nixpkgs-fmt VS nixfmt

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

nixpkgs-fmt

Nix code formatter for nixpkgs [maintainer=@zimbatm] (by nix-community)
Nix Formatter rust-crate Nixpkgs CLI pre-commit-hook
Source Code
nix-community.github.io
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nixfmt

The official (but not yet stable) formatter for Nix code (by NixOS)
Development Nix Formatter Haskell
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nixfmt.serokell.io
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2.3% 11.2%
5.8 8.9
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Rust Nix
Apache License 2.0 Mozilla Public License 2.0
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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.

nixfmt

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

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

alejandra - The Uncompromising Nix Code Formatter

hlint - Haskell source code suggestions

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

markdown-unlit - Literate Haskell support for Markdown

treefmt - one CLI to format your repo

leksah - Haskell IDE

statix - lints and suggestions for the nix programming language

ihp - 🔥 The fastest way to build type safe web apps. IHP is a new batteries-included web framework optimized for longterm productivity and programmer happiness

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

marvin - The paranoid bot (framework)

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

nix-mate - Installing stuff with Nix made easy

nixpkgs-fmt vs alejandra nixfmt vs hlint nixpkgs-fmt vs nix-init nixfmt vs markdown-unlit nixpkgs-fmt vs treefmt nixfmt vs leksah nixpkgs-fmt vs statix nixfmt vs ihp nixpkgs-fmt vs devenv nixfmt vs marvin nixpkgs-fmt vs nurl nixfmt vs nix-mate