https://github.com/milahu/nixos-config-webui

web editor for nix files. edit nixos configuration in a graphical webinterface
https://github.com/milahu/nixos-config-webui

browser browser-based configuration-nix etc-nixos gui html javascript nix nix-gui nixos nixos-config nixos-config-gui nixos-gui webinterface webui

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web editor for nix files. edit nixos configuration in a graphical webinterface

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/milahu/nixos-config-webui
• Owner: milahu
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-11-11T11:46:39.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-09-12T19:49:33.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-30T19:32:44.242Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: browser, browser-based, configuration-nix, etc-nixos, gui, html, javascript, nix, nix-gui, nixos, nixos-config, nixos-config-gui, nixos-gui, webinterface, webui
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 59.6 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license.txt

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# nixos-config-webui

web editor for nix files

edit nixos configuration in a graphical webinterface

## status

proof of concept

## todo

* prototype an **incremental** nix evaluator for [rnix-lsp](https://github.com/nix-community/rnix-lsp/issues/41)

## concept

* use `nix repl` to discover the nixos config schema

  * latency is much better than with `nix-instantiate`

* thin client: request only a minimum amount of data to render the current view

* introspection: auto-generate the editor interface, based on the nixos config schema

  * related topic: [json-schema-form](https://github.com/topics/json-schema-form)

  * similar project: [graphql api viewer](https://github.com/Brbb/graphql-rover)

* graphics and text

  * graphical interface

    * [click-node-to-select in cytoscapejs](http://manual.cytoscape.org/en/stable/Navigation_and_Layout.html#select)

    * [click-node-to-zoom in cytoscapejs](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52255932/how-to-zoom-in-a-selected-node-in-cytoscape)

  * text interface

    * [treeview widget in solidjs](https://milahu.github.io/solidjs-treeview-component/)

## related

this project is based on

* [lezer-parser-nix](https://github.com/milahu/lezer-parser-nix) - nix parser in javascript

* [monaco-lezer-parser](https://github.com/milahu/monaco-lezer-parser) - integration for monaco-editor and lezer-parser

* [nix-eval-js](https://github.com/milahu/nix-eval-js) - nix interpreter in javascript

* [solidjs-resizable-splitter-component](https://github.com/milahu/solidjs-resizable-splitter-component)

* [solidjs-monaco-editor-component](https://github.com/milahu/solidjs-monaco-editor-component)

todo: also support [tree-sitter](https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter) parsers for WASM browsers

* [tree-sitter-nix](https://github.com/cstrahan/tree-sitter-nix) - nix parser in WASM

* [monaco-tree-sitter](https://github.com/milahu/monaco-tree-sitter) - integration for monaco-editor and tree-sitter

[nixos-patch-installer](https://github.com/milahu/nixos-patch-installer) is an old version of this project, with a focus on connecting [nixpkgs PRs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls) and `/etc/nixos`

## similar projects

* https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui

* https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_configuration_editors