diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-iso.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build-iso.yaml
index ec56cb5..68fa23d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-iso.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-iso.yaml
@@ -22,9 +22,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup local AUR repo
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          shopt -s nullglob
           mkdir -p /tmp/localrepo
           cp localrepo/*.pkg.tar.zst localrepo/local-aur.db* localrepo/local-aur.files* /tmp/localrepo/
           sed -i 's|file:///home/alvin/AlvinArch/localrepo|file:///tmp/localrepo|' pacman.conf
+          # The medium needs its own copy: the ISO's /etc/pacman.conf points
+          # [local-aur] at file:///opt/localrepo, which pacstrap reads at
+          # install time to resolve packages that are not in the official repos
+          # (built during the ISO build and harvested there by
+          # airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh).
+          mkdir -p airootfs/opt/localrepo
+          shipped=(localrepo/*.pkg.tar.zst localrepo/local-aur.db* localrepo/local-aur.files*)
+          if (( ${#shipped[@]} > 0 )); then
+            cp -L "${shipped[@]}" airootfs/opt/localrepo/
+          fi
+          echo "airootfs/opt/localrepo: $(ls airootfs/opt/localrepo | wc -l) file(s)"
 
       - name: Install archiso and dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fa2b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Multi-GB mkarchiso output (see AGENTS.md build command)
+work/
+out/
+
+# In-image copy of localrepo/ — populated by localrepo/update.sh and
+# .gitea/workflows/build-iso.yaml, shipped as /opt/localrepo on the ISO
+airootfs/opt/localrepo/
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 1165850..e6b7960 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ sudo mkarchiso -v -w work -o out/ .
 ./localrepo/update.sh pkg1.pkg.tar.zst   # add files, then re-index
 ```
 
+`update.sh` also refreshes `airootfs/opt/localrepo/` (the copy that ships on the
+ISO), so run it after touching `localrepo/` before building.
+
 ## CI Checks (must pass before merge)
 
 - **ShellCheck**: all `.sh` files checked with `shellcheck -x -s bash`
@@ -32,6 +35,13 @@ sudo mkarchiso -v -w work -o out/ .
 2. **`localrepo/*.pkg.tar.zst`** — pre-built AUR packages. The `local-aur` repo is configured in `pacman.conf` and picked up by mkarchiso automatically.
 3. **`build-end4-deps.sh`** — builds end-4 AUR deps at build time.
 
+There is a **fourth source**: `customize_airootfs.sh` runs end-4's own
+`./setup install-deps` inside the image (as a throwaway `ii-builder` account),
+which resolves and compiles everything the dotfiles need (quickshell, MicroTeX,
+theming, fonts, ...). Those packages are installed in the live system, land in
+`pkglist.x86_64.txt`, and are harvested into `/opt/localrepo` so pacstrap can
+install them into the target without the network.
+
 **Important**: `localrepo/update.sh` auto-appends new package names to `packages.x86_64`. If you remove a package from `packages.x86_64` that exists in `localrepo/`, it will be re-added on the next `update.sh` run.
 
 ## Key Files
@@ -42,14 +52,23 @@ sudo mkarchiso -v -w work -o out/ .
 | `profiledef.sh` | ISO metadata, compression, boot modes |
 | `pacman.conf` | Repos: cachyos → core → extra → multilib → chaotic-aur → local-aur |
 | `bootstrap_packages` | Minimal build-time packages (`base`, `arch-install-scripts`) |
-| `airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh` | Runs inside chroot during build: keyrings, oh-my-zsh, lazy.nvim, plugins |
+| `airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh` | Runs inside chroot during build: keyrings, skel dotfiles (incl. end4-pC), qsConfig patch, end-4 `install-deps`, package harvest, uv/font pre-warm |
+| `airootfs/root/.live-pacman.conf` | `/etc/pacman.conf` of the built image (adds `[local-aur]` = `file:///opt/localrepo`) |
+| `airootfs/usr/local/bin/alvin-install` | Installer: partitions, pacstrap, user, end-4 dotfiles (`--skip-alldeps`), boot |
 | `localrepo/build-end4-deps.sh` | Non-interactive AUR builds for end-4 dependencies |
-| `localrepo/update.sh` | Regenerates localrepo DB + syncs names to packages.x86_64 |
+| `localrepo/update.sh` | Regenerates localrepo DB, syncs names to packages.x86_64, syncs `airootfs/opt/localrepo/` |
 
 ## Gotchas
 
 - The profile root is the **repo root** (not a `releng/` subdirectory). The CI build-iso workflow uses `mkarchiso -v -w work -o out/ releng` but this is a naming convention — the actual profile files live at the repo root.
-- `customize_airootfs.sh` clones git repos (oh-my-zsh, lazy.nvim, plugins) into `/etc/skel` during the ISO build. These require network access at build time but make the live ISO work offline.
+- `customize_airootfs.sh` clones git repos (oh-my-zsh, lazy.nvim, plugins, end-4 dots) into `/etc/skel` and `/opt` during the ISO build. These require network access at build time but make the live ISO work offline.
+- `customize_airootfs.sh` runs `./setup install-deps -f -s --skip-plasmaintg` as the throwaway user `ii-builder` (end-4's scripts refuse to run as root) and aborts the build if it fails. `--skip-plasmaintg` is deliberate: that optional Firefox widget pulls 410 packages / 526 MiB of KDE.
 - The `[local-aur]` repo path in `pacman.conf` (`file:///home/alvin/alvinarch/localrepo`) is for local builds only. The CI does not use this path.
