vic/mk-darwin-system

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vic/mk-darwin-system.json

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  "defaultBranch": "main",
  "description": "Small Nix utility to create an M1 aarch64-darwin (nixFlakes + nix-darwin + home-manager) system.",
  "fullName": "vic/mk-darwin-system",
  "homepage": "",
  "language": "Nix",
  "name": "mk-darwin-system",
  "pushedAt": "2023-10-23T06:25:49Z",
  "stargazersCount": 73,
  "updatedAt": "2025-10-16T17:40:17Z",
  "url": "https://github.com/vic/mk-darwin-system"
}

Deprecation Notice

NOTE: This repo is now read-only, since I (vic) am no longer using MacOS since early 2023. You can still find a much more maintained and better alternative at https://github.com/srid/nixos-flake

Old README

Usage

• Create your system flake:

nix flake new my-system --template github:vic/mk-darwin-system#minimal

cd my-system
git init
git add .

• Change the values of hostName and userName inside flake.nix.

• Create files inside nix/hostConfigurations and nix/homeConfigurations.

• See if everything is ok by running: nix flake check

• Activate your system running: nix run

Examples

• vic’s own M1 system from which this library was extracted.

• yours, send a pull-request.

References

• Files inside nix/hostConfigurations can set any nix-darwin option.
• Files inside nix/homeConfigurations can set any home-manager option.
• Using nix-darwin brew options it’s possible to install packages from Homebrew taps, casks, Mac App Store Apps and Docker containers. Note that these would be installed as system packages.
• When your nix files get bigger you can split them using conventional NixOS Modules imports = [].
• Be sure to also check this nice Nix language tutorial