Language-specific package helpers: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:27, 24 April 2020

The official overview can be found in the nixpkgs manual.

cabal2nix
haskell-overridez - Simplify usage of nix dependencies during haskell development
snack

node2nix, Recommend for use in nixpkgs
napalm, Imports package-lock.json into nix directly
yarn-based (carry the same name but different implementations), yarn is a drop-in for `npm`:
- yarn2nix by moretea
- yarn2nix by Profpatsch
bower2nix

pypi2nix - Recommended by Community
nixpkgs-pytools semi-automated way to add python packages to nixpkgs.
[1] - Create reproducible python environments from `requirements.txt` (using Nix)
pip2nix
python2nix
nix-pip

naersk Pure nix, works well with dependencies from crates.io. Builds rust crates dependencies in one derivation and the crate itself in another.
crate2nix Uses `buildRustCrate` from `nixpkgs` to build all dependencies independently. Either check in the generated build file or use it via "import from derivation".
cargo2nix Uses a `mkCrate` wrapper around Cargo and `rustc` to build all dependencies independently. Supports cross-compilation, alternative registries, and `nix-shell` integration.

Outdated or deprecated projects:

carnix documentation - Recommended by the docs (which are unfortunately outdated), also integrated into nixpkgs.
cratesio2nix
nixcrates
nix-crates-index
manilla

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 * [https://github.com/garbas/pypi2nix pypi2nix] - Recommended by Community
 * [https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-pytools nixpkgs-pytools] semi-automated way to add python packages to nixpkgs.
+* [https://github.com/DavHau/mach-nix] - Create reproducible python environments from `requirements.txt` (using Nix)
 * [https://github.com/johbo/pip2nix pip2nix]
 * [https://github.com/proger/python2nix python2nix]