NixOS

iNiR ships a flake with a package, a NixOS module, a Home Manager module and a starter template. NixOS support is still experimental: it gets less testing than Arch and Void.

Once it runs, everything else works as on other distros: you change things in Settings, not in Nix.

Start a new system from the template

mkdir ~/nixos && cd ~/nixos
nix flake init -t github:snowarch/inir
cp /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix .

Open configuration.nix, rename the you user to yours, then:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#inir

Reboot and pick the Niri session on the login screen.

Add iNiR to your own flake

inputs.inir = {
  url = "github:snowarch/inir";
  inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};

Add inir.nixosModules.default to your system’s modules, then:

programs.inir = {
  enable = true;
  desktop.enable = true; # leave it off if your config already sets up Niri and a login screen
};

Options

Option	Default	What it does
programs.inir.enable	false	Installs iNiR and its user service, started with Niri
programs.inir.desktop.enable	false	Niri, a login screen, PipeWire, NetworkManager and UPower
programs.inir.desktop.displayManager	"sddm"	sddm, greetd or none
programs.inir.fonts.enable	true	The fonts iNiR’s styles use, and only those
programs.inir.niriConfig.seed	true	Copies iNiR’s Niri config to ~/.config/niri at login if you have none
programs.inir.package	inir	Use inir-with-mascot for Kira’s art pack
programs.inir.extraPackages	[ ]	More programs on the shell’s PATH
programs.inir.service.enable	true	The inir systemd user service

The Niri config is copied once and is yours from then on. iNiR never overwrites it.

Home Manager

Import inir.homeModules.default and set programs.inir.enable = true;. It installs the package and the user service. programs.inir.configSymlink.enable also links the shell to ~/.config/quickshell/inir for tools that look there. Niri, the login screen and fonts stay with your NixOS config.

Updates

On NixOS, iNiR updates with your flake: update the input and rebuild.

nix flake update inir
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#inir

What is different here

• YouTube Music uses the package’s own yt-dlp, so there is nothing to repair.
• The shell lives in the Nix store. Your settings, themes and wallpapers live in your home folder as usual.