Top 23 Nix Nixo Projects
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I actually added Quartus Prime in nixpkgs a couple years ago! Haven't gotten round to the 2021 update, but that should get rid of the annoying 32-bit dependencies.
[1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1e643a385290e54947594a...
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> The configuration.nix "defines" the whole system, but obviously doesn't touch anything in /home
home-manager[1]
> or /var, so that's on you to back up, migrate, whatever.
Erase your darlings[2], impermanence[3]
[1]: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager
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Scout APM
Less time debugging, more time building. Scout APM allows you to find and fix performance issues with no hassle. Now with error monitoring and external services monitoring, Scout is a developer's best friend when it comes to application development.
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I think Henrik Lissner (author of Doom Emacs) wrote a really good piece about why someone should choose to use NixOS - https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles#frequently-asked-questi...
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For the system, I like the devos template:
https://github.com/divnix/devos
The idea of flakes is how you define inputs, and you define the system (and packages, and shell etc.) in the outputs using the inputs. The inputs are git repos which point to other flakes. You can mix and match these as much as you want (see the devos repo for examples) and when you build the derivation, it generates a lockfile for exact commits in that point in time what were used in the given inputs.
You commit the lockfile and in the other systems where you pull your config from the repo, it uses exactly those commits and installs the same versions as you did in your other systems.
This was quite annoying and hard to do before flakes. Now it's easy.
The problem what people face with building their system as a flake is combining the packages so you can point to `jq` from the unstable nixos and firefox from the stable train. I think this aspect needs better documentation so it wouldn't be so damn hard to learn (believe me, I know). Luckily there are projects like devos that give a nice template for people to play with (with documentation!)
Another use for flakes is to create a development shell for your repo, an example what I did a while ago:
https://github.com/pimeys/nix-prisma-example
Either have `nix-direnv` installed, enter the directory and say `direnv allow`, or just `nix develop` and it will gather, compile and install the correct versions of packages to your shell. Updating the packages? Call `nix flake update` in the directory, commit the lockfile and everybody else gets the new versions to their shell.
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If you want to build custom images just use https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators
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Project mention: homeage: declarative runtime decrypted age secrets for home manager | reddit.com/r/NixOS | 2021-11-07
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.
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Project mention: Build a temporary package to get started, iron out deps and learn how things work... | reddit.com/r/NixOS | 2021-12-10
Basically, I managed to get NixOS inside WSL2 by using this: https://github.com/Trundle/NixOS-WSL
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OPS
OPS - Build and Run Open Source Unikernels. Quickly and easily build and deploy open source unikernels in tens of seconds. Deploy in any language to any cloud.
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nixpkgs-wayland
Automated, pre-built packages for Wayland (sway/wlroots) tools for NixOS. [[email protected]]
for nixos it's quite easy, just add the overlay: https://github.com/colemickens/nixpkgs-wayland#nixpkgs-wayland
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You can probably hook something up using https://github.com/DavHau/nix-portable.
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nix-bitcoin
A collection of Nix packages and NixOS modules for easily installing full-featured Bitcoin nodes with an emphasis on security.
Project mention: Node Resiliency using VM & Snapshots | reddit.com/r/lightningnetwork | 2021-11-12NixOS and https://nixbitcoin.org/ makes the need for "platform recovery" obsolete.
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impermanence
Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [[email protected]]
> The configuration.nix "defines" the whole system, but obviously doesn't touch anything in /home
home-manager[1]
> or /var, so that's on you to back up, migrate, whatever.
Erase your darlings[2], impermanence[3]
[1]: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager
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Project mention: Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users through settings / GUI | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-10-10
I think NixOS would benefit from easily accessible collection of opinionated modules/profiles/configurations with minimal set of options. Something like gnome-desktop / sway-desktop / etc. Gnome actually does pretty good job here.
The point is: currently my NixOS and Home Manager configurations have over 2k LOC total. When you search for configurations on GitHub/Google you are likely to find complex ones. For example, quick search for "nixos gnome" (Google) gives me link to NixOS Wiki (which describes only Gnome part) and blog post (https://gvolpe.com/blog/gnome3-on-nixos/) which is useful but links to really huge configuration (https://github.com/gvolpe/nix-config) that is overwhelming to any beginner.
Great example of such approach is nixos-hardware (https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware) which provides one-line configuration covering hardware quirks.
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Project mention: Introducing Crane: Composable and Cacheable Builds with Cargo and Nix | reddit.com/r/NixOS | 2022-01-22
I'm yet to try it out, but from the blog post, the README and the source it appears that Crane builds all dependencies in one derivation (separately from the main crate). This means that if a dependency gets added, removed or changed, all dependencies of a crate will be rebuilt. This is in contrast with https://github.com/kolloch/crate2nix, which does build every dependency in a separate package, thus you don't need to rebuild other dependencies if you only change a small part of the tree.
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Project mention: Oops, I Did It Again...I Made A Rust Web API And It Was Not That Difficult | dev.to | 2021-11-21
To follow along, you'll need a stable Rust toolchain. See the install page for instructions to install rustup for your platform. You should prefer this method to your distribution's package manager. If you're a NixOS freak, I recommend fenix.
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It's open source: https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitica There's a fork meant for self hosting with stuff like monetization taken out: https://github.com/headcounter/shabitica
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Project mention: Why aren't systems like NixOS and GNU Guix more popular? | reddit.com/r/NixOS | 2021-11-10
The DavHau/dream2nix project aims to be a generic solution for this issue by splitting the problem into specific stages, each of which can be configured individually (e.g., changing the level of purity)
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Nix Nixos related posts
- The Curse of NixOS
- Not having the best day. I would appreciate if anyone wanted to say “hi”.
- Introducing Crane: Composable and Cacheable Builds with Cargo and Nix
- xdg-desktop-portal-wlr on Sway causes 20 seconds waiting for GTK+ programs
- FEMAN
- Announcing Rust 1.58.1
- Port of Jak and Daxter. 99% written in GOAL, custom Lisp language by Naughty Dog
Index
What are some of the best open-source Nixo projects in Nix? This list will help you:
| Project | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | nixpkgs | 8,600 |
| 2 | Home Manager using Nix | 2,538 |
| 3 | dotfiles | 663 |
| 4 | devos | 629 |
| 5 | nixos-generators | 539 |
| 6 | agenix | 336 |
| 7 | NixOS-WSL | 278 |
| 8 | arion-compose | 246 |
| 9 | nixpkgs-wayland | 237 |
| 10 | nix-portable | 229 |
| 11 | nix-bitcoin | 213 |
| 12 | impermanence | 208 |
| 13 | flake-utils-plus | 205 |
| 14 | nix-config | 187 |
| 15 | crate2nix | 183 |
| 16 | dotfiles | 170 |
| 17 | fenix | 110 |
| 18 | system | 109 |
| 19 | shabitica | 101 |
| 20 | dream2nix | 101 |
| 21 | cargo2nix | 98 |
| 22 | high-quality-nix-content | 83 |
| 23 | nixos-pi | 81 |
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