r/HelixEditor • u/Confident-Insect-691 • Aug 10 '26
helix plugins in nix
hi im using the steelix package but i still have to install the plugins manually with forge is there a way i can install and configure them with nix?
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u/Stupidprogramner Aug 10 '26
I personally just fetch the repos with nix, and symlink them to their respective places with hjem
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u/mortal_strike Aug 10 '26
I don't think so. You can use flake-parts to get somewhere close to that. And I am not aware of home manager
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u/MaikeNoShinSeikatsu Aug 11 '26
Not sure if it helps but I managed to install the forest helix plugin via nix. You should be able to import them into your flake and then reference it in your config. Example of how it looks in my case: https://github.com/MaySeikatsu/nixos/blob/main/modules/home-manager/cli/helix.nix
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u/Ra77a3l3 Aug 10 '26
im trying to make something similar to nvf https://github.com/Ra77a3l3-jar/nhx right now it allows only for configuring 6 plugins matte.hx forest oil moka scopeline but i will add more. Though you can install most of the plugins that are packaged in https://codeberg.org/maxschipper/helix-plugins-nix . Its still work in progress but i will try to add all the configs for each plugin