dotfiles VS flake-parts

Compare dotfiles vs flake-parts and see what are their differences.

dotfiles

Personal configuration files for my PC (by viperML)

flake-parts

❄️ Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system (by hercules-ci)
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dotfiles flake-parts
5 5
139 594
- 5.4%
9.5 7.1
3 days ago 9 days ago
Nix Nix
European Union Public License 1.2 MIT License
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dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-21.

flake-parts

Posts with mentions or reviews of flake-parts. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-15.
  • Nix is a better Docker image builder than Docker's image builder
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Mar 2024
    There are attempts like

    https://flake.parts/

    or

    https://github.com/nix-community/flakelight

    Their aim is to create an ecosystem of reusable Nix libraries. But it is tiny.

  • Nix noob question
    2 projects | /r/Nix | 6 Jul 2023
    You can also just install flakes doing nix profile install . I wrote a tool to make it a bit easier, npt but it's completely optional. Once you install the packages with nix profile. Then in your repos you can use a flake with a devShell and run nix develop. Check https://flake.parts to write your flakes.
  • I'm getting on the hype train. What do you recommend to beginner?
    4 projects | /r/NixOS | 25 Jun 2023
    Definitely use flakes from the get-go. It's much more sane. Nix's documentation can be unorganized, but read through it when you can. Modules and other projects tend to have their own documentation as well, like Home Manager and flake-parts
  • Why you don't need flake-utils
    4 projects | /r/NixOS | 21 May 2023
    That's not a typo, there OP is referring to https://github.com/hercules-ci/flake-parts

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dotfiles and flake-parts you can also consider the following projects:

neoinfra - Infrastucture as code

nix-beam-flakes - Nix-based BEAM toolchain management

dotnix - nix stuff

dev-templates - Dev environments for numerous languages based on Nix flakes [maintainer=@lucperkins]

nix-config - :space_invader: NixOS configuration

treefmt-nix - treefmt nix configuration

nvfetcher - Generate nix sources expr for the latest version of packages

haumea - Filesystem-based module system for Nix [maintainer=@figsoda]

nixt - Simple unit-testing for Nix [maintainer=@Lord-Valen]

Nix-Config - My Nix Config

npt - Nix Package Tool. A (humble) successor to linux's apt, which makes life easier when using nix as a package manager.