+- The **image** ships its own `[local-aur]` at `file:///opt/localrepo` (see `.live-pacman.conf`). It holds `localrepo/` (copied by CI/`update.sh`) plus everything `install-deps` built. pacstrap runs without `-P`, so the target keeps the stock `/etc/pacman.conf`; `alvin-install` strips `[local-aur]` from it anyway as a safety net, because `/opt/localrepo` exists only on the medium.
+- `alvin-install` runs end-4 with `--skip-alldeps` — dependencies must come from the ISO. It feeds `yes i` to end-4's failure prompt: inside the installer chroot the medium's `/run` is bind-mounted in, so end-4's `systemctl --machine=…@.host --user enable … --now` lines can never work (and `--now` would start services on the live medium). `install_end4_dots` re-applies the enable-only part (bluetooth, ydotool, i2c module) outside the chroot and reports every step end-4 had to skip. If the end-4 step reports "incomplete", check that `hyprctl`/`quickshell`/the venv were resolvable (harvest) before re-running anything.
+- `/etc/skel/.cache/uv` + `/etc/skel/.local/share/uv/python` are pre-warmed by the build (~460 MB: CPython 3.12 and the pinned wheel cache) so end-4's `uv venv`/`uv pip install` at install time needs no network.
+- **end4-pC** (`pctrade/end4-pC`) is the default quickshell config: cloned into `/etc/skel/.config/quickshell/end4-pC` at build time, selected by patching `hl.env("qsConfig", "ii")` → `"end4-pC"` in the **staged** `/opt/dots-hyprland/dots/.config/hypr/hyprland/variables.lua` (there is no `hypr/hyprland/` in this repo — `./setup install` copies it to the installed system). `alvin-install` re-copies end4-pC into the user's home *after* `./setup install`, because end-4's installer `rsync --delete`s all of `~/.config/quickshell`.
+- `airootfs/etc/skel/.config/illogical-impulse/presets/` carries the user's presets (`Laptop.json`, `Personal-Performance.json`, `Personal-Performance.zip`). They embed `/home/alvin/...` paths, so wallpapers/screenshots need fixing up after install.
 - End-4 metapackages are built from `localrepo/end4-pkgbuilds/` (quickshell-git, bibata-modern-classic-bin, microtex-git).
 - `packages.x86_64` is sorted alphabetically. Keep it sorted when adding/removing entries.
+- `airootfs/opt/localrepo/` is a build artifact (gitignored) — never commit it.
diff --git a/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/fish/config.fish b/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/fish/config.fish
index f10482d..865156c 100644
--- a/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/fish/config.fish
+++ b/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/fish/config.fish
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if status is-interactive
     alias celar "printf '\033[2J\033[3J\033[1;1H'"
     alias claer "printf '\033[2J\033[3J\033[1;1H'"
     alias pamcan pacman
-    alias q 'qs -c ii'
+    alias q 'qs -c end4-pC'
     if test "$TERM" != "linux"
         alias ls 'eza --icons'
     end
diff --git a/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/illogical-impulse/presets/Laptop.json b/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/illogical-impulse/presets/Laptop.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ea31fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/illogical-impulse/presets/Laptop.json
@@ -0,0 +1,677 @@
+{
+  "appearance": {
+    "extraBackgroundTint": true,
+    "fakeScreenRounding": 0,
+    "fonts": {
+      "expressive": "Space Grotesk",
+      "iconNerd": "JetBrains Mono NF",
+      "main": "Google Sans Flex",
+      "monospace": "JetBrains Mono NF",
+      "numbers": "Google Sans Flex",
+      "reading": "Readex Pro",
+      "title": "Google Sans Flex"
+    },
+    "palette": {
+      "accentColor": "",
+      "type": "scheme-tonal-spot"
+    },
+    "transparency": {
+      "automatic": true,
+      "backgroundTransparency": 0.11,
+      "contentTransparency": 0.57,
+      "enable": false
+    },
+    "wallpaperTheming": {
+      "enableAppsAndShell": true,
+      "enableQtApps": true,
+      "enableTerminal": true,
+      "terminalGenerationProps": {
+        "forceDarkMode": false,
+        "harmonizeThreshold": 100,
+        "harmony": 0.5,
+        "termFgBoost": 0.35
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "apps": {
+    "bluetooth": "kcmshell6 kcm_bluetooth",
+    "changePassword": "kitty -1 --hold=yes fish -i -c 'passwd'",
+    "manageUser": "kcmshell6 kcm_users",
+    "network": "kcmshell6 kcm_networkmanagement",
+    "networkEthernet": "kcmshell6 kcm_networkmanagement",
+    "taskManager": "plasma-systemmonitor --page-name Processes",
+    "terminal": "kitty -1",
+    "update": "kitty -1 --hold=yes fish -i -c 'pkexec pacman -Syu'",
+    "volumeMixer": "~/.config/hypr/hyprland/scripts/launch_first_available.sh \"pavucontrol-qt\" \"pavucontrol\""
+  },
+  "background": {
+    "blurRadius": 32,
+    "centeredWallpaper": false,
+    "centeredWallpaperColor": "primaryContainer",
+    "centeredWallpaperOnlyWhenLocked": false,
+    "centeredWallpaperShape": "Cookie7Sided",
+    "centeredWallpaperSize": 400,
+    "enableWallpaperPreview": false,
+    "hideWhenFullscreen": true,
+    "lockWall": "",
+    "parallax": {
+      "autoVertical": false,
+      "enableSidebar": true,
+      "enableWorkspace": true,
+      "vertical": false,
+      "widgetsFactor": 1.2,
+      "workspaceZoom": 1.07
+    },
+    "screenList": [],
+    "showBlur": true,
+    "showGrid": true,
+    "showSnapLines": true,
+    "splitRatio": "25",
+    "splitSide": "right",
+    "thumbnailPath": "",
+    "wallpaperAnimation": "random",
+    "wallpaperPath": "/home/alvin/Pictures/Wallpapers/Dynamic-Wallpapers/Dark/japan-street-Dark.png",
+    "widgets": {
+      "blurRadius": 32,
+      "blurWidgets": false,
+      "calendar": {
+        "enable": true,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "sizeMode": "2x2",
+        "x": 1596,
+        "y": 744,
+        "z": 4
+      },
+      "clock": {
+        "color": "",
+        "cookie": {
+          "aiStyling": false,
+          "constantlyRotate": false,
+          "dateInClock": true,
+          "dateStyle": "bubble",
+          "dialNumberStyle": "full",
+          "hourHandStyle": "hollow",
+          "hourMarks": false,
+          "minuteHandStyle": "medium",
+          "secondHandStyle": "line",
+          "sides": 12,
+          "timeIndicators": true,
+          "useSineCookie": false
+        },
+        "digital": {
+          "adaptiveAlignment": true,
+          "animateChange": true,
+          "font": {
+            "family": "Google Sans Flex",
+            "roundness": 1.1290989771359807,
+            "size": 129.49608904933814,
+            "weight": 595.725165314564,
+            "width": 99.44532190132371
+          },
+          "showDate": true,
+          "vertical": false
+        },
+        "enable": true,
+        "pixel": {
+          "orientation": "vertical"
+        },
+        "placementStrategy": "leastBusy",
+        "quote": {
+          "enable": true,
+          "followClock": false,
+          "text": "Kawaī neko o zenbu tabe chaimasu."
