template-nix vs template-nixos

template-nix

The nix template, configured for Gitpod (www.gitpod.io) to give you pre-built, nix based ephemeral development environments in the cloud. (by gitpod-samples)

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template-nixos

The NixOS template, configured for Gitpod (www.gitpod.io) to give you pre-built, nix based ephemeral operating system environments in the cloud. (by gitpod-io)

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template-nix		template-nixos
	Project
4	Mentions	4
29	Stars	34
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	3.4
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	almost 1 year ago
Nix	Language	Nix
MIT License	License	MIT License

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template-nix

Posts with mentions or reviews of template-nix. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-02.

Building with Nix on Replit
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Oct 2021
GitHub Codespaces vs. Gitpod: Choosing the Best Online Code Editor
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Sep 2021

Nix is <3. Here's a template where you can take it for a spin on Gitpod.
https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nix
Personally I run all my software via nix, in a monorepo with a layout similar to google3, that generates/serves docker images via https://github.com/google/nixery, supports x64/m1, local development, codespaces and gitpod.
GitHub.Dev is now available on any GitHub repo
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2021
Choices for online Ocaml?
7 projects | /r/ocaml | 12 Aug 2021

👋Geoff here from Gitpod. Created something special for the OCaml community moments ago - https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-ocaml. If you prefer nix then adjust https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nix. Enjoy 🧡

template-nixos

Posts with mentions or reviews of template-nixos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-18.

How to code, build, and deploy from an iPad using Gitlab and Gitpod
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Apr 2022

Geoff here from Gitpod. Compsci is an area where Gitpod really shines because it enables you to share whatever you are hacking on without subjecting who you are sharing it with, with the burden of installing dependencies.
Thus, yes, indeed Haskell and SBCL or anything works exceptionally well. Here’s NixOS running on Gitpod btw https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nixos
Building Container Images with Nix
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Aug 2021

If you want to take nixos for a spin in your browser head to https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nixos and mash the button.
Also https://nix.dev is one of the better learning resources. Over at https://GitHub.com/ghuntley/ghuntley you'll find a workshop I created on Nix.
Ok, Codespaces is actually amazing
5 projects | /r/github | 18 Aug 2021
GitHub.Dev is now available on any GitHub repo
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing template-nix and template-nixos you can also consider the following projects:

Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]

gitpod - The developer platform for on-demand cloud development environments to create software faster and more securely.

openvscode-server - Run upstream VS Code on a remote machine with access through a modern web browser from any device, anywhere.

template-docker-compose - A Docker Compose template, configured for Gitpod (www.gitpod.io) to give you pre-built, ephemeral development environments in the cloud.

bazel-nix-example

nixpkgs-wayland - Automated, pre-built packages for Wayland (sway/wlroots) tools for NixOS. [maintainers=@colemickens, @Artturin]

nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS

nixery - Container registry which transparently builds images using the Nix package manager. Canonical repository is https://cs.tvl.fyi/depot/-/tree/tools/nixery

polygott - Base Docker image for the Repl.it evaluation server

openvsx - An open-source registry for VS Code extensions

Code-Server - VS Code in the browser

ocaml-jupyter - An OCaml kernel for Jupyter (IPython) notebook