NixiN's roadmap

This project is still very young but the main steps are already identified. The roadmap may move when priorities are evolving.

v0.1

This version targets builds for simple mono-server configuration that can contain multiple webapps.

Use of nixos-generators to build images of any type of container or vm, for any architecture and installation ISO images.

The code is based on Vitepress, a static webapp that is used for documentation, and includes a dynamic component in vuejs for generating NixOS configuration files.

Nothing is saved server side. The users must handler their configuration files on their own.

Features

• networking options with wireguard configuration options
• nixpkgs selection
• download or copy/paste generated configuration.nix
• templates for custom bundles
• templates for custom configuration.nix
• ISO image of NixiN webUI, to install on barebone servers or VMs.

Proposed bundles

• Write collectively : Hedgedoc pads, FreshRss, Nextcloud
• Social Medias : GoToSocial, Peertube, Pixelfed, Lemmy
• Forge : Forgejo, Forgejo runners, NixiN

v0.2

This version includes a go server backend that authenticate users, save their configuration in a git repository and their machines passwords in a personal git password store.

Features

• user management
• configurations can be versioned and edited.
• automatic creation of password store and machine inventory in a git repository
• automatic generation of encrypted password, store in personal password store, when a configuration that needs a password
• manual deploy with krops
• ISO image of NixiN distribution : webUI, forgejo, Go backend, to install on barebone servers or VMs.

Proposed bundles

• Private cloud storage : Nextcloud, Syncthing, Vaultwarden

v0.3

Continuous Integration and Delivery integration

to test and deploy configurations to production servers or personal computers to build OCI containers / VM images

Features

• use CI to verify and build machines before real deployment
• manage your deployments from your NixiN interface
• ISO image of your configurations

Proposed bundles

• Containerize your machine's services : microvm, NixiN, your VM build for your configurations

v0.4

Bundles for clustered / distributed services

Proposed bundles

• Email / S3 / webhosting : garage, aerogramme
• Resilience, anti-censorship : eris, ygdrasil

Hopefully in the nearest future

• simple monitoring of machines in inventory
• ability to list services on a machine and start/stop/restart them
• backups operations (view, download, restore)
• desktop webUI (build your kde plasma, gnome, hyprland, etc.. desktop configurations)
• Unix users and user's configurations management