+        },
+        "showOnlyWhenLocked": false,
+        "style": "digital",
+        "styleLocked": "cookie",
+        "x": 1423,
+        "y": 383,
+        "z": 3
+      },
+      "customImage": {
+        "enable": true,
+        "path": "",
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "shape": "Cookie4Sided",
+        "size": 200,
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "customText": {
+        "alignment": "center",
+        "color": "",
+        "content": "Hello world",
+        "enable": true,
+        "fontFamily": "Caveat",
+        "fontSize": 72,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "shadow": true,
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 300,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "images": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "media": {
+        "backgroundShape": "Cookie4Sided",
+        "enable": true,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "showControls": true,
+        "showLyrics": false,
+        "showTitles": true,
+        "sizeMode": "1x3",
+        "x": 744,
+        "y": 876,
+        "z": 1
+      },
+      "notes": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "resources": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "vertical": false,
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "shadow": true,
+      "sticker": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "items": [],
+        "outlineColor": "#ffffff",
+        "outlineWidth": 8,
+        "path": "",
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "rotation": 0,
+        "size": 200,
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "timers": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "vertical": false,
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "todo": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "userCard": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "sizeMode": "1x2",
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "visualizer": {
+        "colorSource": "theme",
+        "enable": true,
+        "height": 343,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "ringSize": 380,
+        "sensitivity": 1.65,
+        "style": "mirror",
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0,
+        "z": -1000
+      },
+      "weather": {
+        "enable": false,
+        "expanded": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "mostBusy",
+        "sizeMode": "1x3",
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      },
+      "worldClock": {
+        "clockCount": 4,
+        "enable": false,
+        "placementStrategy": "free",
+        "sizeMode": "2x2",
+        "timezones": [
+          "Australia/Sydney",
+          "Asia/Tokyo",
+          "Europe/London",
+          "America/New_York"
+        ],
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 100,
+        "z": 0
+      }
+    },
+    "widgetsLocked": false
+  },
+  "bar": {
+    "autoHide": {
+      "enable": false,
+      "hoverRegionWidth": 2,
+      "pushWindows": false,
+      "showWhenPressingSuper": {
+        "delay": 140,
+        "enable": true
+      }
+    },
+    "borderless": "transparent",
+    "bottom": false,
+    "centerOnlyReserveFrame": false,
+    "cornerStyle": 3,
+    "divider": {
+      "spacing": 20,
+      "style": "rect"
+    },
+    "dynamicIsland": {
+      "leftWidget": "clockWidget",
+      "rightWidget": "systemIcons",
+      "showMediaControls": false,
+      "visualizerStyle": "wave"
+    },
+    "floatStyleShadow": true,
+    "followFrameColor": false,
+    "frameColor": "secondaryContainer",
+    "frameThickness": 4,
+    "groupColor": "layer1",
+    "indicators": {
+      "notifications": {
+        "showUnreadCount": true
+      }
+    },
+    "layouts": {
+      "leftLayout": [
+        "leftSidebarButton",
+        "activeWindow",
+        "resources"
+      ],
+      "middleLayout": [
+        "media",
+        "clockWidget",
+        "workspaces",
+        "utilButtons",
+        "weatherBar",
+        "batteryIndicator"
+      ],
+      "rightLayout": [
+        "sysTray",
+        "updatesCount",
+        "bluetooth",
+        "systemIcons"
+      ]
+    },
+    "media": {
+      "alwaysVisible": false,
+      "maxWidth": 280,
+      "minWidth": 100,
+      "onlyTitle": false,
+      "preferredPlayer": "",
+      "showLyrics": false
+    },
+    "resources": {
+      "alwaysShowCpu": true,
+      "alwaysShowCpuTemp": true,
+      "alwaysShowDisk": false,
+      "alwaysShowRam": true,
+      "alwaysShowSwap": false,
+      "cpuWarningThreshold": 90,
+      "memoryWarningThreshold": 95,
+      "showValue": true,
+      "style": "outline",
+      "swapWarningThreshold": 85
+    },
+    "screenList": [],
+    "showBackground": true,
+    "showFrame": false,
+    "tooltips": {
+      "clickToShow": false,
+      "enable": true
+    },
+    "topLeftIcon": "spark",
+    "utilButtons": {
+      "isRecording": false,
+      "showColorPicker": false,
+      "showDarkModeToggle": false,
+      "showKeyboardToggle": true,
