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Heavily inspired by [GNOME Software](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software).\n\n\u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/overview-light.png#gh-light-mode-only\"/\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/overview-dark.png#gh-dark-mode-only\"/\u003e \n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n# Features\n- Install packages to `configuration.nix`\n  - Flakes support can be enabled in the preferences menu\n- Install packages with `nix profile` or `nix-env`\n- Show updates for all installed packages\n- Search for packages\n- Launch applications without installing via `nix-shell` and `nix run`\n\n## NixOS Flakes Installation\n`flake.nix`\n```nix\n{\n  inputs = {\n    # other inputs\n    nix-software-center.url = \"github:snowfallorg/nix-software-center\";\n# rest of flake.nix\n```\n\n`configuration.nix`\n```\nenvironment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [\n    inputs.nix-software-center.packages.${system}.nix-software-center\n    # rest of your packages\n];\n```\n\n## NixOS Installation\n\nHead of `configuration.nix`\n\nif you are on unstable channel or any version after 22.11:\n```nix\n{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:\nlet\n  nix-software-center = import (pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {\n    owner = \"snowfallorg\";\n    repo = \"nix-software-center\";\n    rev = \"0.1.2\";\n    sha256 = \"xiqF1mP8wFubdsAQ1BmfjzCgOD3YZf7EGWl9i69FTls=\";\n  }) {};\nin\n\n...\n\nenvironment.systemPackages =\nwith pkgs; [\n  nix-software-center\n  # rest of your packages\n];\n```\n\nFor any other method of installation, when rebuilding you might be prompted to authenticate twice in a row by `pkexec`\n\n## 'nix profile' installation\n```bash\nnix profile install github:snowfallorg/nix-software-center\n```\n\n## 'nix-env' Installation\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/snowfallorg/nix-software-center\nnix-env -f nix-software-center -i nix-software-center\n```\n\n## Single run on an flakes enabled system:\n```bash\nnix run github:snowfallorg/nix-software-center\n```\n\n## Single run on non-flakes enabled system:\n```bash\nnix --extra-experimental-features \"nix-command flakes\" run github:snowfallorg/nix-software-center\n```\n\n## Debugging\n\n```bash\nRUST_LOG=nix_software_center=trace nix-software-center\n```\n\n## Screenshots\n\u003cp align=\"middle\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/frontpage-light.png#gh-light-mode-only\"/\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/frontpage-dark.png#gh-dark-mode-only\"/\u003e \n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"middle\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/application-light.png#gh-light-mode-only\"/\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/application-dark.png#gh-dark-mode-only\"/\u003e \n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"middle\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/searchpage-light.png#gh-light-mode-only\"/\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"data/screenshots/searchpage-dark.png#gh-dark-mode-only\"/\u003e \n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Licenses\n\nSome icons in [data/icons](data/icons/) contains assets from the [NixOS logo](https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/tree/master/logo) and are licensed under a [CC-BY license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n\nSome icons in [data/icons](data/icons/) contains assets from [GNOME Software](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/tree/main/data/icons/hicolor/scalable) and are licensed under [CC0-1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).\n\n[builtwithnix badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Built%20With-Nix-41439A?style=for-the-badge\u0026logo=nixos\u0026logoColor=white\n[builtwithnix]: https://builtwithnix.org/\n[GPLv3 badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge\n[GPLv3]: https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0\n[matrix badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/matrix-join%20chat-0cbc8c?style=for-the-badge\u0026logo=matrix\u0026logoColor=white\n[matrix]: https://matrix.to/#/#snowflakeos:matrix.org\n[discord badge]: https://img.shields.io/discord/1021080090676842506?color=7289da\u0026label=Discord\u0026logo=discord\u0026logoColor=ffffff\u0026style=for-the-badge\n[discord]: https://discord.gg/6rWNMmdkgT\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsnowfallorg%2Fnix-software-center","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsnowfallorg%2Fnix-software-center","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsnowfallorg%2Fnix-software-center/lists"}