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Life & fun · July 6, 2025

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Virby, a vfkit-based Linux builder for Nix-Darwin

Virby is a module for nix-darwin that configures a lightweight linux VM as a remote build machine for nix, allowing linux packages to be built on macOS.

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Virby is a nix-darwin module that sets up a lightweight Linux virtual machine to serve as a remote build machine for Nix. It enables macOS users to build Linux packages directly from their systems. The tool integrates with nix-darwin and uses vfkit, making it useful for developers working across both operating systems who need to compile packages for Linux environments without leaving macOS.

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