nix-software-center
A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages (by snowfallorg)
nixos-appstream-data
Appstream data for NixOS (by snowfallorg)
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nix-software-center | nixos-appstream-data | |
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11 | 2 | |
453 | 3 | |
9.7% | - | |
5.6 | 10.0 | |
3 months ago | over 1 year ago | |
Rust | Shell | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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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-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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SnowflakeOS - Creating a GUI focused NixOS-based distro
I definitely agree! So far I've tried to make my tools, namely nixos-conf-editor and nix-software-center work in conjunction with manually managing .nix files. And I definitely hope once stable they can help draw more people into learning nix
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.
In my opinion, NixOS is a great operating system and is very straightforward and stable once you learn how to use it, however for someone without knowledge about Nix or who has never heard of NixOS, it can be very confusing. I stumbled upon Nix and NixOS a bit less than a year ago, and since then have worked to try to create tools that make using NixOS more user/noob friendly, namely: adding the calamares installer to NixOS, creating a graphical configuration editor: nixos-conf-editor, and creating a GNOME software-like software center: nix-software-center.
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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)
nixos-appstream-data
Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos-appstream-data.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-20.
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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
Currently, metadata is stored on my NixOS Appstream data repo
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nix-software-center and nixos-appstream-data you can also consider the following projects:
nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding
nixos-appstream-generator - Proof of concept appstream data generator for NixOS
templates - Flake templates
nixos-conf-editor - A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations
os-installer-snowflake-config
system-manager - Manage system config using nix on any distro
nix-editor - A simple rust program to edit NixOS configuration files with just a command
Relm4 - Build truly native applications with ease!
gtk-rs-core - Rust bindings for GNOME libraries
NixOS - My personal NixOS related stuff
nix-software-center vs nix-gui
nix-software-center vs nixos-appstream-generator
nix-software-center vs templates
nix-software-center vs nixos-conf-editor
nix-software-center vs os-installer-snowflake-config
nix-software-center vs system-manager
nixos-appstream-data vs os-installer-snowflake-config
nix-software-center vs nix-editor
nixos-appstream-data vs Relm4
nix-software-center vs gtk-rs-core
nix-software-center vs Relm4
nix-software-center vs NixOS