nixops4/nix-bindings-rust

Use the Nix package manager as a library

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  "description": "Use the Nix package manager as a library",
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  "language": "Rust",
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  "pushedAt": "2025-11-01T02:33:02Z",
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  "updatedAt": "2025-11-06T23:16:17Z",
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`nix_bindings_*` crates

Use the Nix [C API] from Rust.

Build with `nix-cargo-integration`

The development environment and building with Nix are taken care of by nix-cargo-integration (options).

The dependency on Nix is taken care of with the [nix-bindings-rust flake-parts module]!().

Example usage:

{
  outputs =
    inputs@{ self, flake-parts, ... }:
    flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; }
    {
      imports = [
        inputs.nix-cargo-integration.flakeModule
        inputs.nix-bindings-rust.modules.flake.default
      ];

      perSystem = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
        # optional:
        nix-bindings-rust.nixPackage = pkgs.nix;

        nci.projects."myproject" = {
          depsDrvConfig = {
            imports = [ config.nix-bindings-rust.nciBuildConfig ];
          };
        };
      };
    };
}

Hacking

The following will open a shell with dependencies, and install pre-commit for automatic formatting.

$ nix develop

VSCode

rust-analyzer

If the rust-analyzer extension fails, make sure the devShell was loaded into VSCode via Nix Env Selector or direnv.

[C API] !: https://nix.dev/manual/nix/latest/c-api.html