An easy to use CLI front-end to the Nix package management system. The goal of this project is to make Nix easier to use to help people get into Nix.

This is intended to be a high level shiny CLI that doesn't have to get bogged down in the details of being able to do everything, as the low level Nix tools already exist.

Most of what knux does is wrap the low level Nix tools in some error handling and more intuitive interfaces. For example to install a package using Nix normally you use the command:

nix-env -e <package>

Which is fairly straightforward, but with knux you can do:

knux remove <package>

This gives knux more in common with popular package managers, such as apt and brew which will hopefully help to increase Nix adoption.

In addition knux has a module system that while incomplete will hopefully allow people to easily add their own submodule to simplify their Nix workflow. Currently there is a completed module for managing generations of your profile and there is a rough module for managing profiles.

The goal here is to let other people write simple modules that encapsulate their workflow for something like writing golang packages.

Knux isn't in nixpkgs yet, but this repository includes a Nix expression for it. You can install it into your profile using this command:

nix-env -f . -i