ZSH Completions for Nix and NixOS

This project aims to provide a highly complete set of ZSH completions for Nix, NixOS, NixOps, and the surrounding ecosystem.

NixOS

Set programs.zsh.enableCompletion = true in /etc/nix/configuration.nix and either add nix-zsh-completions to systemPackages or install it locally: nix-env -iA nixos.nix-zsh-completions

Oh-My-ZSH Installation

git clone [email protected]:spwhitt/nix-zsh-completions.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/nix

Then add nix to the plugins list in ~/.zshrc

Antigen Installation

Add the following to ~/.zshrc

antigen bundle [email protected]:spwhitt/nix-zsh-completions.git

Plain ZSH Installation

Clone this repository and add the following to ~/.zshrc with the path to nix-zsh-completions updated as necessary.

source $HOME/nix-zsh-completions/nix.plugin.zsh
fpath=($HOME/nix-zsh-completions $fpath)
autoload -U compinit && compinit

ZSH Completions Tutorial

zsh-completions-howto