dix

Crates.io	dix
lib.rs	dix
version	1.3.0
created_at	2025-05-10 14:12:55.593611+00
updated_at	2025-08-31 12:59:15.655994+00
description	Diff Nix
homepage	https://github.com/faukah/dix
repository	https://github.com/faukah/dix
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RGBCube (RGBCube)

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Diff Nix

A blazingly fast tool to diff Nix related things.

Currently only supports closures (a derivation graph, such as a system build or package).

output of dix /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-69-link/ /run/current-system

Usage

$ dix --help

Diff Nix

Usage: dix [OPTIONS] <OLD_PATH> <NEW_PATH>

Arguments:
  <OLD_PATH>  
  <NEW_PATH>  

Options:
  -v, --verbose...  Increase logging verbosity
  -q, --quiet...    Decrease logging verbosity
  -h, --help        Print help
  -V, --version     Print version

$ dix /nix/var/profiles/system-69-link /run/current-system

Contributing

If you have any problems, feature requests or want to contribute code or want to provide input in some other way, feel free to create an issue or a pull request!

Thanks

Huge thanks to nvd for the original idea! Dix is heavily inspired by this and basically just a "Rewrite it in Rust" version of nvd, with a few things like version diffing done better.

Furthermore, many thanks to the amazing people who made this projects possible by contributing code and offering advice:

@RGBCube - Giving the codebase a deep scrub.
@Dragyx - Cool SQL queries. Much of dix's speed is thanks to him.
@NotAShelf - Implementing proper error handling.

License

Dix is licensed under GPLv3. See the license file for more details.

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