dendritic-unflake

dendritic-unflake demonstrates that Dendritic Nix is not tied to flakes. It provides multiple example setups — one per branch — showing how to use Dendritic patterns with different Nix input strategies.

Branches

Each branch is a complete, self-contained example:

Branch	Strategy	Description
unflake	with-inputs	Default entry point using with-inputs for input resolution
npins	npins	Pin inputs with the npins tool
builtins	builtins	Use Nix builtins to fetch inputs directly
froyo	froyo	Experimental parts like module system
falake	falake	Top-level modules via falake
flake-parts	flake-parts	Standard flake-parts without flakes!

Usage

Build a NixOS configuration without flakes:

nixos-rebuild build --file . --attr nixosConfigurations.my-laptop

Or with plain nix-build:

nix-build --attr nixosConfigurations.my-laptop.config.system.build.toplevel

Role in the Ecosystem

dendritic-unflake proves that Dendritic patterns are flake-agnostic. It ties together with-inputs, flake-file, and flake-aspects to show that composable configurations work regardless of your input strategy.

This is important because the Nix community is not settled on flakes even it was discovered with flakes+flake-parts. Dendritic works for everyone.

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