nix4vscode is a nix overlay for vscode. It supports both vscode and openvsx.
nix4vscode support vscode by Nix overlays, here's how you can use it:
{
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS:nixpkgs/release-24.11";
nix4vscode.url = {
url = "github:nix-community/nix4vscode";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
};
outputs = { nixpkgs, nix4vscode ... }:
let
pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {
config.allowUnfree = true;
system = "aarch64-darwin"; # One of supported systems
overlays = [
nix4vscode.overlays.forVscode
];
};
# Now you can access nix4vscode utilities from pkgs.nix4vscode
extensions = pkgs.nix4vscode.forVscode [
"tamasfe.even-better-toml"
"ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers"
# Using the specified version
"editorconfig.editorconfig.0.9.4"
/* ... */
];
in
{
# ... your flake outputs
};
}Alternatively, if you use nix-darwin or NixOS you can add overlays to nixpkgs attribute in your one of modules:
# `self` or `input` attribute is the attribute you pass via `specialArgs` when you call `darwinSystem` or `nixosSystem`
{ self, ... }: {
nixpkgs.overlays = [ self.inputs.nix4vscode.forVscode ];
}Now, if you use VSCode with Home Manager, and you added overlays, you can install your extensions like this:
{ pkgs, ... }: {
programs.vscode = {
enable = true;
enableUpdateCheck = false; # Disable VSCode self-update and let Home Manager to manage VSCode versions instead.
enableExtensionUpdateCheck = false; # Disable extensions auto-update and let nix4vscode manage updates and extensions
extensions = pkgs.nix4vscode.forVscode [
"tamasfe.even-better-toml"
"ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers.0.397.0" # You can also install specific version of extensions
];
};
}The Overlays has exported the following functions:
| Usage | description |
|---|---|
forVscode [ extension ] |
TODO |
forVscodeVersion version [ extension ] |
TODO |
forVscodePrerelease [ extension ] |
TODO |
forVscodeVersionPrerelease version [ extension ] |
TODO |
forOpenVsx [ extension ] |
TODO |
forOpenVsxVersion version [ extension ] |
TODO |
forOpenVsxPrerelease [ extension ] |
TODO |
forOpenVsxVersionPrerelease version [ extension ] |
TODO |
version: string[ extension ]:- type extension = "ms-vscode.cpptools" | "ms-vscode.cpptools.1.8.2"