helium-flake

A Nix flake for Helium, a private, fast, and honest web browser

Usage

Run directly

nix run github:Jasdeep-Dhillon/helium-flake

Install to profile

nix profile install github:Jasdeep-Dhillon/helium-flake

Add to NixOS configuration

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    helium = {
      url = "github:amaanq/helium-flake";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = { nixpkgs, helium, ... }: {
    nixosConfigurations.yourhost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      modules = [
        {
          environment.systemPackages = [
            helium.packages.x86_64-linux.default
          ];
        }
      ];
    };
  };
}

Add to nix-darwin configuration

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    nix-darwin = {
      url = "github:lnl7/nix-darwin";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    helium = {
      url = "github:amaanq/helium-flake";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = { nix-darwin, helium, ... }: {
    darwinConfigurations.yourhost = nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
      modules = [
        {
          environment.systemPackages = [
            helium.packages.aarch64-darwin.default # or x86_64-darwin
          ];
        }
      ];
    };
  };
}

Updating

The version gets automatically updated every 15 minutes via GitHub workflows.

To manually update to the newest release:

1. Update versions: nix run .#update-versions -- ./versions.json

2. Test the build: nix flake check

3. Commit & Push: git add versions.json && git commit --message "Update versions" && git push

Technologies

• Nix Flakes - Declarative package management
• Nushell - Update script for fetching release metadata
• Supported Systems: x86_64-linux, aarch64-linux, x86_64-darwin, aarch64-darwin

License

GPL-3.0 (following upstream)