Nix Search

Search nixpkgs, NixOS, Home Manager and NUR from the launcher via nix-search-tv

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	knyrps/nix-search
Entries	service: nix-search-index; launcher_provider: nix-search-provider
Launcher Prefix	/nix

Requirements

Install nix-search-tv and fzf on PATH. The Open … actions use xdg-open from xdg-utils.

Usage

Type /nix [query] in the launcher to fuzzy-search every index your nix-search-tv installation provides. By default nixpkgs, NixOS options, Home Manager options and NUR. Each result shows the attribute or option name with its source underneath.

Press Enter on a result to open its action list:

• The first entry shows the description from nix-search-tv preview
• Copy the attribute or option name to the clipboard
• nix shell nixpkgs#… - opens a terminal with the package (nixpkgs results only)
• Open on search.nixos.org (nixpkgs results only)
• Copy an environment.systemPackages or home.packages snippet (nixpkgs results only)
• Open homepage, when the preview reports one

The key list is refreshed from nix-search-tv once a day in the background. Trigger a refresh manually with:

noctalia msg plugin knyrps/nix-search:nix-search-index all refresh

IPC

noctalia msg plugin knyrps/nix-search:nix-search-index all refresh

Notes

n/a