nix-init VS nixpkgs-fmt

Compare nix-init vs nixpkgs-fmt and see what are their differences.

nix-init

Generate Nix packages from URLs with hash prefetching, dependency inference, license detection, and more [maintainer=@figsoda] (by nix-community)

nixpkgs-fmt

Nix code formatter for nixpkgs [maintainer=@zimbatm] (by nix-community)
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nix-init nixpkgs-fmt
12 1
731 554
5.5% 2.3%
9.3 5.8
8 days ago about 2 months ago
Rust Rust
Mozilla Public License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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nix-init

Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-init. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-26.

nixpkgs-fmt

Posts with mentions or reviews of nixpkgs-fmt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-25.
  • Editor support for the nix language?
    5 projects | /r/NixOS | 25 Nov 2022
    As others have mentioned, there are a couple of LSP implementations. There's also statix for basic static analysis, as well as a few formatters, including nixpkgs-fmt and alejandra.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nix-init and nixpkgs-fmt you can also consider the following projects:

nurl - Generate Nix fetcher calls from repository URLs [maintainer=@figsoda]

nixfmt - The official (but not yet stable) formatter for Nix code

git-credential-github - A simple git credentials helper for github (Way less bloated than git credentails manager)

alejandra - The Uncompromising Nix Code Formatter

gitlab-user-manager - Manage your GitLab team access in a better way, dude

treefmt - one CLI to format your repo

wikijs-rs - API bindings, CLI client and FUSE filesystem for Wiki.js written in Rust.

statix - lints and suggestions for the nix programming language

watermill.rs - 🦀 Online statistics in Rust

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

spr - Submit pull requests for individual, amendable, rebaseable commits to GitHub