nh

What problem does it solve?

nh simplifies and automates NixOS, Home Manager, and related maintenance tasks, reducing manual configuration overhead.

Core Features & Use Cases

• System updates, switches, and garbage collection for NixOS configurations via nh os (build, switch, test, boot, rollback, info, build-vm, repl).
• Home Manager updates and configuration handling via nh home (switch, build, repl).
• Nix-Darwin support for macOS configurations via nh darwin (switch, build).
• Package discovery and workflow enhancements such as package search with nh search.
• Maintenance and cleanup through nh clean to manage Nix stores and profiles.

Quick Start

Use the nh skill to perform common operations:

• nh os switch path:.
• nh os test path:.
• nh os build path:.
• nh os boot path:.
• nh os rollback
• nh os info
• nh os build-vm path:.
• tmux new -d -s nh-repl 'nh os repl path:.'
• nh home switch path:.
• nh home build path:.
• tmux new -d -s hm-repl 'nh home repl path:.'
• nh darwin switch path:.
• nh darwin build path:.