Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix flake init - create a flake in the current directory from a template

Synopsis

nix flake init [option...]

Examples

Create a flake using the default template:
```
# nix flake init
```
List available templates:
```
# nix flake show templates
```

Create a flake from a specific template:

# nix flake init -t templates#simpleContainer

Description

This command creates a flake in the current directory by copying the files of a template. It will not overwrite existing files. The default template is templates#templates.default, but this can be overridden using -t.

Template definitions

A flake can declare templates through its templates output attribute. A template has two attributes:

description: A one-line description of the template, in CommonMark syntax.
path: The path of the directory to be copied.
welcomeText: A block of markdown text to display when a user initializes a new flake based on this template.

Here is an example:

outputs = { self }: {

  templates.rust = {
    path = ./rust;
    description = "A simple Rust/Cargo project";
    welcomeText = ''
      # Simple Rust/Cargo Template
      ## Intended usage
      The intended usage of this flake is...

      ## More info
      - [Rust language](https://www.rust-lang.org/)
      - [Rust on the NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Rust)
      - ...
    '';
  };

  templates.default = self.templates.rust;
}

Options

--template / -t template

The template to use.

Common evaluation options:

--arg name expr

Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions.
--argstr name string

Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions.
--debugger

Start an interactive environment if evaluation fails.
--eval-store store-url

The Nix store to use for evaluations.
--impure

Allow access to mutable paths and repositories.
--include / -I path

Add path to the list of locations used to look up <...> file names.
--override-flake original-ref resolved-ref

Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.

Logging-related options:

--debug

Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.
--log-format format

Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.
--print-build-logs / -L

Print full build logs on standard error.
--quiet

Decrease the logging verbosity level.
--verbose / -v

Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options:

--help

Show usage information.
--offline

Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
--option name value

Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
--refresh

Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
--version

Show version information.

Options to override configuration settings:

--accept-flake-config

Enable the accept-flake-config setting.
--access-tokens value

Set the access-tokens setting.
--allow-dirty

Enable the allow-dirty setting.
--allow-import-from-derivation

Enable the allow-import-from-derivation setting.
--allow-new-privileges

Enable the allow-new-privileges setting.
--allow-symlinked-store

Enable the allow-symlinked-store setting.
--allow-unsafe-native-code-during-evaluation

Enable the allow-unsafe-native-code-during-evaluation setting.
--allowed-impure-host-deps value

