sysBOFH Nix Shell

Modular Nix development environments with specialized profiles for different use cases.

Available Profiles

nixvim - Lightweight Development

Minimal environment with NixVim and essential dev tools.

• NeoVim (NixVim distribution by wverac)
• File navigation tools (ripgrep, fd, fzf)
• Modern CLI utilities (bat, eza, zoxide)
• Aliases: vim, vi, v → nvim

nix develop .#nixvim

devops - DevOps Toolkit

Complete DevOps environment with infrastructure tools.

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Packer)
• Container tools (Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Helm)
• Cloud tools (AWS CLI, Vault, Consul, Nomad)
• Python development environment
• Git and version control tools

nix develop .#devops

bofh - System Administration & Troubleshooting

Comprehensive toolkit for system administration, troubleshooting, and forensics.

• Network analysis (nmap, tcpdump, wireshark-cli, mtr)
• System monitoring (htop, btop, iotop, strace)
• Filesystem tools (smartmontools, testdisk, photorec)
• Security & forensics (sleuthkit, volatility3, binwalk)
• Hardware diagnostics (lshw, dmidecode, stress-ng)
• GPU monitoring tools (nvtop, gpustat)

nix develop .#bofh

all - Everything

Combined environment with all profiles loaded.

nix develop .#all

default - Legacy Default

Original environment for backward compatibility.

nix develop
# or
nix develop .#default

Usage

1. Enter a specific profile:

   nix develop .#<profile-name>

2. Quick one-off commands:

   nix develop .#bofh -c htop
   nix develop .#devops -c terraform plan

3. Profile activation examples:

   # Light development work
   nix develop .#nixvim
   
   # DevOps tasks
   nix develop .#devops
   
   # System troubleshooting
   nix develop .#bofh
   
   # Everything at once
   nix develop .#all

4. Remote usage:

   nix develop github:wverac/nix-shell#devops

Requirements

• Nix with flakes enabled
• Linux x86_64 or macOS (aarch64-darwin, x86_64-darwin) systems