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NixOS Config for Derethil

My Nix configurations for NixOS, Nix Darwin, and Home Manager.

Usage

Clone this repository to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/derethil/nix-config.git ~/.config/nix-config
cd ~/.config/nix-config

TODO: Installation instructions with disko and nixos-anywhere

Development Templates

# Node.js environment
github:derethil/nix-config#npm

# Node.js + Go environment
github:derethil/nix-config#dragonarmy-npm-golang

# Uv-managed Python environment
github:derethil/nix-config#python

Features

Here's an overview of what my Nix configuration offers:

• Next-Gen Wayland Compositors: Featuring Niri (scrollable tiling) and Hyprland, both optimized for NVIDIA and high-refresh displays with VRR support.

• Custom Desktop Shells: Dank Material Shell support including various third-party plugins to improve productivity and add QOL features.

• Gaming: Integrated CachyOS kernel optimization, Steam with Proton optimizations, lossless scaling technology, and comprehensive launcher and game (Heroic, PrismLauncher, GDLauncher, Sober).

• Advanced Security and Impermanence: BTRFS impermanence with encrypted root rollback, SOPS secret management with age encryption, and LUKS full-disk encryption with secure boot.

• Development: Provides my Neovim configuration through NVF via a custom flake as well as comprehensive DevEnv templates and a suite of CLI utilities and tool configurations.

• Cross-Platform Window Management: AeroSpace tiling for macOS with unified keybindings across all platforms.

• Privacy-Hardened Browsing: Firefox with custom CSS theming and vim bindings among other addons and privacy configurations including telemetry disabling.

System Architecture

Hosts

• Athena (x86_64-linux): NixOS desktop with NVIDIA optimizations
• Hestia (aarch64-darwin): Apple Silicon macOS development machine

Core Technologies

• Snowfall Lib: Modular configuration management with automatic imports
• Home Manager: Declarative user environment management
• Nix Darwin: Declarative MacOS settings and program management
• SOPS: Encrypted secrets with private repository integration
• Cachix: Binary caching for faster rebuilds