Editor support for the nix language?

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  • rnix-lsp

    Discontinued WIP Language Server for Nix! [maintainer=@aaronjanse]

  • There's a work in progress language server: rnix which I'm using in emacs. Features like autocomplete are limited though, I'm guessing because you'd need to evaluate the actual Nix code to correctly deduce what properties exist.

  • statix

    lints and suggestions for the nix programming language

  • As others have mentioned, there are a couple of LSP implementations. There's also statix for basic static analysis, as well as a few formatters, including nixpkgs-fmt and alejandra.

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  • nixpkgs-fmt

    Nix code formatter for nixpkgs [maintainer=@zimbatm]

  • As others have mentioned, there are a couple of LSP implementations. There's also statix for basic static analysis, as well as a few formatters, including nixpkgs-fmt and alejandra.

  • alejandra

    The Uncompromising Nix Code Formatter

  • As others have mentioned, there are a couple of LSP implementations. There's also statix for basic static analysis, as well as a few formatters, including nixpkgs-fmt and alejandra.

  • devenv

    Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments

  • If you use https://devenv.sh you can just do:

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