Workspace

Development environment configuration using Nix. Multiples systems are supported using a modular approach that enables separation between system and user configuration.

It doesn't rely fully on nix. Its intended purpose here is just to configure the system's settings and act as a declarative package manager. The configuration of the different user applications uses the conventional text files that follows the best practices and is more aligned with the community.

Repository posture

This is a personal operational dotfiles repo, not a public product or community-maintained library. Keep the public surface thin: README, license, install path, and recovery notes when needed.

Do not add the full public OSS trust bundle unless the repo becomes a reusable dotfiles framework. Review install.conf.yaml before running ./install; it mutates home-directory configuration through Dotbot.

🚀 Quick start

🍏 macOS

For macOS, installation of Nix is recommended but not required. The Determinate Nix distro is suggested.

Clone the repo and run:

./install

📱 Android

For Android, using Termux, the following steps are required:

pkg install -y zsh python
chsh -s zsh

Close and reopen the terminal.

Then, clone the repo and run:

./install

🔧 Troubleshooting

Collection of issues faced during the installation process. Hopefully useful for others :)

cannot create directory [...]: Operation not permitted

In case of errors like the following:

error: Cannot build '/nix/store/8icjqwqrw122n9h3bliv1d3sbaxvphkx-cursor-1.2.2.drv'.
       Reason: builder failed with exit code 1.
       Output paths:
         /nix/store/mdwh1hkzgqib6kj3xkjzaf3rhd2gh2wm-cursor-1.2.2
       Last 8 log lines:
       > Running phase: unpackPhase
       > unpacking source archive /nix/store/r64az1s96fa6s50z3fn2bjz34xxqacy6-Cursor-darwin-arm64.dmg
       > source root is Cursor.app
       > Running phase: patchPhase
       > Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
       > Running phase: glibPreInstallPhase
       > Running phase: installPhase
       > mkdir: cannot create directory '/nix/store/mdwh1hkzgqib6kj3xkjzaf3rhd2gh2wm-cursor-1.2.2/Applications/Cursor.app': Operation not permitted

follow the instructions in this issue

updating the submodules

Just run:

git submodule update --remote

Quick links

• Nix Home Manager Manual
• Nix Home Manager Search
• Nix Darwin Manual

Acknowledgments

Workspace is heavily inspired by:

• omerxx/dotfiles for its extensive configuration of user applications
• marcocondrache/nix-config for its modular and scalable approach