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+# Nix
+
+## Astal
+
+Using Astal on Nix will require you to package your project.
+
+:::code-group
+
+```nix [<i class="devicon-lua-plain"></i> Lua]
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    astal = {
+      url = "github:aylur/astal";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, astal }: let
+    system = "x86_64-linux";
+    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+  in {
+    packages.${system}.default = astal.lib.mkLuaPacakge {
+      inherit pkgs;
+      src = ./path/to/project; # should contain init.lua
+
+      # add extra glib packages or binaries
+      extraPackages = [
+        astal.packages.${system}.battery
+        pkgs.dart-sass
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+```nix [<i class="devicon-python-plain"></i> Python]
+# Not documented yet
+```
+
+```nix [<i class="devicon-vala-plain"></i> Vala]
+# keep in mind that this is just the nix derivation
+# and you still have to use some build tool like meson
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    astal.url = "github:aylur/astal";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, astal }: let
+    system = "x86_64-linux";
+    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+  in {
+    packages.${system} = {
+      default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+        name = "my-shell";
+        src = ./.;
+
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          meson
+          ninja
+          pkg-config
+          vala
+          gobject-introspection
+        ];
+
+        # add extra packages
+        buildInputs = [
+          astal.packages.${system}.astal
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+:::
+
+## AGS
+
+The recommended way to use AGS on NixOS is through the home-manager module.
+
+Example content of a `flake.nix` file that contains your `homeConfigurations`.
+
+<!--TODO: remove v2 after merge-->
+
+:::code-group
+
+```nix [<i class="devicon-nixos-plain"></i> flake.nix]
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
+    # add ags https://github.com/Aylur/ags/pull/504
+    ags.url = "github:aylur/ags/v2";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { home-manager, nixpkgs, ... }@inputs:
+  let
+    system = "x86_64-linux";
+  in
+  {
+    homeConfigurations."${username}" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+
+      # pass inputs as specialArgs
+      extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+
+      # import your home.nix
+      modules = [ ./home-manager/home.nix ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```
+
+:::
+
+Example content of `home.nix` file
+
+:::code-group
+
+```nix [<i class="devicon-nixos-plain"></i> home.nix]
+{ inputs, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  # add the home manager module
+  imports = [ inputs.ags.homeManagerModules.default ];
+
+  programs.ags = {
+    enable = true;
+    configDir = ../ags;
+
+    # additional packages to add to gjs's runtime
+    extraPackages = with pkgs; [
+      inputs.ags.packages.${pkgs.system}.battery
+      fzf
+    ];
+  };
+}
+```
+
+:::
+
+AGS by default only includes the core `libastal` library.
+If you want to include any other [library](../libraries/references) you have to add them to `extraPackages`.
+You can also add binaries which will be added to `$PATH`.
+
+:::warning
+The `configDir` option symlinks the given path to `~/.config/ags`.
+If you already have your source code there leave it as `null`.
+:::