(Work in Progress)

Make nixos usable for non-technical users through a settings / package management GUI.

The declarative nature of nixos provides it the capability of being the most user friendly linux distro. No more editing dotfiles, /etc files, manually writing timers, services, running commands to manage and create users and groups, etc. Nixos integrates all of that into a declarative system, and this project integrates nixos’ declarative system into a GUI.

Nix-Gui is a configuration management tool designed for those who haven’t mastered the (arguably difficult) nix language. It is also an attempt to replicate the ease of use of popular configuration systems including

• Ubuntu’s Unity System Settings
• Mint’s Cinnimon Settings
• Synaptic Package Manager

At the same time, Nix-Gui should serve to gradually and comfortably teach users about the mechanics of the nix language and nixpkgs. At the most advanced level, once feature parity has been achieved Nix-Gui may be considered an IDE.

An additional motive for this project is to enable system configuration for mobile devices without having to type code on your phone.

• Project Overview
• Usage
• Behavior
• Development

Non-developers (and interested developers), if you want to help, please

• Run the application and submit bug report issues on GitHub.
• Contact me on matrix (details below) to help more directly with UX testing.

Developers, if you’re interested in contributing, you may

• Review the code, run the application, and point out potential improvements, flaws, and bugs by submitting issues.
• Review milestones and issues and create pull requests to address bugs and missing features.
• Contribute to important dependencies including rnix-parser and rnix-lsp.
• Contact me on matrix to discuss.

Contact me on Matrix (andrew:mtx.rew.la)