+      "showMicToggle": true,
+      "showPerformanceProfileToggle": true,
+      "showScreenRecord": false,
+      "showScreenSnip": false,
+      "showWallpaperToggle": false
+    },
+    "verbose": true,
+    "vertical": false,
+    "workspaces": {
+      "alwaysShowNumbers": true,
+      "indicatorStyle": "dot",
+      "monochromeIcons": true,
+      "numberMap": [],
+      "showAppIcons": true,
+      "showNumberDelay": 200,
+      "shown": 10,
+      "useNerdFont": false
+    }
+  },
+  "calendar": {
+    "locale": "en-GB"
+  },
+  "conflictKiller": {
+    "autoKillNotificationDaemons": true,
+    "autoKillTrays": true
+  },
+  "crosshair": {
+    "code": "0;P;d;1;0l;10;0o;2;1b;0"
+  },
+  "custom": {
+    "colorizeIcon": true,
+    "distroIcon": "google-gemini-symbolic"
+  },
+  "dock": {
+    "enable": true,
+    "height": 60,
+    "hoverRegionHeight": 2,
+    "hoverToReveal": true,
+    "ignoredAppRegexes": [],
+    "monochromeIcons": false,
+    "pinnedApps": [
+      "org.kde.dolphin",
+      "zen"
+    ],
+    "pinnedOnStartup": false,
+    "showAppsButton": true,
+    "showBackground": true,
+    "showMedia": true,
+    "showPinButton": true
+  },
+  "hacks": {
+    "arbitraryRaceConditionDelay": 20
+  },
+  "hyprland": {
+    "animations": {
+      "animation": "normal",
+      "enable": true
+    },
+    "decoration": {
+      "activeOpacity": 1,
+      "blur": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "passes": 3,
+        "size": 1
+      },
+      "inactiveOpacity": 0.95,
+      "rounding": 22,
+      "shadow": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "range": 4
+      }
+    },
+    "general": {
+      "borderColor": {
+        "activeOpacity": 0.47,
+        "activeRole": "layer0Border",
+        "enable": false,
+        "inactiveOpacity": 0.2,
+        "inactiveRole": "layer0Border"
+      },
+      "borderSize": 1,
+      "gapsIn": 2,
+      "gapsOut": 5
+    },
+    "idle": {
+      "lock": 300,
+      "screenOff": 600,
+      "suspend": 10800
+    }
+  },
+  "interactions": {
+    "deadPixelWorkaround": {
+      "enable": false
+    },
+    "scrolling": {
+      "fasterTouchpadScroll": false,
+      "mouseScrollDeltaThreshold": 120,
+      "mouseScrollFactor": 120,
+      "touchpadScrollFactor": 450
+    }
+  },
+  "launcher": {
+    "pinnedApps": [
+      "org.kde.dolphin",
+      "kitty",
+      "cmake-gui"
+    ]
+  },
+  "light": {
+    "antiFlashbang": {
+      "enable": false
+    },
+    "night": {
+      "automatic": false,
+      "colorTemperature": 5559,
+      "from": "19:00",
+      "to": "06:30"
+    }
+  },
+  "lock": {
+    "blur": {
+      "enable": false,
+      "extraZoom": 1.1,
+      "radius": 100,
+      "size": 20
+    },
+    "centerClock": true,
+    "launchOnStartup": false,
+    "materialShapeChars": true,
+    "security": {
+      "requirePasswordToPower": true,
+      "unlockKeyring": true
+    },
+    "showLockedText": true,
+    "showMedia": true,
+    "showToolbars": true,
+    "showWidgets": false,
+    "useHyprlock": false
+  },
+  "media": {
+    "filterDuplicatePlayers": true
+  },
+  "notifications": {
+    "position": "top_right",
+    "timeout": 7000
+  },
+  "osd": {
+    "timeout": 3000
+  },
+  "osk": {
+    "layout": "qwerty_full",
+    "pinnedOnStartup": false
+  },
+  "overlay": {
+    "clickthroughOpacity": 0.8,
+    "darkenScreen": false,
+    "floatingImage": {
+      "imageSource": "https://media.tenor.com/H5U5bJzj3oAAAAAi/kukuru.gif",
+      "scale": 0.5
+    },
+    "openingZoomAnimation": true
+  },
+  "overview": {
+    "centerIcons": true,
+    "columns": 5,
+    "enable": true,
+    "orderBottomUp": false,
+    "orderRightLeft": false,
+    "rows": 2,
+    "scale": 0.18,
+    "style": "default"
+  },
+  "panelFamily": "ii",
+  "policies": {
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diff --git a/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/illogical-impulse/presets/Personal-Performance.json b/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/illogical-impulse/presets/Personal-Performance.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a0e5be
--- /dev/null
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diff --git a/airootfs/root/.live-pacman.conf b/airootfs/root/.live-pacman.conf
index a1db41a..6b6b1da 100644
--- a/airootfs/root/.live-pacman.conf
+++ b/airootfs/root/.live-pacman.conf
@@ -48,4 +48,13 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/cachyos-mirrorlist
 
 [chaotic-aur]
 SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
-Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
\ No newline at end of file
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
+
+[local-aur]
+# Ships on the medium only: packages built at ISO build time (end-4
+# dependencies, plus localrepo/). Keeps pacstrap from needing the network for
+# anything that is not in the official repos. alvin-install strips this whole
+# section from the target system's pacman.conf, because /opt/localrepo exists
+# only on the live medium.
+SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+Server = file:///opt/localrepo
diff --git a/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh b/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
index 9ca5f60..56c3bb5 100644
--- a/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
+++ b/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,181 @@ if [[ ! -d "${NVIM_DATA}/lazy/lazy.nvim" ]]; then
     https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git "${NVIM_DATA}/lazy/lazy.nvim"
 fi
 
+# ── end-4 dots-hyprland, staged for alvin-install (avoids a clone at install) ─
+DOTS_REPO="/opt/dots-hyprland"
+if [[ ! -d "${DOTS_REPO}/.git" ]]; then
+  echo "[customize] Cloning end-4 dots-hyprland..."
+  git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland.git "${DOTS_REPO}"
+  git -C "${DOTS_REPO}" submodule update --init --depth=1
+fi
+
+# ── end4-pC: the default quickshell config, shipped in skel ──────────────────
+# pctrade/end4-pC is a fork of the ii shell config. It lives next to ii in
+# ~/.config/quickshell and does not modify it; which one runs is decided by
+# qsConfig (patched just below). The repo has no submodules.
+if [[ ! -d "${SKEL}/.config/quickshell/end4-pC" ]]; then
+  echo "[customize] Cloning end4-pC quickshell config into skel..."
+  git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/pctrade/end4-pC.git \
+    "${SKEL}/.config/quickshell/end4-pC"
+fi
+
+# ── Default quickshell config: ii -> end4-pC ─────────────────────────────────
+# alvin-install copies this staged repo onto the target and runs `./setup
+# install`, whose rsync writes hypr/hyprland/variables.lua into the user's
+# home - so patching the staged copy is what sets qsConfig on the installed
+# system. Re-running is a no-op; anything other than ii/end4-pC aborts.
+VARIABLES_LUA="${DOTS_REPO}/dots/.config/hypr/hyprland/variables.lua"
+if grep -Fq 'hl.env("qsConfig", "ii")' "${VARIABLES_LUA}"; then
+  echo "[customize] Setting qsConfig to end4-pC..."
+  sed -i 's|hl\.env("qsConfig", "ii")|hl.env("qsConfig", "end4-pC")|' "${VARIABLES_LUA}"
+fi
+if ! grep -Fq 'hl.env("qsConfig", "end4-pC")' "${VARIABLES_LUA}"; then
+  echo "[customize] qsConfig is neither ii nor end4-pC in ${VARIABLES_LUA}" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Pre-install end-4 dependencies into the image (network heavy, once per ISO)
+# ============================================================================
+# ./setup install-deps resolves and *builds* every AUR/source dependency the
+# dotfiles need (quickshell, MicroTeX, theming, fonts, ...). Doing it here lets
+# alvin-install run its end-4 step with --skip-alldeps, so an install only
+# copies files - no AUR clones, no makepkg, no dependency resolution.
+#
+# The script refuses to run as root, hence the throwaway builder account.
+# ============================================================================
+BUILD_USER="ii-builder"
+
+if ! id -u "${BUILD_USER}" &>/dev/null; then
+  useradd -m -u 1500 "${BUILD_USER}"
+fi
+echo "${BUILD_USER} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/99-ii-builder
+chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/99-ii-builder
+
+# makepkg writes src/, pkg/ and *.pkg.tar.zst into the PKGBUILD directories,
+# so the tree must be owned by the account that runs it.
+chown -R "${BUILD_USER}:${BUILD_USER}" "${DOTS_REPO}"
+
+# -f: never prompt (ask=false); -s: skip "pacman -Syu";
+# --skip-plasmaintg: optional Firefox widget that pulls 410 pkgs / 526 MiB of
+#                    KDE packages onto a non-KDE system;
+# stdin: answer end-4's x() failure prompt with "e", so a failed command
+#        aborts the build instead of blocking forever without a TTY.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2024  # the redirect is meant for the child, not sudo
+if ! sudo -u "${BUILD_USER}" env HOME="/home/${BUILD_USER}" \
+    GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 \
+    bash -c "cd ${DOTS_REPO} && ./setup install-deps -f -s --skip-plasmaintg" \
+    < <(yes e); then
+  echo "[customize] end-4 ./setup install-deps failed" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ── Harvest the packages install-deps just built into the in-image local repo ─
+# The live /etc/pacman.conf points [local-aur] at /opt/localrepo; without the
+# harvested copies pacstrap cannot resolve these packages at install time and
+# would silently drop them from the target system.
+mkdir -p /opt/localrepo
+shopt -s nullglob
+
+# <name> <version> from a package's embedded .PKGINFO (update.sh does the same)
+pkg_meta() {
+  tar -xOf "$1" .PKGINFO 2>/dev/null |
+    awk -F' = ' '/^pkgname = /{n=$2} /^pkgver = /{v=$2} END{print n, v}'
+}
+
+mapfile -d '' -t built_pkgs < <(
+  find "${DOTS_REPO}" "/home/${BUILD_USER}/.cache/yay" \
+    -name '*.pkg.tar.zst' -print0 2>/dev/null
+)
+
+declare -A built_file=() built_ver=()
+for p in "${built_pkgs[@]}"; do
+  read -r n v < <(pkg_meta "$p")
+  [[ -n "${n:-}" && -n "${v:-}" ]] || continue
+  built_file["$n"]="$p"
+  built_ver["$n"]="$v"
+done
+
+# One entry per package name, and the entry must be the version the image
+# actually installed - a stale copy with the same name but another version
+# would let pacstrap install something else than what was tested.
