Nix does have unprivileged package management via a CLI tool, though the absolutely fantastic describe-the-whole-system-in-one-file wonder that's configuration.

Nix does have unprivileged package management via a CLI tool, though the absolutely fantastic describe-the-whole-system-in-one-file wonder that's configuration.nix[1] takes elevated privileges. [1] E.g: https://github.com/Fuuzetsu/nix-project-defaults/blob/master/nixos-config/configuration.nix https://github.com/Fuuzetsu/nix-project-defaults/blob/master...