maralorn/nix-output-monitor

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1646 stars · 53 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

nix-output-monitor (nom) is a Haskell CLI tool that pipes nix-build output to display richer, colorful build information like progress timers and a build tree. It acts as a drop-in replacement for nix build, shell, develop, nix-build, and nix-shell commands.

Use cases

• monitor nix build progress in the terminal
• see which derivations are building or downloading and how long they take
• get a visual build tree while running nix build
• replace nix-build with a more informative drop-in
• reduce clutter in nix build logs

When to choose

• you use nix or nixos and want better feedback during builds
• you want build/download timers and a dependency tree without changing your workflow
• you want a drop-in nix/nix-build wrapper

When to avoid

• you don't use the nix package manager
• you need stability guarantees for the library component (only the executable behavior follows SemVer)
• you use very old nix versions where the build tree may be incomplete

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

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