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.
Non-developers (and interested developers), if you want to help, please contact me on matrix (details below) to help with UX testing.
Developers, if you’re interested in contributing, you may
- Review the code and point out potential improvements and flaws.
- 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)