Exploring the integration between Nix and AI coding agents. This repository serves as a testbed for packaging, sandboxing, and enhancing AI-powered development tools within the Nix ecosystem.

Daily Updates

This repository uses GitHub Actions to automatically update all packages and flake inputs daily.

Available Tools

amp

• Description: CLI for Amp, an agentic coding tool in research preview from Sourcegraph
• Version: 0.0.1759622520-gf9ec5f
• Source: bytecode
• License: unfree
• Homepage: https://ampcode.com/
• Usage: nix run .#amp -- --help

backlog-md

• Description: Backlog.md - A tool for managing project collaboration between humans and AI Agents in a git ecosystem
• Version: 1.14.5
• Source: source
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.md
• Usage: nix run .#backlog-md -- --help

catnip

• Description: Developer environment that's like catnip for agentic programming
• Version: 0.11.0
• Source: binary
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://github.com/wandb/catnip
• Usage: nix run .#catnip -- --help

claude-code

• Description: Agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster
• Version: 2.0.8
• Source: source
• License: unfree
• Homepage: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
• Usage: nix run .#claude-code -- --help

claude-code-router

• Description: Use Claude Code without an Anthropics account and route it to another LLM provider
• Version: 1.0.55
• Source: bytecode
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/musistudio/claude-code-router
• Usage: nix run .#claude-code-router -- --help

claude-desktop

• Description: Claude Desktop - AI assistant from Anthropic
• Version: 0.13.37
• Source: binary
• License: unfree
• Homepage: https://claude.ai
• Usage: nix run .#claude-desktop -- --help

claudebox

• Description: Sandboxed environment for Claude Code
• Version: unknown
• Source: source
• License: Check package
• Homepage: https://github.com/numtide/nix-ai-tools/tree/main/packages/claudebox
• Usage: nix run .#claudebox -- --help

code

• Description: Fork of codex. Orchestrate agents from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or any provider.
• Version: 0.2.180
• Source: source
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://github.com/just-every/code/
• Usage: nix run .#code -- --help

coderabbit-cli

• Description: AI-powered code review CLI tool
• Version: 0.3.3
• Source: binary
• License: unfree
• Homepage: https://coderabbit.ai
• Usage: nix run .#coderabbit-cli -- --help

codex

• Description: OpenAI Codex CLI - a coding agent that runs locally on your computer
• Version: 0.44.0
• Source: source
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://github.com/openai/codex
• Usage: nix run .#codex -- --help

copilot-cli

• Description: GitHub Copilot CLI brings the power of Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal.
• Version: 0.0.334
• Source: bytecode
• License: unfree
• Homepage: https://github.com/github/copilot-cli
• Usage: nix run .#copilot-cli -- --help

crush

• Description: The glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal
• Version: 0.10.4
• Source: source
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush
• Usage: nix run .#crush -- --help

cursor-agent

• Description: Cursor Agent - CLI tool for Cursor AI code editor
• Version: 2025.10.02-bd871ac
• Source: binary
• License: unfree
• Homepage: https://cursor.com/
• Usage: nix run .#cursor-agent -- --help

forge

• Description: AI-Enhanced Terminal Development Environment - A comprehensive coding agent that integrates AI capabilities with your development environment
• Version: 0.122.2
• Source: binary
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/antinomyhq/forge
• Usage: nix run .#forge -- --help

gemini-cli

• Description: AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal
• Version: 0.7.0
• Source: source
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
• Usage: nix run .#gemini-cli -- --help

goose-cli

• Description: CLI for Goose - a local, extensible, open source AI agent that automates engineering tasks
• Version: 1.9.1
• Source: binary
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://github.com/block/goose
• Usage: nix run .#goose-cli -- --help

groq-code-cli

• Description: A highly customizable, lightweight, and open-source coding CLI powered by Groq for instant iteration
• Version: 1.0.2-unstable-2025-09-05
• Source: source
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/build-with-groq/groq-code-cli
• Usage: nix run .#groq-code-cli -- --help

nanocoder

• Description: A beautiful local-first coding agent running in your terminal - built by the community for the community ⚒
• Version: 1.11.3
• Source: source
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/Mote-Software/nanocoder
• Usage: nix run .#nanocoder -- --help

opencode

• Description: AI coding agent built for the terminal
• Version: 0.13.5
• Source: unknown
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/sst/opencode
• Usage: nix run .#opencode -- --help

qwen-code

• Description: Command-line AI workflow tool for Qwen3-Coder models
• Version: 0.0.13
• Source: bytecode
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
• Usage: nix run .#qwen-code -- --help

Installation

Using Nix Flakes

Add to your system configuration:

{
  inputs = {
    nix-ai-tools.url = "github:numtide/nix-ai-tools";
  };

  # In your system packages:
  environment.systemPackages = with inputs.nix-ai-tools.packages.${pkgs.system}; [
    claude-code
    opencode
    gemini-cli
    qwen-code
    # ... other tools
  ];
}

Try Without Installing

# Try Claude Code
nix run github:numtide/nix-ai-tools#claude-code

# Try OpenCode
nix run github:numtide/nix-ai-tools#opencode

# Try Gemini CLI
nix run github:numtide/nix-ai-tools#gemini-cli

# Try Qwen Code
nix run github:numtide/nix-ai-tools#qwen-code

# etc...

Binary Cache

Pre-built binaries are available from the Numtide Cachix cache. All packages are built daily via CI and pushed to the cache, so you can avoid compiling from source.

This cache is automatically configured when this flake is used directly (e.g nix run github:numtide/nix-ai-tools#claude-code)

To use the binary cache when using this flake as an input, add nixConfig to your flake:

{
  nixConfig = {
    extra-substituters = [ "https://numtide.cachix.org" ];
    extra-trusted-public-keys = [ "numtide.cachix.org-1:2ps1kLBUWjxIneOy1Ik6cQjb41X0iXVXeHigGmycPPE=" ];
  };
}

Development

Setup Development Environment

nix develop

Building Packages

# Build a specific package
nix build .#claude-code
nix build .#opencode
nix build .#qwen-code
# etc...

Code Quality

# Format all code
nix fmt

# Run checks
nix flake check

Package Details

Platform Support

All packages support:

• x86_64-linux
• aarch64-linux
• x86_64-darwin
• aarch64-darwin

Experimental Features

This repository serves as a laboratory for exploring how Nix can enhance AI-powered development:

Current Experiments

• Sandboxed execution: claudebox demonstrates transparent, sandboxed AI agent execution
• Provider abstraction: claude-code-router explores decoupling AI interfaces from specific providers
• Tool composition: Investigating how multiple AI agents can work together in Nix environments

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Run nix fmt before committing
4. Submit a pull request

See also

• https://github.com/k3d3/claude-desktop-linux-flake

License

Individual tools are licensed under their respective licenses.

The Nix packaging code in this repository is licensed under MIT.