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@
     home-manager.enable = true;
     # i only use this as a login shell
     bash = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = !config.minimal;
       initExtra = ''
         bind -x '"\C-r": __atuin_history'
         export ATUIN_NOBIND=true
       '';
     };
     git = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = !config.minimal;
       package = pkgs.gitAndTools.gitFull;
       delta.enable = true;
       extraConfig = {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       };
     };
     ssh = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = !config.minimal;
       compression = true;
     };
     tmux = {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
       keyMode = "vi";
     };
     gpg = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = !config.minimal;
       homedir = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/gnupg";
       mutableKeys = true;
       mutableTrust = true;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
       variables.show-mode-in-prompt = true;
     };
     nix-index = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = !config.minimal;
       # don't add pkgs.nix to PATH
       # use the nix that's already in PATH
       # (because I use nix plugins and plugins are nix version-specific)
@@ -168,31 +168,38 @@
     #  vimKeys = true;
     #};
     alot = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = !config.minimal;
       settings = {
         handle_mouse = true;
         initial_command = "search tag:inbox AND NOT tag:killed";
         prefer_plaintext = true;
       };
     };
-    msmtp.enable = true;
+    msmtp.enable = !config.minimal;
     notmuch = {
-      enable = true;
+      enable = !config.minimal;
       hooks.preNew = ''
         ${config.services.mbsync.package}/bin/mbsync --all || ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/true
       '';
     };
-    mbsync.enable = true;
+    mbsync.enable = !config.minimal;
   };
   #services.mbsync.enable = true;
   # TODO: see https://github.com/pazz/alot/issues/1632
-  home.file.".mailcap".text = ''
-    text/html;  ${pkgs.w3m}/bin/w3m -dump -o document_charset=%{charset} -o display_link_number=1 '%s'; nametemplate=%s.html; copiousoutput
-  '';
+  home.file.".mailcap" = lib.mkIf (!config.minimal) {
+    text = ''
+      text/html;  ${pkgs.w3m}/bin/w3m -dump -o document_charset=%{charset} -o display_link_number=1 '%s'; nametemplate=%s.html; copiousoutput
+    '';
+  };
 
-  home.file.".cache/nix-index/files".source = assert config.xdg.cacheHome == "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.cache"; inputs.nix-index-database.packages.${pkgs.system}.nix-index-database;
+  home.file.".cache/nix-index/files" = lib.mkIf (!config.minimal) {
+    source =
+      assert config.xdg.cacheHome == "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.cache";
+      inputs.nix-index-database.packages.${pkgs.system}.nix-index-database;
+  };
 
-  systemd.user.tmpfiles.rules = builtins.map (file: "r!  \"/home/${config.home.username}/${file}\"") [
+  systemd.user.tmpfiles.rules = lib.mkIf (!config.minimal)
+  (builtins.map (file: "r!  \"/home/${config.home.username}/${file}\"") [
     ".local/share/clipman.json"
     ".local/state/lesshst" # I don't need less search history to persist across boots...
     ".Xauthority"
@@ -301,12 +308,14 @@
   ] ++ builtins.map (dir: "x  \"/home/${config.home.username}/${dir}/\"") [
     # WHY DOES THIS KEEP PART OF THE CONFIG
     ".cache/keepassxc"
-  ];
+  ]);
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
     rclone sshfs fuse
     file jq python3Full killall
-    appimage-run comma nix-output-monitor
+    comma nix-output-monitor
     unzip p7zip unrar-wrapper
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!config.minimal) [
+    appimage-run
   ];
 }
diff --git a/home/modules/options.nix b/home/modules/options.nix
index 03d33c6..67192a5 100644
--- a/home/modules/options.nix
+++ b/home/modules/options.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 { lib, config, ... }:
 with lib; {
+  options.minimal = mkOption {
+    type = types.bool;
+    default = false;
+  };
   options.phone = {
     enable = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
diff --git a/home/modules/zsh.nix b/home/modules/zsh.nix
index c5f0caf..368cbe7 100644
--- a/home/modules/zsh.nix
+++ b/home/modules/zsh.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 {
   programs.zsh = {
-    enable = true;
+    enable = !config.minimal;
     # zsh-autosuggestions
     autosuggestion.enable = true;
     # zsh-syntax-highlighting