homeage vs dotfiles

homeage

runtime decrypted age secrets for nix home manager (by jordanisaacs)

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dotfiles

My NixOS dotfiles (by KubqoA)

Nixos home-manager Nix Dotfiles

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homeage		dotfiles
	Project
3	Mentions	1
129	Stars	67
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
6 months ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Nix	Language	Nix
MIT License	License	The Unlicense

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homeage

Posts with mentions or reviews of homeage. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-26.

how to store secrets needed at install time
4 projects | /r/NixOS | 26 Feb 2023

I've heard good things about and seen sops-nix used on a few really solid configs. Others tend to use Age or Homeage.
homeage: declarative runtime decrypted age secrets for home manager
3 projects | /r/NixOS | 7 Nov 2021

yep! I plan on reintroducing the systemd unit. Issue is here: https://github.com/jordanisaacs/homeage/issues/7.

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 2021-02-07.

[Sway] Simple Sway on NixOS
7 projects | /r/unixporn | 7 Feb 2021

Dotfiles: system config in /etc and dotfiles in /home

What are some alternatives?

When comparing homeage and dotfiles you can also consider the following projects:

agenix - age-encrypted secrets for NixOS and Home manager

swaylock-effects - Swaylock, with fancy effects

nix-starter-configs - Simple and documented config templates to help you get started with NixOS + home-manager + flakes. All the boilerplate you need!

WhiteSur-gtk-theme - MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops

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

capitaine-cursors - An x-cursor theme inspired by macOS and based on KDE Breeze. Designed to pair well with my icon pack, La Capitaine.

agenix.el - Transparent editing for agenix secrets inside Emacs

sops-nix - Atomic secret provisioning for NixOS based on sops

cinnamon-screensaver - The Cinnamon screen locker and screensaver program