Garuda Nix is a Nix flake, which allows easy dual boot with Garuda Linux. But it also provides a framework for pure NixOS, which provides opinionated defaults and a system which can be fully set up by toggling a few module options or installed using our installer ISO.
Prefer a graphical install? The flake also builds an installer ISO with a Calamares GUI for beginners and an install-garuda-nix CLI with presets, automatic partition layouts, and impermanence support.
This NixOS flake provides a devshell which contains all deployment tools as well as handy aliases for common tasks. The only requirement for using it is having the Lix package manager available. It can be installed on various distributions via the package manager or the following script:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.lix.systems/lix -o lix-install.sh
# Check script content before running
sh ./lix-install.sh installThis installs the Lix packages with flakes already pre-enabled. After that, the shell can be invoked as follows:
nix develop # The intended way to use the devshell
nix-shell # Legacy, non-flakes way if flakes are not available for some reasonThis also sets up pre-commit-hooks and shows the currently implemented tasks, which can be executed by running the command shown in the welcome message.