Yes! (kind of, I wish `nix install` was a thing) # search for a package called `foo` nix search nixpkgs foo # install package foo, user-wide ni

Yes! (kind of, I wish `nix install` was a thing) # search for a package called `foo` nix search nixpkgs foo # install package foo, user-wide nix-env -i foo The CLI UX can get better, and I'm fairly sure folks are working on it. You can also test-drive a package without committing to it, e.g. you want to try the program `cowsay` but only want to use it once: nix-shell -p cowsay cowsay exit This spawns a new shell with `cowsay` available, and after you exit it won't be cluttering your system packages.