+for existing in /opt/localrepo/*.pkg.tar.zst; do
+  [[ -e "$existing" ]] || continue
+  read -r n v < <(pkg_meta "$existing")
+  [[ -n "${n:-}" ]] || continue
+  if [[ -n "${built_ver[$n]:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "[customize] Replacing localrepo ${n} ${v} with built ${built_ver[$n]}"
+    rm -f "$existing"
+  fi
+done
+
+if ((${#built_file[@]} > 0)); then
+  echo "[customize] Harvesting ${#built_file[@]} package(s) into /opt/localrepo"
+  cp -f -- "${built_file[@]}" /opt/localrepo/
+  # makepkg -Afsi leaves its archives next to the PKGBUILD. They are already
+  # harvested (and installed in this image); keeping them in the dots tree
+  # would ship a second copy inside /opt/dots-hyprland, which alvin-install
+  # copies to ~/.dots-hyprland on every installed system.
+  find "${DOTS_REPO}" -type f -name '*.pkg.tar.zst' -delete
+fi
+
+# Rebuild the repo database (CI/update.sh ship a pre-built one alongside the
+# packages) and refresh the live system's copy of it. No network needed: the
+# remote repos were synced during pacstrap.
+local_pkgs=(/opt/localrepo/*.pkg.tar.zst)
+if ((${#local_pkgs[@]} > 0)); then
+  echo "[customize] Rebuilding local-aur db (${#local_pkgs[@]} packages)..."
+  repo-add -R /opt/localrepo/local-aur.db.tar.gz "${local_pkgs[@]}"
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/pacman/sync
+  cp -fL /opt/localrepo/local-aur.db /var/lib/pacman/sync/local-aur.db
+  if [[ -f /opt/localrepo/local-aur.files ]]; then
+    cp -fL /opt/localrepo/local-aur.files /var/lib/pacman/sync/local-aur.files
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ── makepkg leftovers + throwaway account do not belong in the ISO ──────────
+if [[ -d "${DOTS_REPO}/sdata/dist-arch" ]]; then
+  find "${DOTS_REPO}/sdata/dist-arch" -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d \
+    \( -name src -o -name pkg \) -prune -exec rm -rf {} +
+fi
+rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/99-ii-builder
+if ! userdel -r "${BUILD_USER}" 2>/dev/null; then
+  rm -rf "/home/${BUILD_USER:?}"
+  userdel "${BUILD_USER}"
+fi
+chown -R root:root "${DOTS_REPO}"
+
+# ── Google Sans Flex into skel: install_google_sans_flex() early-returns once
+#    fc-list sees the font, so the install step needs no network ──────────────
+FONT_DIR="${SKEL}/.local/share/fonts/illogical-impulse-google-sans-flex"
+if [[ ! -f "${FONT_DIR}/.git/HEAD" ]]; then
+  echo "[customize] Pre-installing Google Sans Flex into skel..."
+  rm -rf "${FONT_DIR}"
+  git clone --depth=1 --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules \
+    https://github.com/end-4/google-sans-flex "${FONT_DIR}"
+fi
+
+# ── uv into skel: CPython 3.12 + the end-4 requirements wheel cache ──────────
+# install-python-packages() runs `uv venv -p 3.12` and `uv pip install -r ...`
+# during setup. Arch has no python312 package (uv would download one) and the
+# pinned requirements are ~250 MiB of wheels, so warm both into skel: the venv
+# is then created and filled straight from the image.
+if command -v uv &>/dev/null; then
+  echo "[customize] Pre-warming uv (CPython 3.12 + requirements cache)..."
+  warm_venv="/tmp/uv-warm-venv"
+  rm -rf "${warm_venv}"
+  UV_CACHE_DIR="${SKEL}/.cache/uv" \
+    UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR="${SKEL}/.local/share/uv/python" \
+    uv venv -p 3.12 "${warm_venv}"
+  UV_CACHE_DIR="${SKEL}/.cache/uv" \
+    UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR="${SKEL}/.local/share/uv/python" \
+    uv pip install --python "${warm_venv}/bin/python" \
+    -r "${DOTS_REPO}/sdata/uv/requirements.txt"
+  rm -rf "${warm_venv}"
+else
+  echo "[customize] uv not found - skipping python/wheel pre-warm."
+fi
+
 # ── Fish: ensure default shell is set for the live user ──────────────────────
 # The live user (usually 'archlinux' or 'root') gets fish as default shell
 if command -v fish &>/dev/null; then
diff --git a/airootfs/usr/local/bin/alvin-install b/airootfs/usr/local/bin/alvin-install
index 21d83cc..e600cef 100755
--- a/airootfs/usr/local/bin/alvin-install
+++ b/airootfs/usr/local/bin/alvin-install
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ log() { echo "[$(date '+%H:%M:%S')] $*" >> "$LOG"; }
 
 cleanup() {
     set +e
+    rm -f "${TARGET}/etc/sudoers.d/99-end4-install" 2>/dev/null
     umount -R "$TARGET" 2>/dev/null
     cryptsetup close cryptroot 2>/dev/null
     true
@@ -443,7 +444,11 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/cachyos-mirrorlist
 REPO
     fi
 
-    sed -i '/\[local-aur\]/,/Include/d' "${TARGET}/etc/pacman.conf" 2>/dev/null || true
+    # [local-aur] lives only on the live medium (file:///opt/localrepo). The
+    # target's pacman.conf does not normally contain it - pacstrap is run
+    # without -P, so it keeps the stock file shipped by the pacman package -
+    # but drop it anyway in case that ever changes.
+    sed -i '/^\[local-aur\]$/,/^$/d' "${TARGET}/etc/pacman.conf" 2>/dev/null || true
 
     ok "CachyOS repo configured."
 }
@@ -520,6 +525,183 @@ install_git() {
     ok "Git configured for ${USERNAME}."
