Nix Darwin Kickstarter

A beginner-friendly nix-darwin + home-manager + flakes startup configuration.

The primary objective of this repository is to assist beginners in comprehending the fundamental setup of nix-darwin, enabling them to swiftly initiate their own nix-darwin configuration.

Two template versions are available:

• minimal: A basic configuration comprising essential settings for initiating nix-darwin. It can be safely deployed to your system.
• rich-demo: An extensive demo featuring a plethora of configurations that can serve as a reference for your setup. However, exercise caution, as it may OVERWRITE your system configuration. DO NOT deploy it directly to your system.

Why nix-darwin

Nix-darwin facilitates the management of your macOS system configuration and dotfiles in a declarative manner. You can effortlessly revert to any previous configuration, making it a robust tool for system customization. Sharing configurations becomes seamless, and managing multiple macOS hosts is a breeze with nix-darwin.

Showcases

Enable TouchID for sudo with just one line:

Customize (Almost) all your macOS settings via nix-darwin:

References

• LnL7/nix-darwin
• macos-defaults
• ryan4yin/nix-config/modules/darwin