Installation

nix-env -iA nix-tree

nix profile install 'nixpkgs#nix-tree'

nix run github:utdemir/nix-tree -- --help

Usage

$nix-tree --helpUsage: nix-tree [INSTALLABLE] [--store STORE] [--file FILE] [--version] [--derivation] [--impure] [--dot]  Interactively browse dependency graphs of Nix derivations.Available options:  INSTALLABLE              A store path or a flake reference.                           Paths default to "~/.nix-profile" and "/var/run/current-system"  --store STORE            The URL of the Nix store, e.g. "daemon" or "https://cache.nixos.org"                           See "nix help-stores" for supported store types and settings.  --file FILE              Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression stored in file.  --version                Show the nix-tree version  --derivation             Operate on the store derivation rather than its outputs  --impure                 Allow access to mutable paths and repositories  --dot                    Print the dependency graph in dot format  -h,--help                Show this help textKeybindings:  hjkl/Arrow Keys : Navigate  w               : Open why-depends modal  /               : Open search modal  s               : Change sort order  y               : Yank selected path to clipboard  ?               : Show help  q/Esc           : Quit / close modal

Glossary

Tips

# Output of a local derivationnix-build. --no-out-link| xargs -o nix-tree# Build time dependencies (passing a `.drv` path)nix-instantiate.| xargs -o nix-tree --derivation# Dependencies from shell.nixnix-build shell.nix -A inputDerivation| xargs -o nix-tree# All outputs of a derivation in nixpkgsnix-build'<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.all --no-out-link| xargs -o nix-tree

# Build time dependencies of a flake on the current directorynix-tree --derivation'.#'# Same thing works for any flake referencenix-tree --derivation'nixpkgs#asciiquarium'

nix-tree /nix/var/nix/profiles/system

nix build --print-out-paths --no-link'.#nixosConfigurations.foo.config.system.build.toplevel'nix-tree'.#nixosConfigurations.foo.config.system.build.toplevel'

# Query the runtime dependency of `stellarium` (2 GiB closure) without downloadnixeval --raw'nixpkgs#stellarium.outPath'| xargs -o nix-tree --store https://cache.nixos.org

# Build in a temporary chroot store and examine the outputnix build --store /tmp/chroot-store'nixpkgs#hello' --print-out-paths| xargs -o nix-tree --store /tmp/chroot-store

Contributing

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