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some\n\u003e tweaks, also remember to double check the license and description even if it\n\u003e does work\n\n- Hash prefetching powered by [nurl] with support for `cargoHash` and\n  `vendorHash`\n- Dependency inference for Rust, Go, and Python projects\n- Interactive prompts with fuzzy tab completions\n- License detection\n\n![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/40620903/226211877-2d583d09-4fbc-4869-8248-6166edde21cc.gif)\n\n## Installation\n\nThe latest release of nix-init is packaged in nixpkgs and kept up to date on the\nunstable branches\n\n![](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/nix-init.svg)\n\nIf you want to use a more recent snapshot of nix-init, it is also available as a\nflake. The following command is equivalent to running `nix-init --help`:\n\n```bash\nnix run github:nix-community/nix-init -- --help\n```\n\nor if you don't have flakes enabled:\n\n```bash\nnix run --extra-experimental-features \"flakes nix-command\" github:nix-community/nix-init -- --help\n```\n\n## Usage\n\n```\nUsage: nix-init [OPTIONS] [OUTPUT]\n\nArguments:\n  [OUTPUT]  The path or directory to output the generated file to\n\nOptions:\n  -u, --url \u003cURL\u003e                    Specify the URL\n      --rev \u003cREV\u003e                    Specify the tag or revision\n  -S, --submodules[=\u003cSUBMODULES\u003e]    Always fetch submodules when possible [possible values: true, false]\n  -V, --version [\u003cVERSION\u003e]          Specify the version of the package, or print nix-init version if no arguments are present\n      --pname \u003cPNAME\u003e                Specify the pname\n      --builder \u003cBUILDER\u003e            Specify the builder\n      --cargo-vendor \u003cCARGO_VENDOR\u003e  Specify how the cargo dependencies are vendored [possible values: fetchCargoVendor, importCargoLock]\n  -y, --overwrite[=\u003cOVERWRITE\u003e]      Always overwrite files [possible values: true, false]\n      --headless                     Don't prompt for anything (requires --url)\n  -n, --nixpkgs \u003cNIXPKGS\u003e            Path to nixpkgs (in nix)\n  -C, --commit[=\u003cCOMMIT\u003e]            Commit the changes if the output path is name-based (RFC 140) [possible values: true, false]\n  -c, --config \u003cCONFIG\u003e              Specify the config file\n  -h, --help                         Print help (see more with '--help')\n```\n\n### Supported builders\n\n- `stdenv.mkDerivation` and `stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation`\n- `buildRustPackage`\n- `buildPythonApplication` and `buildPythonPackage`\n- `buildGoModule`\n- `buildNpmPackage`\n\n### Supported fetchers\n\n- `fetchCrate`\n- `fetchFromGitHub`\n- `fetchFromGitLab`\n- `fetchFromGitea`\n- `fetchPypi`\n- All other fetchers supported by [nurl] are also supported, you just have to\n  manually input the tag/revision of the package\n\n## Configuration\n\nnix-init will try to find `nix-init/config.toml` under XDG configuration\ndirectories\n\n```toml\n# ~/.config/nix-init/config.toml\n\n# maintainers that will get added to the package meta\nmaintainers = [\"figsoda\"]\n\n# path to nixpkgs (in nix), equivalent to `--nixpkgs`\nnixpkgs = \"\u003cnixpkgs\u003e\" # use the nixpkgs from channels (default)\n# nixpkgs = 'builtins.getFlake \"nixpkgs\"' # use the nixpkgs from the flake registry\n\n# commit the changes if the output path is name-based (RFC 140)\n# see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/by-name for more information\ncommit = true\n\n# access tokens to access private repositories and avoid rate limits\n[access-tokens]\n\"github.com\" = \"ghp_blahblahblah...\"\n\"gitlab.com\".command = [\"secret-tool\", \"or\", \"whatever\", \"you\", \"use\"]\n\"gitlab.gnome.org\".file = \"/path/to/api/token\"\n\n# if unspecified, nix-init tries to format the output file with nixfmt if it's found in PATH\n# the formatter should take a Nix file from stdin and output the formatted file to stdout\n[format]\ncommand = [\"alejandra\"]\n```\n\n## Changelog\n\nSee [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)\n\n[nurl]: https://github.com/nix-community/nurl\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnix-community%2Fnix-init","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fnix-community%2Fnix-init","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnix-community%2Fnix-init/lists"}