#dendriticpattern — Public Fediverse posts

@yisraeldov
Now if we make the flake.nixosModules.somename : {arg1, arg2} = {}
Then we can start composing too.

In short: it's a very neat approach to modularize the options which scales better.

Those who are using nix flake-parts and dendritic pattern, feel free to correct me or simplify this please.

#nix #flakes #nixos #homemanager #nixhomemanager #flake-parts #dendritic #dendriticpattern

@yisraeldov
Personally in my config :
https://github.com/vivekanandan-ks/ksvnixospcconfigs/blob/main/flakepartsModules/xremap-fp.nix

see here how xremap requires both nixos and homeManager options to work, so I keep both in same file. Now when I don't want xremap, I just need to remove this file from the scene, that's all . No need to go to separate places like nixos module folder and homemanager module folder to delete.

#nix #flake #flake-parts #dendriticpattern

@vivekanandanks @arichtman Thanks for posting this example. I have been meaning to refactor my flake for ages. The #dendritic #dendriticpattern part looks like it is in flake.nix

outputs = inputs @ { flake-parts, ... }:
flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } (
top @ { config, withSystem, moduleWithSystem, lib, ... }: {
imports = [
...
(inputs.import-tree ./flakepartsModules)
];

#nixos
and it is great to see this example.

@arichtman
Recently started using #dendritic pattern using #flake parts it's really helpful.

Earlier: A new module file means I add it to a folder, then import them in my configuration.nix home.nix accordingly.

Now: a module file added to a folder. That's it.

And more awesome is that I can place both a nixos module and home module in the same file to have aspects together🔥 much more benefits

It's worth doing things this way

#nix #nixos #dendriticpattern #config #management #flakeparts

Blog: Exploring the Dendritic Nix Pattern

This is more of an assessment what I would have to do in order to migrate towards dendritic then an explanation of the pattern itself. But there are links to the relevant source material.

https://britter.dev/blog/2026/05/11/exploring-the-dendritic-nix-pattern/

#nix #nixos #dendriticpattern