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.nixpkgs
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Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?
Regarding GUI applications: you're probably talking about the Nixpkgs repository, rather than the Nix tool itself.
I use the following Nix function to install GUI applications https://github.com/cmacrae/.nixpkgs/blob/d4b51eb414b0edaffae...
It doesn't work for everything, but I use it at the moment for Amethyst, DBeaver, DockerDesktop, Emacs, Firefox, iTerm2, Postman, Slack and VNCViewer.
dotfiles
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Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?
I also use Nix, and agree with these caveats. My personal experience is that it can be hard to initially set up Nix, but once you do, it's rock solid. It's particularly great for sharing config across machines. Here's my personal dev environment for instance: https://github.com/mjhoy/dotfiles/blob/main/nix/nixpkgs/conf...
What are some alternatives?
homebrew-cask-versions - 💀 Alternate versions of Casks (deprecated)
opensource.how - Open-source etiquette
homebrew-graph - Creates a dependency graph of Homebrew formulae.
arkade - Open Source Marketplace For Developer Tools
PostgresApp - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac
homebrew-core - 🍻 Default formulae for the missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
pkgsrc - NetBSD/pkgsrc fork for our binary package repositories
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
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