 }
 
+install_end4_dots() {
+    if [[ ! -d /opt/dots-hyprland ]]; then
+        warn "No staged dots-hyprland at /opt/dots-hyprland — skipping end-4 dotfiles."
+        return
+    fi
+
+    info "Installing end-4 dotfiles (this may take a while)..."
+
+    local home_in_target="/home/${USERNAME}"
+    local repo_in_target="${home_in_target}/.dots-hyprland"
+    local repo_on_host="${TARGET}${repo_in_target}"
+    local dots_ok=true
+    local setups_done=true
+
+    cp -a /opt/dots-hyprland "$repo_on_host"
+    chown -R "${USERNAME}:${USERNAME}" "$repo_on_host"
+
+    echo "${USERNAME} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > "${TARGET}/etc/sudoers.d/99-end4-install"
+    chmod 440 "${TARGET}/etc/sudoers.d/99-end4-install"
+
+    # Everything appended to $LOG from here belongs to this attempt; used
+    # further down to report which steps end-4 had to skip.
+    local log_mark=0
+    if [[ -f "$LOG" ]]; then
+        log_mark=$(wc -l < "$LOG")
+    fi
+
+    # stdin feeds "i" to end-4's x() [R/e:i] failure prompt, which otherwise
+    # blocks forever on a TTY whose prompt text is redirected to $LOG.
+    # Its systemd lines cannot work from inside this chroot: the medium's /run
+    # is bind-mounted in, so `systemctl --machine=…@.host --user enable … --now`
+    # has no target session (and --now would start services on the live medium
+    # anyway) - they fail on every install. "i" lets the run carry on with the
+    # venv, groups and config sync instead of aborting at the first such line;
+    # the usable part of that step is re-applied below and every skip is
+    # reported afterwards.
+    # --skip-alldeps: every dependency was already installed at ISO build time
+    # (customize_airootfs.sh runs ./setup install-deps), so this only copies
+    # configs, sets up services and builds the python venv from the warm cache.
+    if ! arch-chroot "$TARGET" runuser -u "$USERNAME" -- \
+        env HOME="$home_in_target" bash -c \
+        "cd ${repo_in_target} && ./setup install -f -s --skip-alldeps" \
+        < <(yes i) >>"$LOG" 2>&1; then
+        warn "end-4 setup failed, retrying files only (see $LOG)."
+        setups_done=false
+        arch-chroot "$TARGET" runuser -u "$USERNAME" -- \
+            env HOME="$home_in_target" bash -c \
+            "cd ${repo_in_target} && ./setup install -f -s --skip-alldeps --skip-allsetups" \
+            < <(yes i) >>"$LOG" 2>&1 || dots_ok=false
+    fi
+
+    rm -f "${TARGET}/etc/sudoers.d/99-end4-install"
+
+    if ! arch-chroot "$TARGET" id -nG "$USERNAME" | grep -qw input; then
+        arch-chroot "$TARGET" groupadd -f i2c
+        arch-chroot "$TARGET" usermod -aG video,i2c,input "$USERNAME"
+        warn "end-4 group setup was missing and has been applied."
+    fi
+
+    # ── steps end-4 cannot take from inside the chroot ───────────────────────
+    # `enable` alone is a pure file operation and needs no running session, so
+    # redo those here - without --now, since the target is not booted yet.
+    local mods_conf="${TARGET}/etc/modules-load.d/i2c-dev.conf"
+    if [[ ! -f "$mods_conf" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$mods_conf")"
+        echo i2c-dev > "$mods_conf"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -f "${TARGET}/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service" ]]; then
+        arch-chroot "$TARGET" systemctl enable bluetooth.service >>"$LOG" 2>&1 \
+            || warn "Could not enable bluetooth.service (see $LOG)."
+    fi
+    if [[ -f "${TARGET}/usr/lib/systemd/user/ydotool.service" ]]; then
+        arch-chroot "$TARGET" runuser -u "$USERNAME" -- env HOME="$home_in_target" \
+            systemctl --user enable ydotool.service >>"$LOG" 2>&1 \
+            || warn "Could not enable ydotool.service for ${USERNAME} (see $LOG)."
+    fi
+
+    # Everything end-4 answered "i" to. systemctl/gsettings are the lines known
+    # to be unusable in this chroot; anything else it had to skip is worth
+    # telling the user about.
+    local -a ignored=()
+    if ((log_mark > 0)); then
+        mapfile -t ignored < <(
+            sed -n "$((log_mark + 1)),\$p" "$LOG" | sed $'s/\x1b\\[[0-9;]*m//g' |
+                sed -n 's/^.*Command "\(.*\)" has failed but ignored by user\..*$/\1/p'
+        )
+    fi
+    if ((${#ignored[@]} > 0)); then
+        log "end-4 skipped ${#ignored[@]} step(s): ${ignored[*]}"
+        local step
+        local -a skipped=()
+        for step in "${ignored[@]}"; do
+            case "$step" in
+                *systemctl* | *gsettings*) ;;
+                *) skipped+=("$step") ;;
+            esac
+        done
+        if ((${#skipped[@]} > 0)); then
+            warn "end-4 had to skip: ${skipped[*]} (see $LOG)"
+        fi
+    fi
+    if ! $setups_done; then
+        warn "end-4 setup did not complete — rerun as ${USERNAME}: cd ~/.dots-hyprland && ./setup install-setups"
+    fi
+
+    # end-4's install step rsync --delete's the whole ~/.config/quickshell
+    # directory (sdata/subcmd-install/3.files-legacy.sh), which drops the
+    # end4-pC fork skel put into the user's home - restore it afterwards.
