This project builds on top of Fedora Toolbox container image and adds Nix package manager and optionally Home Manager for the following benefits:
- The easiest way to get Nix and Home Manager working on Fedora and Fedora Atomic Desktops
- Simple access to 100k+ packages in the Nix Packages collection
- Support for Nix-based development environment used by various open-source projects
- Use Home Manager to manage your home environment as code, and partially also system environment
- Works well with Toolbx or Distrobox
Follow Getting Started to try out Nix Toolbox.
The project was introduced at DevConf.CZ 2025 conference, you can find the introduction talk here.