nix-config VS nixfiles

Compare nix-config vs nixfiles and see what are their differences.

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nix-config

Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-config. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-08.

nixfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of nixfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-29.
  • Home-manager mime wildchar
    5 projects | /r/NixOS | 29 Jan 2022
    Examples: - https://github.com/gmarmstrong/dotfiles/blob/master/nixpkgs/home.nix - https://github.com/balsoft/nixos-config/blob/master/profiles/applications-setup.nix - https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/nixfiles/blob/master/home-manager/common.nix - https://github.com/xtruder/nix-profiles/blob/master/home-manager/roles/desktop/work.nix
  • Down bad.
    3 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 17 Oct 2021
    And on top of that, it has the largest and most up-to-date package repository https://repology.org/repositories/graphs (100% official, has no such issues as AUR) and a super neat modules system that simplifies configuring your system and makes it easier to share your rices or whatever. Here are a couple of examples: - https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/nixfiles/blob/master/config/cli.nix - https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/nixfiles/blob/master/config/base-desktop.nix - https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/nixfiles/blob/master/config/sway.nix - https://search.nixos.org/options
  • flake-utils-plus v1.0.0
    3 projects | /r/NixOS | 21 Mar 2021
    You may like this suites approach - https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/nixfiles/blob/master/flake.nix#L46-L55 ofcourse the whole flake can be separated into multiple files and all, but that's how I did it since I find it more convenient to manage fewer files

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nix-config and nixfiles you can also consider the following projects:

devshell - Per project developer environments

EasyRP - Give yourself a Custom Rich Presence in Discord.

impermanence - Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [maintainer=@talyz]

nixpkgs - My Nix system configs!

nix-direnv - A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]

visual-studio-code-insiders-nix - The latest Visual Studio Code Insiders build updated daily

dotfiles - My dotfiles

nix-security-lab - Tool set for Information security professionals and all others

rnix-lsp - WIP Language Server for Nix! [maintainer=@aaronjanse]

.nixpkgs - .nixpkgs aka dotfiles with nix

nixos-nvidia-vgpu - NixOS NVIDIA vGPU Module

nix-config - My personal nix config