nix-config VS nix-direnv

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

nix-direnv

A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10] (by nix-community)
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nix-config nix-direnv
5 27
718 1,389
- 10.7%
8.8 9.1
17 days ago 8 days ago
Nix Nix
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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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.

nix-direnv

Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-direnv. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-02.

What are some alternatives?

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

devshell - Per project developer environments

flake-utils - Pure Nix flake utility functions [maintainer=@zimbatm]

devenv - Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments

lorri - Your project's nix-env

flake-templates - A collection of basic Nix flake templates

naersk - Build Rust projects in Nix - no configuration, no code generation, no IFD, sandbox friendly. [maintainer=@AxelSilverdew]

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

rust-overlay - Pure and reproducible nix overlay of binary distributed rust toolchains

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

nonguix

nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager