comma
Comma runs software without installing it. [maintainers=@Artturin,@burke,@DavHau] (by nix-community)
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
comma
Posts with mentions or reviews of comma.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-01.
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Is Using nix-env an Antipattern?
Nowadays, I tend to try things out with comma, then add them to my configuration for later use. Some tools are not even installed in my systems because I use them so infrequently - opening a terminal and running , freecad is basically as easy as actually having it installed.
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hook nix-shell on zsh command not found
There's a version of this approach that uses nix-index to figure out which package a command is in called comma: https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Nix journey part 0: Learning and reference materials
Relatedly, check out comma. It's basically a shortcut prefix command that will search packages for the binary you want to run (via nix-index), and gives you an interactive choice if there are multiple. Which package was drill in again? No matter, I'll just prefix a comma :)
https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Alternative to the "dnf provides"
this + if you want to run a command automatically I suggest comma
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Why does nix/nixos even allow the "temporary" install of things?
Yeah dude. Emphemeral installs are a feature, not a bug. Similar vein is , https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Auto `nix-shell -p package` on missing package
You're looking for https://github.com/nix-community/comma
- Keep packages installed without "polluting the environment"
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Reddit, Twitter, Shopify scramble to deploy 'instant buy' 2021 MacBook Pro
One of the nicest tools is comma. https://github.com/Shopify/comma. It's just a light weight wrapper around searching nix-pkgs and running something, but it sure makes a lot of things easier when you're sharing somebody else's laptop.
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Having trouble getting started adding packages to my user
If you want to test out some program, I would STRONGLY recommend using nix-shell -p . This will create temporary environment, that will allow you to test out the package. You can also check out comma.
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JOIN NIXOS TODAY OR BECOME INSIGNIFICANT TOMORROW!
I love using Shopifys comma tool https://github.com/Shopify/comma cause it's so useful for just small programs that u need to run once and then forget about them
nixos
Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-20.
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JOIN NIXOS TODAY OR BECOME INSIGNIFICANT TOMORROW!
I know you have'nt asked me, but maybe my auditional input on this topic is also helpful: With NixOS I find myself looking into the packages on a very regular basis! You can find the links within the search.nixos.org site. The modules are well documented and list all the options available. In case you are interested in a working flakes configuration: you can find mine as an example on GitHub. I'm allready using flakes it for a few months and I love it! The configs are pretty much self explanatory. I also use krops for deploying to multible systems. I've linked some helpful ressources I've used to get into NixoS within my README. https://github.com/mayniklas/nixos
- People who use nix flakes for their system config, what do you do about the flake.lock?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing comma and nixos you can also consider the following projects:
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
issue-tracker - Fedora Silverblue issue tracker
nix-direnv - A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]
digga - A flake utility library to craft shell-, home-, and hosts- environments.
nix-index - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files [maintainers=@bennofs @figsoda @raitobezarius]
machine-configuration - Configuration files for my NixOS installs
nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin
NUR - Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Mic92]
nix-machines
pont - pont, the dotmodule manager