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config		nixos-shell
	Project
2	Mentions	6
24	Stars	564
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	6.1
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Shell	Language	Nix
-	License	MIT License

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config

Posts with mentions or reviews of config. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-02.

NixOS 21.05 Released
39 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jun 2021
interception-tools with dual-function-keys plugin
2 projects | /r/NixOS | 22 May 2021

nixos-shell

Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos-shell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-08.

Using NixOS as a Hypervisor for a k3s Cluster in Homelab, can I define the VMs in Nix config?
4 projects | /r/NixOS | 8 Mar 2023

Just found this: https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell
Manage libvirt's XMLs with Nix?
1 project | /r/NixOS | 28 Aug 2022

There is nixos-shell, but I'm thinking about Windows VM's mostly.
Headless QEMU virtual machines based on Nix
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jul 2021
NixOS 21.05 Released
39 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jun 2021

>It doesn't work so well for I borrowed my coworker's computer for 5 minutes and want to use my own Vim configuration
You could use something like nixos-shell[1] to spin up a headless VM of your machine into your current shell.
[1]https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell
How do you enter the NixOS docker container?
1 project | /r/NixOS | 29 Mar 2021

as mentioned, the Nix docker container isnt a full NixOS system, it's just the nix package manager. If you want to try a quick full NixOS setup I really like https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell . It spawns a lightweight NixOS vm in the current shell. No qemu or kvm setup or knowledge required.
Way to install apps in their own FHS environment.
3 projects | /r/NixOS | 11 Mar 2021

For testing stuff you can also use nixos-shell

What are some alternatives?

When comparing config and nixos-shell you can also consider the following projects:

nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS

nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin

runix

nixos-fhs-compat - LSB&FHS compatibility for NixOS. Intended for containers and VMs.

archbox - Easy to use Arch Linux chroot environment with some functionalities to integrate it with your existing Linux installation. Mirror of https://momodev.lemniskett.moe/lemniskett/archbox

nixos-generators - Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]

nix - A declaratively managed computing environment for rraval

poetry2nix - Convert poetry projects to nix automagically [maintainer=@adisbladis]

NixOS-docker - DEPRECATED! Dockerfiles to package Nix in a minimal docker container

NUR - Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Mic92]

nix-processmgmt - Experimental Nix-based process management framework

nix-bundle - Bundle Nix derivations to run anywhere!