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API Guide
lib
This section covers important functions available in Flakelight's lib attribute.
mkFlake
The outputs of a flake using Flakelight are created using the mkFlake
function.
When called directly, Flakelight invokes mkFlake
, as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
# Your flake configuration here
};
}
To call mkFlake
explicitly, you can do:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight.lib.mkFlake ./. {
# Your flake configuration here
};
}
mkFlake
takes two parameters: the path to the flake's source and a Flakelight
module.
If you need access to module args, you can write it as bellow:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. ({ lib, config, ... }: {
# Your flake configuration here
});
}
Module arguments
The following module arguments are available:
src
: The flake's source directorylib
: nixpkgs lib attributeconfig
: configured option valuesoptions
: available optionsflakelight
: flakelight lib attributeinputs
: value of inputs optionoutputs
: resulting output (i.e. final flake attributes)autoloadArgs
: arguments passed to supported autoloaded files
Additional pkgs values
Functions that take the package set as an argument, such as package definitions
or perSystem
values, have several additional values available in the package
set.
The src
, inputs
, outputs
, and flakelight
attributes are the same as the
above module arguments.
inputs'
and outputs'
are transformed versions of inputs
and outputs
with
system preselected. I.e., inputs.emacs-overlay.packages.x86_64-linux.default
can be accessed as inputs'.emacs-overlay.packages.default
.
defaultMeta
is a derivation meta attribute set generated from options. Modules
setting packages.default
should use this to allow meta attributes to be
configured.
Module options
This section covers the options available to modules.
inputs
The inputs
option allows setting the flake inputs used by modules. To set the
nixpkgs used for building outputs, you can pass your flake inputs in as follows:
{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
};
outputs = { flakelight, ... }@inputs:
flakelight ./. {
inherit inputs;
};
}
Or to just pass just the nixpkgs input:
{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
};
outputs = { flakelight, nixpkgs, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
inputs.nixpkgs = nixpkgs;
};
}
systems
The systems
option sets which systems per-system outputs should be created
for.
If not set, the default is x86_64-linux
and aarch64-linux
.
To also support i686-linux
and armv7l-linux
, you would configure systems
as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
systems = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "i686-linux" "armv7l-linux" ];
};
}
To support all systems supported by flakes, set systems
as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. ({ lib, ... }: {
systems = lib.systems.flakeExposed;
});
}
To support all Linux systems supported by flakes, set systems
as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. ({ lib, ... }: {
systems = lib.intersectLists
lib.systems.doubles.linux
lib.systems.flakeExposed;
});
}
outputs
The outputs
option allows you to directly configure flake outputs. This should
be used for porting or for configuring output attrs not otherwise supported by
Flakelight.
To add a example.test
output to your flake you could do the following:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
outputs = {
example.test = "hello";
};
};
}
With the above, nix eval .#example.test
will ouput "hello".
This can be used to configure any output, for example directly setting an
overlay (though this can be configured with the overlays
option):
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
outputs.overlays.clang = final: prev: { stdenv = final.clangStdenv; };
};
}
perSystem
The perSystem
option allows you to directly configure per-system flake
outputs, and gives you access to packages. This should be used for porting or
for configuring output attrs not otherwise supported by Flakelight.
To add example.${system}.test
outputs to your flake, you could do the
following:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
perSystem = pkgs: {
example.test = pkgs.writeShellScript "test" "echo hello";
};
};
}
The above, with default systems, will generate example.x86-64_linux.test
and
example.aarch64-linux.test
attributes.
nixpkgs.config
This allows you to pass configuration options to the nixpkgs instance used for building packages and calling perSystem.
For example, to allow building broken or unsupported packages, you can set the option as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
nixpkgs.config = { allowBroken = true; allowUnsupportedSystem = true; };
};
}
withOverlays
This allows you to apply overlays to the nixpkgs instance used for building packages and calling perSystem.
It can be set to either a list of overlays or a single overlay.
For example, to apply the Emacs overlay and change the Zig version, you can set the option as follows:
{
inputs = {
flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
emacs-overlay.url = "github:nix-community/emacs-overlay";
};
outputs = { flakelight, emacs-overlay, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
withOverlays = [
emacs-overlay.overlays.default
(final: prev: { zig = final.zig_0_9; })
];
};
}
You can use the values from the overlays with other options:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
withOverlays = final: prev: { testValue = "hi"; };
package = { writeShellScript, testValue }:
writeShellScript "test" "echo ${testValue}";
};
}
packages
The package
and packages
options allow you to add packages. These are
exported in the packages.${system}
ouputs, are included in overlays.default
,
and have build checks in checks.${system}
.
package
can be set to a package definition, and will set packages.default
.
packages
can be set to attrs of package definitions.
To set the default package, you can set the options as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
package = { stdenv }:
stdenv.mkDerivation {
pname = "pkg1";
version = "0.0.1";
src = ./.;
installPhase = "make DESTDIR=$out install";
};
};
}
The above will export packages.${system}.default
attributes, add pkg1
to
overlays.default
, and export checks.${system}.packages-default
.