+    local fork_src="/etc/skel/.config/quickshell/end4-pC"
+    local fork_dst="${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/quickshell/end4-pC"
+    if [[ -d "$fork_src" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$fork_dst")"
+        rm -rf "$fork_dst"
+        cp -a "$fork_src" "$fork_dst"
+        chown -R "${USERNAME}:${USERNAME}" "$fork_dst"
+    fi
+
+    # Same for fish: end-4 syncs ~/.config/fish with rsync --delete, keeping
+    # only what upstream ships (auto-Hypr.fish, config.fish, fish_variables),
+    # which drops skel's extras (fisher/nvm functions, completions,
+    # fish_plugins) and restores its own `alias q 'qs -c ii'`. The default
+    # quickshell config on this ISO is end4-pC, so put the extras back and
+    # repoint that one alias.
+    local fish_src="/etc/skel/.config/fish"
+    local fish_dst="${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/fish"
+    if [[ -d "$fish_src" && -d "$fish_dst" ]]; then
+        rsync -a --exclude config.fish --exclude fish_variables \
+            "$fish_src/" "$fish_dst/"
+        if [[ -f "${fish_dst}/config.fish" ]]; then
+            sed -i "s/alias q 'qs -c ii'/alias q 'qs -c end4-pC'/" "${fish_dst}/config.fish"
+            grep -qF "alias q 'qs -c end4-pC'" "${fish_dst}/config.fish" \
+                || warn "fish 'q' alias still points at the upstream ii config (see $LOG)."
+        fi
+        chown -R "${USERNAME}:${USERNAME}" "$fish_dst"
+    fi
+
+    local configs_ok=true
+    [[ -e "${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua" \
+        && -d "${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/quickshell/ii" \
+        && -d "${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/quickshell/end4-pC" ]] || configs_ok=false
+    # Files alone are not enough: with --skip-alldeps the dependencies must
+    # have come from the ISO. hyprland and quickshell are installed at ISO
+    # build time, so their binaries missing here means pacstrap dropped them
+    # (they were not resolvable in the live repos). The venv is created from
+    # the image's uv cache at install time, so a missing python means the
+    # python step of end-4's setup never got to run.
+    if $configs_ok; then
+        [[ -x "${TARGET}/usr/bin/hyprctl" && -x "${TARGET}/usr/bin/quickshell" ]] \
+            || configs_ok=false
+        [[ -x "${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.local/state/quickshell/.venv/bin/python" ]] \
+            || configs_ok=false
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -d /etc/skel/.config/hypr/custom ]]; then
+        cp -rfT /etc/skel/.config/hypr/custom "${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/hypr/custom"
+        chown -R "${USERNAME}:${USERNAME}" "${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/hypr/custom"
+    fi
+
+    # Presets ship with absolute paths from the build machine; repoint them at
+    # the home that was just created (the images they name are not shipped).
+    local presets="${TARGET}${home_in_target}/.config/illogical-impulse/presets"
+    local preset
+    for preset in "$presets"/*.json; do
+        [[ -f "$preset" ]] || continue
+        sed -i "s|/home/alvin/|/home/${USERNAME}/|g" "$preset"
+    done
+
+    if $dots_ok && $configs_ok; then
+        log "end-4 dotfiles installed for ${USERNAME} (setups_done=${setups_done} skipped=${#ignored[@]})."
+        ok "end-4 dotfiles installed."
+    else
+        log "end-4 dotfiles incomplete for ${USERNAME} (setup_exit_ok=${dots_ok} configs=${configs_ok} setups=${setups_done} skipped=${#ignored[@]})."
+        warn "end-4 dotfiles incomplete (see $LOG) — as ${USERNAME}, run: cd ~/.dots-hyprland && ./setup install"
+    fi
+}
+
 install_mkinitcpio() {
     info "Generating initramfs..."
 
@@ -597,6 +779,7 @@ main() {
     install_network
     install_user
     install_git
+    install_end4_dots
     install_mkinitcpio
     install_bootloader
     install_cleanup
diff --git a/localrepo/update.sh b/localrepo/update.sh
index a907e1c..5102329 100755
--- a/localrepo/update.sh
+++ b/localrepo/update.sh
@@ -22,11 +22,26 @@ mapfile -t pkgs < <(find "${repo_dir}" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.pkg.tar.zst' -print
 
 if [[ ${#pkgs[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "No .pkg.tar.zst files in ${repo_dir}" >&2
+    # keep the medium's copy honest too - an emptied localrepo/ must not
+    # leave the previous packages shipping on the next build
+    rm -rf "${profile_dir}/airootfs/opt/localrepo"
     exit 0
 fi
 
 repo-add -R "${repo_dir}/${repo_name}.db.tar.gz" "${pkgs[@]}"
 
+# Sync the medium's copy: the ISO ships its own [local-aur] at
+# airootfs/opt/localrepo (pacman.conf on the live system points there, and
+# pacstrap resolves these packages from it at install time).
+img_repo="${profile_dir}/airootfs/opt/localrepo"
+mkdir -p "${img_repo}"
+rm -f "${img_repo}"/*.pkg.tar.zst "${img_repo}/${repo_name}".db \
+    "${img_repo}/${repo_name}".db.tar.gz "${img_repo}/${repo_name}".files \
+    "${img_repo}/${repo_name}".files.tar.gz
+cp -f "${pkgs[@]}" "${img_repo}/"
+cp -fL "${repo_dir}/${repo_name}".db* "${repo_dir}/${repo_name}".files* "${img_repo}/"
+echo "Medium copy ready: ${img_repo}"
+
 new_names=()
 for p in "${pkgs[@]}"; do
     name=$(tar -xOf "${p}" .PKGINFO | sed -n 's/^pkgname = //p' | head -1)