My personal developement setup

This repository provides an automated setup script for configuring a complete macOS development environment using Nix and nix-darwin.

Installation

• Install git and clone this repo if you havent already.

• Run the following command in your terminal:

sudo ./nix-mac-setup/bootstrap.command

• Install nixDarwin for using nix on macOS

nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-23.05.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update

• Build and switch to the flake

sudo nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ./nix-mac-setup

and use this for casual updates:

sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#lhh

Note: The script may also be available via curl - check the repository for the latest installation method.

What Gets Installed

The installation script will automatically install and configure the following:

Core Tools

• Nix - The Nix package manager
• nix-darwin - Nix-based system configuration for macOS
• Git - Version control system

Configuration

• Enable experimental Nix features
• Download this repository from GitHub
• Run nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake . to apply the configuration

Software Installation

Various software packages will be installed as defined in the darwin configuration file, including:

• Aerospace - Window management system
• Alacritty - Modern terminal emulator
• Neovim - Advanced text editor
• SketchyBar - Customizable macOS menu bar
• SKHD - Hotkey daemon for keyboard shortcuts
• Tmux - Terminal multiplexer
• Yabai - Tiling window manager
• GitHub CLI - Command-line interface for GitHub

macOS System Settings

The script will configure several macOS system preferences:

• Wallpaper
• Dock settings
• Language preferences
• Time and date settings

Getting Started

After installation, your macOS system will be configured with a reproducible development environment managed by Nix.

Customization

It's recomended to modify the name of the configuration to something else. Im using my initials lhh but you can change it to whatwver you would like by doing the following:

file: flake.nix
line 32:      darwinConfigurations."YOURE-NAME" = darwin.lib.darwinSystem {

sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#YOUR-NAME

Repository Structure

📁 .
├── 📄 bootstrap.command
├── 📁 darwin
│   ├── 📄 configuration.nix
│   ├── 📁 nix-modules
│   │   └── 📄 aerospace.nix
│   └── 📄 result
├── ❄️ flake.lock
├── ❄️ flake.nix
├── 🏠 home
│   └── 📄 lhh.nix
├── 🖼️ logo.png
├── 📘 README.md
└── 🖼️ wallpaper.png

Support

Feel free to use this setup yourself. Please email me if you have any problems, questions or suggestions! I would be happy to improve this setup.

Contact: larshalvorhansen1@gmail.com