Devenv

Declarative developer environments.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Wraps around Nix to provide declarative developer environments. Automatically activates environments when entering the directory. Manages scripts, Git hooks, running services, containers. Supports tests & process management. Environments per directory can be imported into a main environment in monorepos.

Tradeoffs

Doesn’t support building containers on macOS - must connect to a remote Linux builder.

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