From b6711ec221e5fe932b07ebfacb477e5b4595f64d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Nelson <brian@briannelson.dev>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:46:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] initial commit

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 README.md         |  5 ++++
 configuration.nix | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 flake.nix         | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 README.md
 create mode 100644 configuration.nix
 create mode 100644 flake.nix

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# My nix-darwin Configuration
+This repo is meant to be a declarative setup for new macOS devices, specifically focused on the application installs. All GUI applications will be handled by homebrew and some brews or CLI tools. The more stable and maintained CLI tools are installed via nixpkgs.
+
+## Homebrew
+I like using homebrew as my package manager for most apps as its really easy and convienent to run `brew upgrade` to update all apps in 1 go. I love nix for many other reasons but some of the packages on the stable branch aren't always up-to-date and take a while to update.
diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, ... }: 
+
+{
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "aarch64-darwin";
+
+  nix.enable = false;
+
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = "nix-command flakes";
+
+  system.stateVersion = 6;
+  system.primaryUser = "briannelson";
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    ffmpeg
+    flac
+    helix
+    tea
+    yt-dlp
+  ];
+
+  homebrew = {
+    enable = true;
+    onActivation = {
+      autoUpdate = true;
+      cleanup = "none";
+    };
+
+    brews = [
+      "bun"
+      "harper"
+    ];
+
+    casks = [
+      "bitwarden"
+      "cap"
+      "discord"
+      "harper-desktop"
+      "librewolf"
+      "nextcloud"
+      "protonvpn"
+      "rustdesk"
+      "signal"
+      "twingate"
+      "vlc"
+      "vscodium"
+      "firefox"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  environment.shellAliases = {
+    yt = "yt-dlp";
+    ll = "ls -la";
+  };
+
+  environment.etc."yt-dlp.conf".text = ''
+    -o /Users/briannelson/Downloads/yt-dlp/%(title)s.%(ext)s
+    --no-mtime
+    --restrict-filenames
+    --embed-thumbnails
+    --embed-metadata
+    --format "bestvideo[height<=1080]+bestaudio/best[height<=1080]"
+    --merge-output-format mp4
+  '';
+}
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diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "Brian's macOS nix-darwin configuration";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    nix-darwin.url = "github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin";
+    nix-darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    nix-homebrew.url = "github:zhaofengli/nix-homebrew";
+  };
+
+  outputs = inputs@{ self, nix-darwin, nixpkgs, nix-homebrew, ... }: {
+    darwinConfigurations."YOUR-HOSTNAME" = nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
+      modules = [
+        ./configuration.nix
+        nix-homebrew.darwinModules.nix-homebrew
+        {
+          nix-homebrew = {
+            enable = true;
+            enableRosetta = true;
+            user = "briannelson";
+            autoMigrate = true;
+          };
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
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