From d275b0e783504222e1e7db7983dc563ffd508155 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doceys <doceys@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:31:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Build on NixOS (#49)

feat: add Nix flake for NixOS/darwin builds (#49)
---
 .gitignore |  3 +++
 README.md  | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 flake.lock | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 flake.nix  | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 198 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 flake.lock
 create mode 100644 flake.nix

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 639be47..d81c0ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ node_modules
 /.svelte-kit
 /build
 
+# Nix
+/result
+
 # Tauri
 /src-tauri/target
 /src-tauri/gen
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a05cc2..5352963 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,64 @@ yay -S helixnotes-appimage-bin
 curl -fsSL https://repo.arkhost.com/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/arkhost.gpg && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/arkhost.gpg arch=amd64] https://repo.arkhost.com stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/helixnotes.list && sudo apt update && sudo apt install helix-notes
 ```
 
+#### NixOS
+
+<details>
+<summary>flake.nix</summary>
+
+```nix
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    helix-notes = {
+      url = "git+https://codeberg.org/ArkHost/HelixNotes";
+      # inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    }
+  };
+
+  outputs = {
+    nixpkgs,
+    helix-notes,
+    ...
+  }: let
+    system = "x86_64-linux";
+    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+  in {
+    nixosConfigurations.default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+      system = system;
+      specialArgs = { inherit helix-notes; };
+
+      modules = [
+        /path/to/configuration.nix
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+</details>
+
+
+<details>
+<summary>configuration.nix</summary>
+
+```nix
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  helix-notes,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  users.users.<USERNAME> = {
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      (helix-notes.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default)
+    ];
+  };
+}
+```
+</details>
+
 #### AppImage (Arch, Fedora 43+, openSUSE Tumbleweed)
 
 [Download AppImage](https://download.helixnotes.com/releases/v1.2.9/HelixNotes_1.2.9_amd64.AppImage)
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f06416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1777268161,
+        "narHash": "sha256-bxrdOn8SCOv8tN4JbTF/TXq7kjo9ag4M+C8yzzIRYbE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "1c3fe55ad329cbcb28471bb30f05c9827f724c76",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..758a9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{
+  description = "HelixNotes (local Markdown notes app) with Nix flake";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = {
+    self,
+    nixpkgs,
+    flake-utils,
+  }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs {inherit system;};
+
+      cargoToml = builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ./src-tauri/Cargo.toml);
+      pname = cargoToml.package.name;
+      version = cargoToml.package.version;
+    in {
+      packages.default = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+        inherit pname version;
+        src = ./.;
+
+        cargoHash = "sha256-Xk3+a4FION/b0Ktp3SpA5w7uatt96uSEadV9t2bZqw8=";
+
+        pnpmDeps = pkgs.fetchPnpmDeps {
+          inherit pname version;
+          src = ./.;
+          fetcherVersion = 3;
+          hash = "sha256-Odmd1gwioCvnnExvCOQwDPCgLyrBfTpeUKHy3BrNtiM=";
+        };
+
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          cargo-tauri.hook
+
+          pnpmConfigHook
+          pnpm
+          nodejs
+
+          pkg-config
+          jq
+          moreutils
+          wrapGAppsHook3
+        ];
+
+        buildInputs = with pkgs;
+          lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+            webkitgtk_4_1
+            libayatana-appindicator
+          ];
+
+        cargoRoot = "src-tauri";
+        buildAndTestSubdir = self.packages.${system}.default.cargoRoot;
+
+        # Deactivate the upstream update mechanism
+        postPatch = ''
+          jq '
+            .bundle.createUpdaterArtifacts = false |
+            .plugins.updater = {"active": false, "pubkey": "", "endpoints": []}
+          ' \
+          src-tauri/tauri.conf.json | sponge src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+        '';
+
+        meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+          description = "HelixNotes desktop application";
+          homepage = "https://helixnotes.com/";
+          license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
+          platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+          mainProgram = "helixnotes";
+        };
+      };
+
+      formatter = pkgs.alejandra;
+    });
+}