This is a unification of all the different pick NixOS tooling into one executable. Why? Because why not, to be honest. Written in Zig, because I like Zig.

nixos replaces these tools with respective subcommmands, listed below:

• nixos-rebuild → nixos build + nixos generation
• nixos-enter → nixos enter
• nixos-generate-config → nixos generate-config

More to come in the future, see TODO for a list of commands and flags that are planned to be implemented.

Use this repo as a flake input. A NixOS module is also provided, and this is the recommended way to use this program.

{
  inputs.nixos-cli.url = "github:water-sucks/nixos";

  outputs = { nixpkgs, nixos-cli, ... }: {
    nixosConfigurations.system-name = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      modules = [
        nixos-cli.nixosModules.nixos-cli
        # other configuration goes here
      ];
    };
  };
}

• It's 1 tool, not 10 different ones with roughly similar options
• No mishmash of monstrous Bash and Perl scripts
• It's written in Zig!

• [-] build
• container
  • list
  • create <name>
  • destroy <name>
  • start <name>
  • stop <name>
  • status <name>
  • update <name>
  • login <name>
  • run <name> <args...>
  • show-ip <name>
  • show-host-key <name>
• enter
• edit-config
• [-] generate-config
• info
• manual
• install
• option
• generation
  • list
  • switch <number>
  • rollback
  • [?] diff

I would like for this to become a standard NixOS tool, which means that I want to cater to potentially many interests. If you would like for any subcommands to be implemented that you think fit this project, please file an issue.