To set multiple packages, you can set the options as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
packages = {
default = { stdenv }:
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "pkg1";
src = ./.;
installPhase = "make DESTDIR=$out install";
};
pkg2 = { stdenv, pkg1, pkg3 }: {
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "hello-world";
src = ./pkg2;
nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg1 pkg3 ];
installPhase = "make DESTDIR=$out install";
};
pkg3 = { stdenv }: {
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "hello-world";
src = ./pkg3;
installPhase = "make DESTDIR=$out install";
};
};
};
};
}
You can also instead just directly set packages.default
The above will export packages.${system}.default
, packages.${system}.pkg2
,
packages.${system}.pkg3
attributes, add pkg1
, pkg2
, and pkg3
to
overlays.default
, and export corresponding build checks.
devShell
The devshell options allow you to configure devShells.${system}.default
. It is
split up into options in order to enable multiple modules to contribute to its
configuration.
The first three correspond to mkShell
arguments.
devShell.packages
is a function that takes the package set and returns a list
of packages to add to the shell.
devShell.inputsFrom
is a function that takes the package set and returns a
list of packages whose deps should be in the shell.
devShell.shellHook
is a string that provides bash code to run in shell
initialization. It can optionally be a function to such a string in order to
access packages.
devShell.env
is for setting environment variables in the shell. It is an
attribute set mapping variables to values. It can optionally be a function to
such an attribute set in order to access packages.
For example, these can be configured as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
devShell = {
# Include build deps of emacs
inputsFrom = pkgs: [ pkgs.emacs ];
# Add coreutils to the shell
packages = pkgs: [ pkgs.coreutils ];
# Add shell hook. Can be a function if you need packages
shellHook = ''
echo Welcome to example shell!
'';
# Set an environment var. `env` can be an be a function
env.TEST_VAR = "test value";
};
};
}
The above exports devShells.${system}.default
outputs.
To add build inputs of one of your packages, you can do as follows:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
package = { stdenv }:
stdenv.mkDerivation {
pname = "pkg1";
version = "0.0.1";
src = ./.;
installPhase = "make DESTDIR=$out install";
};
devShell = {
inputsFrom = pkgs: [ pkgs.pkg1 ];
};
};
}
devShells
The devShells
option allows you to set additional devShell
outputs.
For example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
devShells.testing = { mkShell, coreutils }:
mkShell {
packages = [ coreutils ];
env.TEST_VAR = "in testing shell";
};
};
}
The above exports devShells.${system}.testing
outputs.
overlays
The overlay
and overlays
options allow you to configure overlays
outputs.
Multiple provided overlays for an output are merged.
The overlay
option adds the overlay to overlays.default
.
The overlays
option allows you to add overlays to overlays
outputs.
For example, to add an overlay to overlays.default
, do the following:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
overlay = final: prev: { testValue = "hello"; };
};
}
The above results in overlays.default
output containing testValue.
To configure other overlays:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
overlays.cool = final: prev: { testValue = "cool"; };
};
}
The above results in a overlays.cool
output.
checks
The checks
option allows you to add checks for checks.${system}
attributes.
It can be set to an attribute set of checks, which can be functions, derivations, or strings.
If a check is a derivation, it will be used as is.
If a check is a string, it will be included in a bash script that runs it in a copy of the source directory, and succeeds if the no command in the string errored.
If a check is a function, it will be passed packages, and should return one of the above.
For example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
checks = {
# Check that succeeds if the source contains the string "hi"
hi = { rg, ... }: "${rg}/bin/rg hi";
# Check that emacs builds
emacs = pkgs: pkgs.emacs;
};
};
}
apps
The app
and apps
options allow you to set apps.${system}
outputs.
apps
is an attribute set of apps or a function that takes packages and returns
an attribute set of apps. If the app value is not an app, it is converted to a
string and set as the program attr of an app. If it is a function, it is passed
packages.
app
sets apps.default
.
For example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
apps = {
shell = "/bin/sh";
emacs = pkgs: "${pkgs.emacs}/bin/emacs";
bash = pkgs: { type = "app"; program = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash"; };
};
};
}
Alternatively, the above can be written as:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
apps = { emacs, bash, ... }: {
shell = "/bin/sh";
emacs = "${emacs}/bin/emacs";
bash = { type = "app"; program = "${bash}/bin/bash"; };
};
};
}
templates
The template
and templates
options allow you to set templates.${system}
outputs.
templates
is an attribute set to template values.
template
sets templates.default
.
For example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
templates.test-template = {
path = ./test;
description = "test template";
};
};
}
formatters
The formatters
option allows you to configure formatting tools that will be
used by nix fmt
. If formatters are set, Flakelight will export
formatter.${system}
outputs which apply all the configured formatters.
By default, nix
files are formatted with nixpkgs-fmt
and md
, json
, and
yml
files are formatted with prettier
.
