nix-index-database
Weekly updated nix-index database [maintainer=@Mic92] (by nix-community)
nixos-search
Search NixOS packages and options (by NixOS)
| nix-index-database | nixos-search | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 39 | |
| 221 | 375 | |
| 4.5% | 6.5% | |
| 8.9 | 7.2 | |
| 4 days ago | 4 days ago | |
| Nix | Elm | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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-index-database
Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-index-database.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-24.
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Where to find SAR in the package manager?
nix-index can be used to provide this functionality, and to automate this process you can use nix-index-database (setup instructions are in the README).
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An automatically-updated nix-index
Fortunately, Mic92 made nix-index-database which provides a weekly updated database using GitHub actions.
nixos-search
Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos-search.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.
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Why is the documentation... nowhere to be found?!
For me, https://search.nixos.org/ is a better aid than the wiki. Often the right keyword in the NixOS packages or modules search will lead me right to the obvious and simple answer that I couldn't find elsewhere.
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Nix packages security, safety, and privacy
Does https://search.nixos.org/ pull from nixpkgs, the Nix User Repository, or both?
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What is the difference between:
Just go to search.nixos.org, open the option you would like to see more of, and click on the link behind "Declared in".
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Where to find SAR in the package manager?
I've done a nix-env query, and checked in https://search.nixos.org but can't seem to find any SAR package, nor any google search that gave any hints to see if it might be part of another system utility package...
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My First Impressions of Nix
If you want to install a package, search for it at https://search.nixos.org
The gnome system monitor is gnome.gnome-system-monitor for example https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=23.05&show=gnome.g...
- How can I see what options are available for a certain import?
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Super Colliding Nix Stores: Nix Flakes for Millions of Developers
search.nixos.org also includes flakes that people PR into the index via GitHub at https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-search/issues
ps: $ nix search exists via experimental flags https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3...
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Thinking about to switch from Fedora Sliverblue to NixOS with following use case…
Idk about ec_sys, I couldn't find it on search.nixos.org, but since it's a kernel module it might just come with the kernel idk.
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How do you quickly browse the source of a flake input
I rarely think to look at flakes by their source, actually. I have a Nixpkgs clone that I jump into for anything super ad-hoc but most of the time I'm just doing REPL, :lf ./. and mashing tab-completion. That's usually to make sure the thing I'm after exists in one of the large package sets like node, vimPlugins, or similar, and that I got the name right - which could probably be answered just as easily with https://search.nixos.org/ .
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How big is the nix store?
search.nixos.org
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nix-index-database and nixos-search you can also consider the following projects:
nix-index - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files [maintainers=@bennofs @figsoda @raitobezarius]
NUR - Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Mic92]
diffuse - A music player that connects to your cloud/distributed storage.
elm-lang.org - Server and client code for the Elm website.
nixos-config - My NixOS configuration
dotnix - nix stuff
manix - A fast CLI documentation searcher for Nix.
nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS
nix-configuration - Nix configurations files for corytertel
tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.
nur
nix-index-database vs nix-index
nixos-search vs NUR
nixos-search vs diffuse
nixos-search vs elm-lang.org
nixos-search vs nixos-config
nixos-search vs dotnix
nixos-search vs manix
nixos-search vs nixpkgs
nixos-search vs nix-configuration
nixos-search vs nix-index
nixos-search vs tailscale
nixos-search vs nur