Set the allowed-impure-host-deps setting.
--allowed-uris value

Set the allowed-uris setting.
--allowed-users value

Set the allowed-users setting.
--auto-optimise-store

Enable the auto-optimise-store setting.
--bash-prompt value

Set the bash-prompt setting.
--bash-prompt-prefix value

Set the bash-prompt-prefix setting.
--bash-prompt-suffix value

Set the bash-prompt-suffix setting.
--build-hook value

Set the build-hook setting.
--build-poll-interval value

Set the build-poll-interval setting.
--build-users-group value

Set the build-users-group setting.
--builders value

Set the builders setting.
--builders-use-substitutes

Enable the builders-use-substitutes setting.
--commit-lockfile-summary value

Set the commit-lockfile-summary setting.
--compress-build-log

Enable the compress-build-log setting.
--connect-timeout value

Set the connect-timeout setting.
--cores value

Set the cores setting.
--diff-hook value

Set the diff-hook setting.
--download-attempts value

Set the download-attempts setting.
--download-speed value

Set the download-speed setting.
--enforce-determinism

Enable the enforce-determinism setting.
--eval-cache

Enable the eval-cache setting.
--experimental-features value

Set the experimental-features setting.
--extra-access-tokens value

Append to the access-tokens setting.
--extra-allowed-impure-host-deps value

Append to the allowed-impure-host-deps setting.
--extra-allowed-uris value

Append to the allowed-uris setting.
--extra-allowed-users value

Append to the allowed-users setting.
--extra-experimental-features value

Append to the experimental-features setting.
--extra-extra-platforms value

Append to the extra-platforms setting.
--extra-hashed-mirrors value

Append to the hashed-mirrors setting.
--extra-ignored-acls value

Append to the ignored-acls setting.
--extra-nix-path value

Append to the nix-path setting.
--extra-platforms value

Set the extra-platforms setting.
--extra-plugin-files value

Append to the plugin-files setting.
--extra-sandbox-paths value

Append to the sandbox-paths setting.
--extra-secret-key-files value

Append to the secret-key-files setting.
--extra-substituters value

Append to the substituters setting.
--extra-system-features value

Append to the system-features setting.
--extra-trusted-public-keys value

Append to the trusted-public-keys setting.
--extra-trusted-substituters value

Append to the trusted-substituters setting.
--extra-trusted-users value

Append to the trusted-users setting.
--fallback

Enable the fallback setting.
--filter-syscalls

Enable the filter-syscalls setting.
--flake-registry value

Set the flake-registry setting.
--fsync-metadata

Enable the fsync-metadata setting.
--gc-reserved-space value

Set the gc-reserved-space setting.
--hashed-mirrors value

Set the hashed-mirrors setting.
--http-connections value

Set the http-connections setting.
--http2

Enable the http2 setting.
--ignore-try

Enable the ignore-try setting.
--ignored-acls value

Set the ignored-acls setting.
--impersonate-linux-26

Enable the impersonate-linux-26 setting.
--keep-build-log

Enable the keep-build-log setting.
--keep-derivations

Enable the keep-derivations setting.
--keep-env-derivations

Enable the keep-env-derivations setting.
--keep-failed

Enable the keep-failed setting.
--keep-going

Enable the keep-going setting.
--keep-outputs

Enable the keep-outputs setting.
--log-lines value

Set the log-lines setting.
--max-build-log-size value

Set the max-build-log-size setting.
--max-free value

Set the max-free setting.
--max-jobs value

Set the max-jobs setting.
--max-silent-time value

Set the max-silent-time setting.
--min-free value

Set the min-free setting.
--min-free-check-interval value

Set the min-free-check-interval setting.
--nar-buffer-size value

Set the nar-buffer-size setting.
--narinfo-cache-negative-ttl value

Set the narinfo-cache-negative-ttl setting.
--narinfo-cache-positive-ttl value

Set the narinfo-cache-positive-ttl setting.
--netrc-file value

Set the netrc-file setting.
--nix-path value

Set the nix-path setting.
--no-accept-flake-config

Disable the accept-flake-config setting.
--no-allow-dirty

Disable the allow-dirty setting.
--no-allow-import-from-derivation

Disable the allow-import-from-derivation setting.
--no-allow-new-privileges

Disable the allow-new-privileges setting.
--no-allow-symlinked-store

Disable the allow-symlinked-store setting.
--no-allow-unsafe-native-code-during-evaluation

Disable the allow-unsafe-native-code-during-evaluation setting.
--no-auto-optimise-store

Disable the auto-optimise-store setting.
--no-builders-use-substitutes

Disable the builders-use-substitutes setting.
--no-compress-build-log

Disable the compress-build-log setting.
--no-enforce-determinism

Disable the enforce-determinism setting.
--no-eval-cache

Disable the eval-cache setting.
--no-fallback

Disable the fallback setting.
--no-filter-syscalls

Disable the filter-syscalls setting.
--no-fsync-metadata

Disable the fsync-metadata setting.
--no-http2

Disable the http2 setting.
--no-ignore-try

Disable the ignore-try setting.
--no-impersonate-linux-26

Disable the impersonate-linux-26 setting.
--no-keep-build-log

Disable the keep-build-log setting.
--no-keep-derivations

Disable the keep-derivations setting.
--no-keep-env-derivations

Disable the keep-env-derivations setting.
--no-keep-failed

Disable the keep-failed setting.
--no-keep-going

Disable the keep-going setting.
--no-keep-outputs

Disable the keep-outputs setting.
--no-preallocate-contents

Disable the preallocate-contents setting.
--no-print-missing

Disable the print-missing setting.
--no-pure-eval

Disable the pure-eval setting.
--no-require-sigs

Disable the require-sigs setting.
--no-restrict-eval

Disable the restrict-eval setting.
--no-run-diff-hook

Disable the run-diff-hook setting.
--no-sandbox

Disable sandboxing.
--no-sandbox-fallback

Disable the sandbox-fallback setting.
--no-show-trace

Disable the show-trace setting.
--no-substitute

Disable the substitute setting.
--no-sync-before-registering

Disable the sync-before-registering setting.
--no-trace-function-calls

Disable the trace-function-calls setting.
--no-trace-verbose

Disable the trace-verbose setting.
--no-use-case-hack

Disable the use-case-hack setting.
--no-use-registries

Disable the use-registries setting.
--no-use-sqlite-wal

Disable the use-sqlite-wal setting.
--no-warn-dirty

Disable the warn-dirty setting.
--plugin-files value

Set the plugin-files setting.
--post-build-hook value

Set the post-build-hook setting.
--pre-build-hook value

Set the pre-build-hook setting.
--preallocate-contents

Enable the preallocate-contents setting.
--print-missing

Enable the print-missing setting.
--pure-eval

Enable the pure-eval setting.
--relaxed-sandbox

Enable sandboxing, but allow builds to disable it.
--repeat value

Set the repeat setting.
--require-sigs

Enable the require-sigs setting.
--restrict-eval

Enable the restrict-eval setting.
--run-diff-hook

Enable the run-diff-hook setting.
--sandbox

Enable sandboxing.
--sandbox-build-dir value

Set the sandbox-build-dir setting.
--sandbox-dev-shm-size value

Set the sandbox-dev-shm-size setting.
--sandbox-fallback

Enable the sandbox-fallback setting.
--sandbox-paths value

Set the sandbox-paths setting.
--secret-key-files value

Set the secret-key-files setting.
--show-trace

Enable the show-trace setting.
--stalled-download-timeout value

Set the stalled-download-timeout setting.
--store value

Set the store setting.
--substitute

Enable the substitute setting.
--substituters value

Set the substituters setting.
--sync-before-registering

Enable the sync-before-registering setting.
--system value

Set the system setting.
--system-features value

Set the system-features setting.
--tarball-ttl value

Set the tarball-ttl setting.
--timeout value

Set the timeout setting.
--trace-function-calls

Enable the trace-function-calls setting.
--trace-verbose

Enable the trace-verbose setting.
--trusted-public-keys value

Set the trusted-public-keys setting.
--trusted-substituters value

Set the trusted-substituters setting.
--trusted-users value

Set the trusted-users setting.
--use-case-hack

Enable the use-case-hack setting.
--use-registries

Enable the use-registries setting.
--use-sqlite-wal

Enable the use-sqlite-wal setting.
--user-agent-suffix value

Set the user-agent-suffix setting.
--warn-dirty

Enable the warn-dirty setting.