calamares-nixos-extensions
NixOS calamares [maintainer=@vlinkz] (by NixOS)
nixos-conf-editor
A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations (by snowfallorg)
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Python | Rust | |
- | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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calamares-nixos-extensions
Posts with mentions or reviews of calamares-nixos-extensions.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-20.
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SnowflakeOS - Creating a GUI focused NixOS-based distro
In my opinion, NixOS is a great operating system and is very straightforward and stable once you learn how to use it, however for someone without knowledge about Nix or who has never heard of NixOS, it can be very confusing. I stumbled upon Nix and NixOS a bit less than a year ago, and since then have worked to try to create tools that make using NixOS more user/noob friendly, namely: adding the calamares installer to NixOS, creating a graphical configuration editor: nixos-conf-editor, and creating a GNOME software-like software center: nix-software-center.
nixos-conf-editor
Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos-conf-editor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-26.
- AI roasts NixOS users
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SnowflakeOS - Creating a GUI focused NixOS-based distro
Sounds a lot like nixos-conf-editor :) It allows for arbitrary nix code to be set for any option, and evaluates it to check for the correct type before setting it as the value in your configuration file
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Nix Software Center: gtk4/libadwaita app store for NixOS
Actually already made a similar tool :) https://github.com/vlinkz/nixos-conf-editor
- NixOS Configuration Editor: A gtk4/libadwaita app to edit and manage basic configurations without (much) coding
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auto update notifier & gui for non-tech users?
I definitely plan to support as much as I can, but there is definitely a level of complexity that can never be truly translated to a graphical tool. What I've found helpful during development for me is that I split the frontend GUI and the backed parser and editor into two projects (nixos-conf-editor and nix-editor), that way I could tackle a lot of the parsing and editing alone without worrying about specific GUI features needed (and use it for other projects). Later when I need some feature I add it to nix-editor. So far nix-editor supports simple attribute modification, array adding and popping, and recursive attribute definition and dereferencing. It's definitely not perfect by any means, but so far it's been enough for the projects I've been working on. I definitely need to credit any success I've had so far to the developers of rnix-parser which translates nix expression to easy to manage ASTs.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing calamares-nixos-extensions and nixos-conf-editor you can also consider the following projects:
nix-editor - A simple rust program to edit NixOS configuration files with just a command
nix-software-center - A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages
Nixos-Gui - Gui for Nixos package manager
nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding
Relm4 - Build truly native applications with ease!
system-updater - Systemd services for checking for and applying system updates.
NixOS - My personal NixOS related stuff
gtk-rs-core - Rust bindings for GNOME libraries
nixos-appstream-generator - Proof of concept appstream data generator for NixOS
rnix-parser - A Nix parser written in Rust [maintainer=@oberblastmeister]
calamares-nixos-extensions vs nix-editor
nixos-conf-editor vs nix-editor
calamares-nixos-extensions vs nix-software-center
nixos-conf-editor vs Nixos-Gui
nixos-conf-editor vs nix-gui
nixos-conf-editor vs Relm4
nixos-conf-editor vs nix-software-center
nixos-conf-editor vs system-updater
nixos-conf-editor vs NixOS
nixos-conf-editor vs gtk-rs-core
nixos-conf-editor vs nixos-appstream-generator
nixos-conf-editor vs rnix-parser