https://github.com/faukah/dix
Diff Nix
https://github.com/faukah/dix
derivation nix nixos
Last synced: 6 months ago
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Diff Nix
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/faukah/dix
- Owner: faukah
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2025-05-04T12:13:11.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-01-11T12:30:15.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-20T07:59:28.125Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: derivation, nix, nixos
- Language: Rust
- Homepage:
- Size: 698 KB
- Stars: 214
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# Diff Nix
A blazingly fast tool to diff Nix related things.
Currently only supports closures (a derivation graph, such as a system build or
package).
## Usage
```bash
$ dix --help
Diff Nix
Usage: dix [OPTIONS]
Arguments:
Options:
-v, --verbose... Increase logging verbosity
-q, --quiet... Decrease logging verbosity
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
$ dix /nix/var/profiles/system-69-link /run/current-system
```
## Contributing
If you have any problems, feature requests or want to contribute code or want to
provide input in some other way, feel free to create an issue or a pull request!
## Thanks
Huge thanks to [nvd](https://git.sr.ht/~khumba/nvd) for the original idea! Dix
is heavily inspired by this and basically just a "Rewrite it in Rust" version of
nvd, with a few things like version diffing done better.
Furthermore, many thanks to the amazing people who made this projects possible
by contributing code and offering advice:
- [@Dragyx](https://github.com/Dragyx) - Cool SQL queries. Much of dix's speed
is thanks to him.
- [@NotAShelf](https://github.com/NotAShelf) - Implementing proper error
handling.
- [@RGBCube](https://github.com/RGBCube) - Giving the codebase a deep scrub.
## License
Dix is licensed under [GPLv3](LICENSE.md). See the license file for more
details.