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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by gregwebs on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:14PM (#39696038)
There are several tools in this space now- nix is maturing and people are realizing how useful nix can be for dev envs.

  * [devenv](devenv.sh) - I am using it and loving it, but worried that the development is not moving forward
  * [devbox](https://www.jetpack.io/devbox)
  * [daytona](https://www.daytona.io/docs/usage/workspaces/) 
  * [devshell](https://github.com/numtide/devshell)
  * [bob.build](bob.build) more focused on the build
I am glad that flox is pushing its development forward. Does flox have a way to run services? With `devenv` I run my database with `devenv up`.
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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by mrd3v0 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @04:24PM (#39696984)
> but worried that the development is not moving forward

There is an open v1.0 PR: https://github.com/cachix/devenv/pull/1005

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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by jeanregisser on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:49PM (#39696507)
Not nix based, but I really like https://github.com/jdx/mise too to manage dev tools.

It’s a modern version of https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf written in Rust.

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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by hiljusti on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:36PM (#39698427)
Formerly known as `rtx`
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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by jljljl on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:22PM (#39696159)
Devbox can also run services too. Both products use an awesome process runner called process-compose (https://github.com/f1bonacc1/process-compose/) which is worth checking out (it's even built with nix!)
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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by tripdout on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @04:02PM (#39696676)
I think the ability to run services is really what separates Devbox from other related Nix-based dev-env solutions.

Essentially taking what you get from the NixOS-specific configuration.nix options (like for example `services.mediawiki.enable = true`) and letting that be per-project, per-directory, is super useful.

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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by altano on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @09:28PM (#39699692)
I think Devbox's killer feature is trivially searching for and installing packages by version: https://www.jetpack.io/blog/how-nixhub-searches-nixpkgs/
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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by mrbonner on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @05:15PM (#39697621)
+1 to devenv. I used to use Nix natively, then switched to devbox and then devenv. devenv is the most intuitive to use. I just wish that I could just run a command using devenv (similar to nix run) instead of having to declare it in the devenv.nix first.
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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by soraminazuki on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @05:30PM (#39697795)
I use devenv with flakes. That allows me to use standard Nix commands including nix run.
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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by whazor on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:09PM (#39698182)
Nix allows you to have a single lock file for all your dependencies. This is very useful for development environments. When you share a lock file via Git, then you know your colleagues will be running the same versions.
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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by sisve on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:34PM (#39698416)
Great list.

Using devbox myself and very happy with it.

Would be great to hear what separates flox from the rest.

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Re:Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix by xwowsersx on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @09:40PM (#39699776)
I have used devbox and have been keeping an eye on other options. Haven't tried devenv yet. Any thoughts on devenv vs flox given what we're seeing here?
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