pont
pont, the dotmodule manager (by AlexAegis)
comma
Comma runs software without installing it. [maintainers=@Artturin,@burke,@DavHau] (by nix-community)
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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.
pont
Posts with mentions or reviews of pont.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-15.
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You started a new job, what are the first tools you install on your machine?
The first thing I "install" is pont, my config manager I wrote a while ago https://github.com/AlexAegis/pont
- Best way to manage dotfiles using just Git
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JOIN NIXOS TODAY OR BECOME INSIGNIFICANT TOMORROW!
I have a more extensive description in the readme and a link to my dotfiles repo utilizing it: https://github.com/AlexAegis/pont
comma
Posts with mentions or reviews of comma.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-01.
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Is Using nix-env an Antipattern?
Nowadays, I tend to try things out with comma, then add them to my configuration for later use. Some tools are not even installed in my systems because I use them so infrequently - opening a terminal and running , freecad is basically as easy as actually having it installed.
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hook nix-shell on zsh command not found
There's a version of this approach that uses nix-index to figure out which package a command is in called comma: https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Nix journey part 0: Learning and reference materials
Relatedly, check out comma. It's basically a shortcut prefix command that will search packages for the binary you want to run (via nix-index), and gives you an interactive choice if there are multiple. Which package was drill in again? No matter, I'll just prefix a comma :)
https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Alternative to the "dnf provides"
this + if you want to run a command automatically I suggest comma
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Why does nix/nixos even allow the "temporary" install of things?
Yeah dude. Emphemeral installs are a feature, not a bug. Similar vein is , https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Auto `nix-shell -p package` on missing package
You're looking for https://github.com/nix-community/comma
- Keep packages installed without "polluting the environment"
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Reddit, Twitter, Shopify scramble to deploy 'instant buy' 2021 MacBook Pro
One of the nicest tools is comma. https://github.com/Shopify/comma. It's just a light weight wrapper around searching nix-pkgs and running something, but it sure makes a lot of things easier when you're sharing somebody else's laptop.
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Having trouble getting started adding packages to my user
If you want to test out some program, I would STRONGLY recommend using nix-shell -p . This will create temporary environment, that will allow you to test out the package. You can also check out comma.
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I love using Shopifys comma tool https://github.com/Shopify/comma cause it's so useful for just small programs that u need to run once and then forget about them
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pont and comma you can also consider the following projects:
dotfiles - My dotfiles, utilizing 'pont', my dotmodule manager
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
issue-tracker - Fedora Silverblue issue tracker
nix-direnv - A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]
stern - ⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes
nix-index - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files [maintainers=@bennofs @figsoda @raitobezarius]
nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin
machine-configuration - Configuration files for my NixOS installs
SwiftDefaultApps - Replacement for RCDefaultApps, written in Swift.
NUR - Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Mic92]
legacy_dotfiles - My dotfiles, plain and simple.