nixthing
Being built · the commands are the design
NixOS, set up properly.
Every guide agrees on the shape of a NixOS setup, and every guide takes an evening. nixthing writes it in one command.
- 1 command on a fresh install
- 1 folder per host
- ~10 min from install to declared
- 0 formats to learn but Nix
Features
The shape everyone ends up with.
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One command
Flakes on, a repository with git, this machine's files moved in, home-manager wired, and switched to.
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A folder per host
The next machine is the same line, and becomes a second host sharing your home.
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The flake you'd write
An ordinary flake, so you can read it, change it, or walk away from it.
How it works
Shell scripts, run from the repository.
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1
New host
Run once on a fresh install, so nothing needs installing before the first command.
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2
Next host
The same command on another machine adds it beside the first, so they share what is already declared.
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3
Switch
switch.shknows which host it is on, so rebuilding is the same word everywhere.
Who built it
Built by Rytter.
I'm Jakob Rytter. I build software and run it, from the server to the screen, and nixthing is how my machines start out.