nix-gui
Use NixOS Without Coding (by nix-gui)
nix-software-center
A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages (by snowfallorg)
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nix-gui | nix-software-center | |
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29 | 11 | |
638 | 457 | |
2.5% | 9.7% | |
0.0 | 3.7 | |
over 1 year ago | 4 days ago | |
Python | Rust | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
nix-gui
Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-gui.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-03.
- System settings that aren’t in System Settings
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AI roasts NixOS users
This is pretty close https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui
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Which newer, up and coming distros do you think will make it?
Nix based aiming at beginners. If it combines/works with https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui, then an amazing distro may be created. It would be user friendly, but also extremely powerful, allowing basically everything to be configured via the gui. Both softwares are alpha state, but I am excited to see what they bring.
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Using NixOS on corporate laptops.
Maybe https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui? I dunno if it can do userspace config though.
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Nix Software Center: gtk4/libadwaita app store for NixOS
Would it make sense to integrate something like nix gui into this?
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NixOS Configuration Editor: A gtk4/libadwaita app to edit and manage basic configurations without (much) coding
I remember when I first started using NixOS, as a confused beginner I tried to find a graphical application to manage and edit my configuration. I stumbled upon Nix-Gui, however, I didn’t really like the look, it crashed a fair amount, and I never really figured out how to use it. That said, their idea and all of the hard work they put into their project inspired me to make a similar application that focuses more on simplicity and ease of use.
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NIX GUI application to manage nixos build with graphical ui.
I was wondering if you are aware of https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui and how your tool compares to it
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Is flatpak really the future?
There is also a GUI in development, hopefully it will help casual users in the future.
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How do I contribute to NixOS?
There's https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui for a gui like experience.
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NixOS History and Our Experience - Nix, Null, Nada, Nothing
Configuration language usage: Probably a major win for programmers, but a major negative for non-programmers. However, nix-gui has shown that there's potential for gui-based nixos configuration. And this might one day be extended to use as part of the graphical installer. https://discourse.nixos.org/t/why-is-there-no-installer-for-nixos/16644/21. Since nix can be serialized and deserialized to json, there's actually a fair amount of interoperability able to be done to manipulate nix configuration using existing libraries.
nix-software-center
Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-software-center.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.
- Have you convinced anyone to use Nix or NixOS? Friends? Coworkers?
- AI roasts NixOS users
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what are the advantages and disadvantages between nix-env and nix profile
That makes sense, too. You might also be interested in nix software center.
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any way to make NixOS automatically check for Flatpack Updates and notify me?
you can use nix-software-center by vlinkz
- Software center to easily install and manage Nix packages
- @vlinkz: Nix Software Center
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SnowflakeOS - Creating a GUI focused NixOS-based distro
I don't plan on it at this moment, however, if someone finishes the packagekit backend for Nix, the appstream data I'm working on collecting would work to display icons and screenshots. Also if someone who knew qt/kirigami development wanted to make something similar to nix-software-center, the backend tool that reads and modifies configuration values is a separate project: nix-editor, and I would be willing to help with any issues that arose from that.
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Nix Software Center: gtk4/libadwaita app store for NixOS
building Nix... building the system configuration... copying path '/nix/store/n4ly8q7x7k4bf4hdgxjrrv955n1404a4-glibc-locales-2.35-163' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'... building '/nix/store/wby1m40a39dj4xwy16nvcspn76wng706-source.drv'... trying https://github.com/vlinkz/nix-software-center/archive/0.0.1.tar.gz % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 100 1212k 0 1212k 0 0 1209k 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 1856k unpacking source archive /build/0.0.1.tar.gz error: hash mismatch in fixed-output derivation '/nix/store/wby1m40a39dj4xwy16nvcspn76wng706-source.drv': specified: sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA= got: sha256-uolXh0z6gRBUZIXVSGyLn3swogz7VHvCwKCr02BejTQ= (use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nix-gui and nix-software-center you can also consider the following projects:
flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
nixos-appstream-generator - Proof of concept appstream data generator for NixOS
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk - Gtk implementation of xdg-desktop-portal
templates - Flake templates
nixos-hardware - A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.
os-installer-snowflake-config
dhall-lang - Maintainable configuration files
nixos-conf-editor - A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations
nonguix - Nonguix mirror – pull requests ignored, please use upstream for that
system-manager - Manage system config using nix on any distro
nickel - Better configuration for less
nix-editor - A simple rust program to edit NixOS configuration files with just a command
nix-gui vs flatpak
nix-software-center vs nixos-appstream-generator
nix-gui vs xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
nix-software-center vs templates
nix-gui vs nixos-hardware
nix-software-center vs os-installer-snowflake-config
nix-gui vs dhall-lang
nix-software-center vs nixos-conf-editor
nix-gui vs nonguix
nix-software-center vs system-manager
nix-gui vs nickel
nix-software-center vs nix-editor