Nixpacks

nixpacks Plugin

App source + Nix packages + Docker = Image. Build Docker images from source code using Nix packages automatically.

Commands

Build Operations

• nixpacks build plan — Generate build plan

Utility

• nixpacks _ _ — Passthrough to nixpacks CLI

Usage Examples

• "Generate build plan"
• "Build Docker image"
• "Detect dependencies"
• "Build from source"

Installation

brew install nixpacks

Or via Cargo:

cargo install nixpacks

Examples

# Generate build plan
nixpacks build plan .

# Build with config
nixpacks build plan . --config nixpacks.toml

# Disable cache
nixpacks build plan . --no-cache

# Build Docker image
nixpacks _ _ build .

# Detect language and plan
nixpacks _ _ plan

Key Features

• Auto-detect - Detects programming languages
• Docker - Builds Docker images
• Nix packages - Uses Nix for dependencies
• Multi-language - Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, Java, etc.
• Configurable - Custom configuration files
• Caching - Build caching support
• Buildpacks - Compatible with buildpacks
• Fast - Efficient builds
• Reproducible - Reproducible builds
• Cross-platform - Linux, macOS, Windows

Notes

• Supports many programming languages
• Automatically detects dependencies
• Great for containerizing applications
• Can be used in CI/CD pipelines