nixappimage

icon	compact-disc
description	AppImages created from NixOs Derivations & FHS

NixAppImage

• Author: @ralismark + @Azathothas + Others
• Project Page: https://github.com/pkgforge/nix-appimage
• Described as An AppImage created using a Nix-Bundler like pkgforge/nix-appimage & DavHau/nix-portable
• Sources: NixOS Packages

---

Schema

{% hint style="info" %} .pkg: ${PKG_NAME}

.pkg_type: nixappimage

${SBUILD_PKG} : ${PKG_NAME}.nixappimage {% endhint %}

---

Prerequisites (HOST)

{% hint style="info" %}

• Fuse: Required for mounting Filesystems & Images
• Fonts: Required to display/render Non-English Chars, Emojis, Symbols etc.
• Kernel User NameSpaces: Required for Sandboxing, Security & Performance {% endhint %}

---

Sandbox

{% hint style="success" %} NixAppImages have built-in sandboxing, run SHOW_HELP=1 to see available options. {% endhint %}

---

Quirks

{% hint style="info" %} KNOWN ISSUES

• LibGL: NixOS/nixpkgs#9415
• Size: About 2-5x larger than other formats, but guarantee absolute portability.

WARNINGS

• NEVER run strip, objcopy or any other binary rewriting tool as they will often just strip the squashfs|dwarfs archive, only preserving the runtime.
• A typical .nixappimage file is not a real elf binary, thus will not survive this process. {% endhint %}