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TIL Nix flakes work on macos - is this a legit alternative to homebrew?

• arianvanp 11mo ago
  Yes. It's great. Especially paired with nix-darwin which allows you to declaratively manage all your macos settings too
  • pasc1878 11mo ago
    Sort of. For things that run on Linux and other Unices yes. For macOS UI programs and those that need specific permissions and for commercial programs stick with Homebrew but you can define what you want in homebrew in nix.
    • rusty-jules 11mo ago
      Using nix-darwin to manage brew declaratively feels like using a jackhammer to nail a picture to the wall, but I can’t live without it anymore.