To disable default formatters, set the flakelight.builtinFormatters
option to
false.
You can set formatters
to an attribute set, for which the keys are a file name
pattern and the value is the corresponding formatting command. formatters
can
optionally be a function that takes packages and returns the above.
Formatting tools should be added to devShell.packages
and all packages in
devShell.packages
will be available for formatting commands.
For example, to set Rust and Zig formatters:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
devShell.packages = pkgs: [ pkgs.rustfmt pkgs.zig ];
formatters = {
"*.rs" = "rustfmt";
"*.zig" = "zig fmt";
};
};
}
bundlers
The bundler
and bundlers
options allow you to set bundlers.${system}
outputs.
bundlers
is an attribute set of bundler functions or a function that takes
packages and returns an attribute set of bundler functions.
bundler
sets bundlers.default
.
For example, a bundler that returns the passed package:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
bundler = x: x;
};
}
As another example, a bundler that always returns hello
:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
bundlers = { hello, ... }: {
default = x: hello;
};
};
}
nixosConfigurations and homeConfigurations
The nixosConfigurations
and homeConfigurations
attributes let you set
outputs for NixOS systems and home-manager users.
They should be set to an attribute set of respective configurations.
Alternatively, the configurations can be functions, in which case those
functions will be passed autoloadArgs
and must return a standard
configuration (this is useful when using autoloads with the nixDir
feature).
For example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. ({ lib, ... }: {
nixosConfigurations.system = lib.nixosSystem {
# nixosSystem arguments
};
});
}
{
inputs = {
flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
home-manger.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
};
outputs = { flakelight, home-manager, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
homeConfigurations.user = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
# homeManagerConfiguration arguments
};
};
}
Optionally, defining as a function:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
nixosConfigurations.system = { lib, ... }: lib.nixosSystem {
# nixosSystem arguments
};
};
}
nixosModules, homeModules, and flakelightModules
The nixosModules
, homeModules
, and flakelightModules
options allow you to
configure the corresponding outputs.
The nixosModule
, homeModule
, and flakelightModule
options set the
default
attribute of the corresponding above option.
For example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. ({ lib, ... }: {
nixosModule = { system, lib, pkgs, ... }: {
# nixos module configuration
};
});
}
These can be paths, which is preferred as it results in better debug output:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. ({ lib, ... }: {
nixosModule = ./module.nix;
homeModules = {
default = ./home.nix;
emacs = ./emacs.nix;
}
});
}
lib
The lib
option allows you to configure the flake's lib
output.
For example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
lib = {
addFive = x: x + 5;
addFour = x: x + 4;
};
};
}
functor
The functor
option allows you to make your flake callable.
If it is set to a function, that function will be set as the __functor
attribute of your flake outputs.
Flakelight uses it so that calling your flakelight
input calls
flakelight.lib.mkFlake
.
As an example:
{
inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";
outputs = { flakelight, ... }:
flakelight ./. {
outputs.testvalue = 5;
functor = self: x: x + self.testvalue;
}
}
With the above flake, another flake that has imports it with the name addFive
would be able to call addFive 4
to get 9.
meta
The following options are available for configuring the meta attributes of the
default package for supported modules (such as flakelight-rust or
flakelight-zig) or for use in your own packages through the defaultMeta
pkgs
value.
description
allows setting the package description.
license
lets you set the license or license. It may be a single string or list
of strings. These strings may be Spdx license identifiers or nixpkgs license
attribute names.
nixDir
The nixDir
option is ./nix
by default and sets which directory to use to
automatically load nix files for flake attributes from.
For a given supported attribute attr, the following is checked in order:
- If
${nixDir}/attr.nix
exists, it is imported as the value - Else if
${nixDir}/attr
is a directory with adefault.nix
, it is imported - Else if
${nixDir}/attr
is a directory, it results in an attrset with an entry for each nix file in the directory whose values are the corresponding files imported
Many of the values can additionally be a function that takes module args to
enable use of module args from imported files. The module args available are
lib
, src
, inputs
, outputs
, and flakelight
. For values without module
args, these values can be obtained from pkgs args.
To enable using a directory for an attrset that includes a default
attribute,
attr names can be escaped with an underscore. For example,
${nixDir}/nix/packages/_default.nix
will be loaded as packages.default
.
The following options can be autoloaded with optional module args:
- outputs
- packages
- overlays
- devShell
- devShells
- tempalte
- templates
- nixosModules
- nixosConfigurations
- homeModules
- homeConfigurations
- flakelightModules
- lib
The following options can be autoloaded (no module args):
- perSystem
- withOverlays
- package
- app
- apps
- checks
- formatters
- nixosModule
- homeModule
- flakelightModule
- functor
flakelight
This option has options for configuring Flakelight's defaults.
flakelight.editorconfig
can be set to false to disable the editorconfig
check that is added if editorconfig configuration is detected.
flakelight.builtinFormatters
can be set to false to disable the default
formatting configuration.