• HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Have a look into the Guix package manager. It works fine on top of Arch, and Guix has 31,000 packages now. Great for cross-language development and also suitable for early sharing of projects. npm support is a bit weak though, but packages written in Python, Rust, or functional languages are well represented.

    • Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      Thats like nix packager, right? Looks interesting to layer on top. Says they are all reproducible builds which is nice.

      • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        Yes, Guix is initially a clone of Nix and has still remains of shared code (the build daemon).

        Differences:

        • Guix packages are defined in a Scheme dialect called Guile, a nice minimal functional language
        • Guix was created as a GNU project and stresses the importance of free software with strong copyleft
        • strong focus on long-term reproducibility and capability of tracking the sources
        • everything is built from source
        • very good and well organized documentation