nix-software-center
A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages (by snowfallorg)
nixos-conf-editor
A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations (by snowfallorg)
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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)
nixos-conf-editor
Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos-conf-editor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-26.
- AI roasts NixOS users
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SnowflakeOS - Creating a GUI focused NixOS-based distro
Sounds a lot like nixos-conf-editor :) It allows for arbitrary nix code to be set for any option, and evaluates it to check for the correct type before setting it as the value in your configuration file
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Nix Software Center: gtk4/libadwaita app store for NixOS
Actually already made a similar tool :) https://github.com/vlinkz/nixos-conf-editor
- NixOS Configuration Editor: A gtk4/libadwaita app to edit and manage basic configurations without (much) coding
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auto update notifier & gui for non-tech users?
I definitely plan to support as much as I can, but there is definitely a level of complexity that can never be truly translated to a graphical tool. What I've found helpful during development for me is that I split the frontend GUI and the backed parser and editor into two projects (nixos-conf-editor and nix-editor), that way I could tackle a lot of the parsing and editing alone without worrying about specific GUI features needed (and use it for other projects). Later when I need some feature I add it to nix-editor. So far nix-editor supports simple attribute modification, array adding and popping, and recursive attribute definition and dereferencing. It's definitely not perfect by any means, but so far it's been enough for the projects I've been working on. I definitely need to credit any success I've had so far to the developers of rnix-parser which translates nix expression to easy to manage ASTs.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nix-software-center and nixos-conf-editor you can also consider the following projects:
nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding
nix-editor - A simple rust program to edit NixOS configuration files with just a command
nixos-appstream-generator - Proof of concept appstream data generator for NixOS
Nixos-Gui - Gui for Nixos package manager
os-installer-snowflake-config
templates - Flake templates
Relm4 - Build truly native applications with ease!
system-manager - Manage system config using nix on any distro
system-updater - Systemd services for checking for and applying system updates.
NixOS - My personal NixOS related stuff
nix-software-center vs nix-gui
nixos-conf-editor vs nix-editor
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nixos-conf-editor vs Nixos-Gui
nix-software-center vs os-installer-snowflake-config
nixos-conf-editor vs nix-gui
nix-software-center vs templates
nixos-conf-editor vs Relm4
nix-software-center vs system-manager
nixos-conf-editor vs system-updater
nix-software-center vs nix-editor
nixos-conf-editor vs NixOS