https://github.com/nix-community/noogle

https://noogle.dev - nix function exploring. [maintainer=@hsjobeki]
https://github.com/nix-community/noogle

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https://noogle.dev - nix function exploring. [maintainer=@hsjobeki]

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nix-community/noogle
• Owner: nix-community
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-11-26T09:35:35.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-09T02:38:40.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-09T03:35:43.075Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: explore, functions, nix, nixos, nixpkgs, search, types
• Language: Nix
• Homepage: https://noogle.dev
• Size: 3.26 MB
• Stars: 433
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 15
• Open Issues: 23
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
# [Noogle](https://noogle.dev)

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## Noogle is a simple Nix API search engine. It lets you search Nix functions

## Current Features

- [x] Beginners-friendly search for Nix and Nix-related functions.

  - Render documentation comments optimized for readability.

  - Search optimized for English language and Nix function-names.

- [x] Filter by **type** signatures.

  - Function types are parsed and interpreted.

- [x] Noogle also knows stuff that is not (yet) officially documented.

  - Types of `builtins` (including `builtins.derivation`).

  - Can be extended via markdown contributions to Noogle.

  - Always shows the latest docs based on the main branch of Nixpkgs.

- [x] Outputs pre-rendered static HTML that is indexable by other search

      engines.

- [x] Wasm based performant search.

## Nice features

- Detect aliases of (most) `lib` and `builtins` functions

- Override `builtins` documentation by documenting their alias in `nixpkgs.lib`. So you don't need to change and rebuild cpp nix anymore.

- `nix` and `nixpkgs` are updated daily. All documentation changes will be picked up just the next day.

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All Indexing is done via the [pasta](./pasta/) module. PRs welcome!

Additional data - such as types of builtins - are available in [salt](./salt)

## Contribute

Contributions are very welcome just file a PR or issue. Indexed data can be

added very easily in `./pasta/src/eval.nix`.

> Note: Indexed data must evaluate!

### Build this page

`nix build .#ui`

This page generates static HTML pages. One page per API function.

It automatically includes meta tags for other search engines like Google or

Bing.

Searching within the page is done via [pagefind](https://pagefind.app/) which is

only available in the production build.

### Develop

`nix develop`

This command creates the `node_modules` directory with all needed dependencies

based on `dream2nix`.