Zen Browser: Difference between revisions

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+{{Infobox application
+| name = Zen
+| type = Native
+| image = Zen-logo-black.png
+| website = https://zen-browser.app/
+| bugTracker = https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues
+| github = https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop
+| programmingLanguage = C++
+}}
 '''Zen''' is a firefox based browser that promises a calmer internet, and features a sideways based tab system.
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 }
 </syntaxhighlight>After rebuilding, Zen will be installed system-wide.
-{{Infobox application
-| name = Zen
+== Configuration ==
-| type = Native
+This is an example of a pure, declarative, wrapper-based configuration independent of NixOS and home-manager (though it is presented as a NixOS module for convenience). Extensions are not packaged through Nix, but are installed by the browser upon startup. It should also work on any Firefox based browser.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-| image = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zen-browser/.github/refs/heads/main/profile/logo-black.png
+{
-| website = https://zen-browser.app/
+  inputs,
-| bugTracker = https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues
+  pkgs,
-| github = https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop
+  lib,
-| programmingLanguage = C++
+  ...
-}}
+}:
+let
+  extension = shortId: guid: {
+    name = guid;
+    value = {
+      install_url = "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/latest/${shortId}/latest.xpi";
+      installation_mode = "normal_installed";
+    };
+  };
+  prefs = {
+    # Check these out at about:config
+    "extensions.autoDisableScopes" = 0;
+    "extensions.pocket.enabled" = false;
+    # ...
+  };
+  extensions = [
+    # To add additional extensions, find it on addons.mozilla.org, find
+    # the short ID in the url (like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/!SHORT_ID!/)
+    # Then go to https://addons.mozilla.org/api/v5/addons/addon/!SHORT_ID!/ to get the guid
+    (extension "ublock-origin" "uBlock0@raymondhill.net")
+    # ...
+  ];
+in
+{
+  environment.systemPackages = [
+    (pkgs.wrapFirefox
+      inputs.zen-browser.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.zen-browser-unwrapped
+      {
+        extraPrefs = lib.concatLines (
+          lib.mapAttrsToList (
+            name: value: ''lockPref(${lib.strings.toJSON name}, ${lib.strings.toJSON value});''
+          ) prefs
+        );
+        extraPolicies = {
+          DisableTelemetry = true;
+          ExtensionSettings = builtins.listToAttrs extensions;
+          SearchEngines = {
+            Default = "ddg";
+            Add = [
+              {
+                Name = "nixpkgs packages";
+                URLTemplate = "https://search.nixos.org/packages?query={searchTerms}";
+                IconURL = "https://wiki.nixos.org/favicon.ico";
+                Alias = "@np";
+              }
+              {
+                Name = "NixOS options";
+                URLTemplate = "https://search.nixos.org/options?query={searchTerms}";
+                IconURL = "https://wiki.nixos.org/favicon.ico";
+                Alias = "@no";
+              }
+              {
+                Name = "NixOS Wiki";
+                URLTemplate = "https://wiki.nixos.org/w/index.php?search={searchTerms}";
+                IconURL = "https://wiki.nixos.org/favicon.ico";
+                Alias = "@nw";
+              }
+              {
+                Name = "noogle";
+                URLTemplate = "https://noogle.dev/q?term={searchTerms}";
+                IconURL = "https://noogle.dev/favicon.ico";
+                Alias = "@ng";
+              }
+            ];
+          };
+        };
+      }
+    )
+  ];
+}
+</syntaxhighlight>