dotfiles VS helix-home

Compare dotfiles vs helix-home and see what are their differences.

dotfiles

NixOS system config & Home-Manager user config (by fufexan)

helix-home

The home of Project Helix (by adobe)
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9.5 9.1
9 days ago 20 days ago
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dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-26.
  • NixOS-generators – Collection of VM and Container disk image builders for NixOS
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Mar 2024
    I’ve found it most helpful to review other people’s configurations to learn Nix.

    Some specific ones I really like:

    https://github.com/malob/nixpkgs

    https://github.com/fufexan/dotfiles

    I keep a not comprehensive GitHub Stars list of Nix stuff I find here if you want more:

    https://github.com/stars/heywoodlh/lists/nix

    If you aren’t familiar, Nix-Darwin allows you to codify your MacOS deployments in a fashion comparable to NixOS. As a huge Nix-Darwin user myself, I have found malob’s repo extremely helpful for ideas with MacOS configuration. Nix-Darwin has made me so happy as a MacOS user. :)

    Some other unsolicited tips:

    1. Start with Nix flakes for configuration

    2. Invest in Home-Manager before NixOS or Nix-Darwin

    3. Ask people for help in Matrix or Discourse — my experience is that Nix-related folk are very welcoming and understanding

    Good luck!

  • Flake help?
    1 project | /r/NixOS | 2 Oct 2023
  • What is your favourite Hyprland dotfiles/configuration?
    2 projects | /r/hyprland | 6 Jun 2023
  • How I started with NixOS
    2 projects | /r/NixOS | 13 Oct 2021
    If you are interested in seeing what a more advanced flake config looks like there is mine https://github.com/Kranzes/nix-config (shameless plug) and fufexan's https://github.com/fufexan/dotfiles.

helix-home

Posts with mentions or reviews of helix-home. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-04.
  • Project Helix by Adobe
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jul 2022
    Does anyone else find it interesting that the architectural diagram (https://github.com/adobe/helix-home/blob/main/docs/Helix%20A...) is in an OmniGraffle file format?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dotfiles and helix-home you can also consider the following projects:

spicetify-nix - A nix flake for configuring spicetify. Includes packaging for many popular themes and extensions.

helix-vim - A Vim-like configuration for Helix

nixos-config - My Personal Nix, NixOS and Nix-Darwin System Configuration Flake

Helix - Native Ruby extensions without fear

dotfiles - My NixOS configuration

twitch_api - Rust library for talking with the Twitch API aka. "Helix", TMI and more! Use Twitch endpoints fearlessly!

nix-gaming - Gaming on Nix

helix-website - The Helix website https://www.aem.live/

horus-nix-home - This is my laptop nixos user environment provided by https://github.com/rycee/home-manager. It includes full i3, polybar and personnal apps configuration, all in nix.

dotnix - Personal NixOS & MacOS Configurations

dots-hyprland - Modern, feature-rich and accessible desktop configuration.

rabbit - Reproducible Free Software bundle for scientists and engineers, based on Nix and home-manager