MOmootoday·Dec 8, 2024
I read the project's Readme and all I'm left with is "why?".
I use Devbox[1] and get access to the entire Nix ecosystem, done.
[1] https://github.com/jetify-com/devbox
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Instant, easy, and predictable development environments
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| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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4 sourcesThere's also [devbox](https://github.com/jetify-com/devbox).
Tried a lot of them, and after a while I found the nix the package manager on non NixOS requires too many workarounds. Things don't just work. For example, installing alacritty requires an OpenGL wrapper. Neovim can't find libraries to build some plugins. Basically, anything GUI had issues.
In the end, `cargo install`, `go install` and download a release archive from github are simpler to script for most of the tools I use.
In Show HN: Brioche – A new Nix-like package managerHow does Flox compare to Devbox? https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox
In Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with NixDevbox: instant, easy, and predictable development environments
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