Nixite

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Nixite generates a bash script to unattendedly install all your Linux software. Nixite automatically configures your system and installs software using the best method available. Nixite tries to suppress confirmation prompts.

Inspired by Ninite, PackagePicker.co

Nixite supports the following Linux distributions:

• Debian Stable
• Ubuntu Desktop
• Fedora Workstation
• Arch Linux

Why not just use <GNOME Software / Discover / …>?

On Linux distributions such as Debian or Ubuntu, installing third-party (often proprietary) software isn’t always straightforward. It typically requires several manual steps, such as adding official repositories to your sources.list, importing GPG keys, and configuring updates. In other words, you can’t always just run sudo apt install google-chrome.

In addition, many development toolchains deliberately avoid system package managers and instead provide their own installation methods. For example, Rust is best installed using rustup, which not only manages the compiler itself but also keeps toolchains and dependencies up to date. These custom installers are generally more reliable for keeping third-party software current than relying on distribution-provided packages.

Contributing

To add a new package, create a file app_name.toml inside registry/

You can add common instructions for all distros, or separate instructions for each distro.

install_system = "package_name" # uses apt on Ubuntu, pacman on Arch Linux

[ubuntu]
install_system = "package_name_on_apt"

[arch]
install_system = "package_name_on_pacman"

Use search_pkgs.py to find package names on various Linux distro repositories.

Install Papirus icon theme and run:

python registry.py && prettier -uwu src/*.json

flatpak = true to install using flatpak, install_system should be the flathub package name. snap = "classic" or snap = true to install using Snap. install_system should be the snap name.

install_command = "bash command here..." for custom installers. When using this, add a skip_if_exists = "filepath" to prevent the installer from running again.

Add the package entry <Pkg id="app-name" name="App Name" /> in src/pages/index.astro