Preset configs

Complete, working starting points assembled from official NixOS options. Every preset generates a flake that passes nix flake check. Use one as-is, or open it in the builder and layer your own packages and options on top.

Minimal flake host

First install, clean base, or migration from configuration.nix.

Small NixOS flake with NetworkManager, one wheel user, flakes enabled, and hardware import.

Packages

git vim wget curl

Sets only the shared skeleton: bootloader, NetworkManager, one wheel user, flakes.

Open in builder →Start the wizard

Laptop daily driver

Portable machines that need a practical day-one NixOS setup.

Power, Bluetooth, printing, NetworkManager, fwupd, and conservative user packages.

Packages

git vim wget curl pciutils usbutils fwupd

Options it sets

Open in builder →Start the wizard

Developer workstation

Local development machines with Git-backed config workflows.

Git, direnv, Docker, common CLI tools, OpenSSH client/server hardening, and flakes.

Packages

git vim wget curl ripgrep fd jq direnv nil nixfmt-rfc-style

Options it sets

Open in builder →Start the wizard

Headless SSH server

VPS, homelab hosts, and remotely administered systems.

Minimal server profile with hardened SSH, firewall, journald persistence, and automatic store cleanup.

Packages

git vim wget curl tmux rsync htop

Options it sets

Open in builder →Start the wizard

GNOME desktop

Users who want a complete official desktop without extra flakes.

Official NixOS GNOME/GDM desktop with NetworkManager, sound, printing, and Flatpak disabled by default.

Packages

git vim wget curl gnome-tweaks

Options it sets

Open in builder →Start the wizard

Local VM lab

Trying NixOS safely before installing on hardware.

Lightweight VM-friendly NixOS host with QEMU guest support, SSH, and predictable packages.

Packages

git vim wget curl qemu tmux

Options it sets

Open in builder →Start the wizard