Managing OS and home configurations using nixos-flake

nixos-flake a flake-parts module to unify NixOS + nix-darwin + home-manager configuration in a single flake, while providing a consistent interface (and enabling common modules) for both Linux and macOS.

Why?

nixos-flake provides the following features:

  • Activation: An .#activate flake app that works both on macOS and NixOS.
    • .#activate can also remotely activate machines (be it macOS or NixOS) over SSH.
  • All NixOS/ nix-darwin/ home-manager modules receive specialArgs which includes all the information in the top-level flake.
    • This enables those modules to be aware of the flake inputs, for instance.
  • A .#update flake app to update the primary inputs (which can be overriden)

Getting Started

See: Getting Started and Guide. For examples, see Examples

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