packages VS agenix

Compare packages vs agenix and see what are their differences.

packages

A collection of useful packages maintained by the Flutter team (by flutter)

agenix

age-encrypted secrets for NixOS and Home manager (by ryantm)
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packages agenix
21 10
3,945 1,226
2.4% -
9.9 7.5
6 days ago 12 days ago
Dart Nix
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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packages

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agenix

Posts with mentions or reviews of agenix. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-01.
  • password manager solution advice
    2 projects | /r/NixOS | 1 Mar 2023
    How about: https://github.com/ryantm/agenix
  • how to store secrets needed at install time
    4 projects | /r/NixOS | 26 Feb 2023
    I've heard good things about and seen sops-nix used on a few really solid configs. Others tend to use Age or Homeage.
  • Ask HN: A Better Docker Compose?
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jan 2023
    I don't have a write-up, just my code in git. But it's not public. I'm not using anything out of the ordinary - Nix containers, modules, and functions, and the Agenix module with uses a private key to decrypt secrets at start. The Nix language is inherently composable. Here are some links that explain:

    Containers:

    https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Containers

    Modules:

    https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_modules

    Functions:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/zzstun/please_help_m...

    Agenix:

    https://github.com/ryantm/agenix

  • ridiculously easy mail server setup with NixOS
    2 projects | /r/NixOS | 5 Oct 2022
    For passwords I am using agenix which is also pretty awesome, an alternative could have been sops.nix.
  • NixOS for Apt/Yum Users: a Gift That Keeps on Giving
    1 project | /r/linux | 29 Sep 2022
    Alternatively, you could simply add the wireless connection files to the Networkmanager dir in /etc using environment.etc. Though keep in mind that any file declared in your config is readable by any user in your system. agenix would be the solution to that.
  • What to do...
    4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 7 Jun 2022
    One think I saw that I don't recommend is to change your password after installing; that's not very reporoducible, use users.users..hashedPassword or users.users..passwordFile with agenix or sops-nix.
  • Understanding nixos secrets management/aws configuration
    4 projects | /r/NixOS | 16 Apr 2022
    Answering your broader question (secret management) colmena does that for me outside the Nix store. I also use git-crypt to store secrets in the repo. There are also more Nix-y alternatives like agenix.
  • If you’re not using SSH certificates you’re doing SSH wrong
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Mar 2022
    I feel that trying to make SSH keys short-lived is becoming more painful each year because there's an increase of tools that use SSH keys for purposes other than SSH logins. For example, age [1] encrypts files with SSH keys, agenix [2] does secrets management with it, Git can now sign commits with it [3], and even ssh-keygen can now sign arbitrary data [4]. All of these become useless the moment you start using short-lived keys.

    [1]: https://github.com/FiloSottile/age

    [2]: https://github.com/ryantm/agenix

    [3]: https://calebhearth.com/sign-git-with-ssh

    [4]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ssh-keygen.1.html

  • homeage: declarative runtime decrypted age secrets for home manager
    3 projects | /r/NixOS | 7 Nov 2021
    I built this because I try to keep as much as possible outside of my system config but all of the secret managers I found were system only. I had no idea how to solve this until I found RaitoBezarius' awesome pull request to agenix where it all clicked. It also exposed me to the inner workings of home-manager which has definitely made me appreciate it more! I kept this separate from agenix because I am interested only in a module rather than a CLI and thus see it as having a different fit.
  • How do you manage your private keys?
    8 projects | /r/NixOS | 21 Apr 2021
    I've been thinking about the same thing. I haven't gotten around to it yet but agenix looked the most promising to me so far

What are some alternatives?

When comparing packages and agenix you can also consider the following projects:

flutter_phoenix - Easily restart your application from scratch.

sops-nix - Atomic secret provisioning for NixOS based on sops

pub-dev - The pub.dev website

nixos-config - My NixOS configurations.

flutter_file_picker - File picker plugin for Flutter, compatible with mobile (iOS & Android), Web, Desktop (Mac, Linux, Windows) platforms with Flutter Go support.

nixos-config - Mirror of https://code.balsoft.ru/balsoft/nixos-config

build - A build system for Dart written in Dart

homeage - runtime decrypted age secrets for nix home manager

rxdart - The Reactive Extensions for Dart

pass-import - A pass extension for importing data from most existing password managers

internet_connection_checker - A pure Dart library that checks for internet by opening a socket to a list of specified addresses, each with individual port and timeout. Defaults are provided for convenience.

slips - SatoshiLabs Improvement Proposals