nivem

My Nix flake configurations for NixOS and Home Manager.

Features

• Hyprland and the Hypr suite;
• A modern shell experience in Zsh;
• Custom Nix packages built from source; and
• Neovim configured through the Nixvim module.

TODO: Add screenshots / videos

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What does "nivem" mean?

"Nivem" is the accusative case of the word snow in Latin while "nix" is the nominative case.

Online Install (Home Manager)

Install a configuration without cloning this repository.

⚠️ Symlinks will be created in your home directory.

1. If Home Manager is not installed and flakes are not enabled, run

nix develop --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' github:benvonh/nivem

2. Install the Home Manager configuration of your choice.

home-manager switch --flake github:benvonh/nivem#$USER@$HOST

where $USER@$HOST is the homeConfigurations string in flake.nix.

Full Install (Home Manager + NixOS)

Configure your NixOS system based off this flake.

1. Clone this repository and enter the custom shell.

# If not already installed
nix-shell -p git

git clone https://github.com/benvonh/nivem ~/nivem

cd ~/nivem

nix-shell

2. Create a NixOS configuration. See For The Impatient.

mkdir ~/nivem/nixos/$HOST

cp /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix ~/nivem/nixos/$HOST

# Refer to an existing `default.nix` under `nixos/` to get started
vim ~/nivem/nixos/$HOST/default.nix

3. Create a Home Manager configuration. See For The Impatient.

mkdir ~/nivem/home-manager/$USER

# Refer to an existing `default.nix` under `home-manager/` to get started
vim ~/nivem/home-manager/$USER/default.nix

4. Add the configurations to the flake and switch to it.

vim ~/nivem/flake.nix

cd ~/nivem; git add .

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/nivem

home-manager switch --flake ~/nivem

Append #$HOST and #$USER@$HOST to the switch commands (no space) if the correct values are not set in the environment variables.

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For The Impatient

If you want a quick start to using my configurations, replace the below references, $USER and $HOST, in each of the files.

NixOS

flake.nix

nixosConfigurations = {
  $HOST = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
    specialArgs = { inherit inputs outputs; };
    modules = [ ./nixos/$HOST ];
  };
};

nixos/$HOST/default.nix

networking.hostName = "$HOST";
...
users.users.$USER = {
  home = "/home/$USER";
};

Home Manager

flake.nix

homeConfigurations = {
  "$USER@$HOST" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
    extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs outputs; };
    modules = [ ./home-manager/ben ];
    pkgs = pkgsFor.x86_64-linux;
  };
};

home-manager/$USER/default.nix

home = {
  username = "$USER";
  homeDirectory = "/home/$USER";
};

⚠️ Make sure to change personal settings such as Git username and imported NixOS hardware modules.

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Special thanks to Misterio77 for creating the nix-starter-configs!