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omnibin is a Linux tool that exposes binaries from Nixpkgs on the PATH without installing all of their packages in advance. It mounts a FUSE-backed filesystem over the Nix store and uses package metadata to resolve executable names and versioned forms; package files are fetched lazily from cache.nixos.org when they are read, then served locally. The omnibin command can locate the newest or all available versions of a binary, including historical Nixpkgs versions. It can run in a shell, as a NixOS module, or in a container; the container requires /dev/fuse and the SYS_ADMIN capability. The project is distributed under the MIT license.
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A tool that puts tens of thousands of Nix package commands on the path without installing them all in advance. It fetches package files from the Nix cache when a command is used and can select specific versions.
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