niagara 0.0.1.2

A simple ricing tool for Linux systems.

Niagara

Niagara is a ricing tool made for Linux systems. It aims to be a universal tool that can be used on multiple distributions, as it does not rely on a singular package manager. Niagara manages configs by taking a JSON file that contains some fields such as packages, dotfile, wallpaper, etc.

How does Niagara handle packages?

Niagara has a list of packages that you can place inside the configuration file, and then it goes and checks it against the corresponding package for your linux distribution. A good example would be the following:

{
    "name": "doas",
    "arch": "opendoas",
    "void": "opendoas",
    "fedora": "opendoas",
    "gentoo": "app-admin/doas"
}

This allows us to support multiple distributions, whilst making it a write once, run anywhere style of program.

Features

• packages
• config
  • wallpaper
  • dotfile
  • scripts
  • commands
    • available to clone and use a git repository as the basis for commands
    • option to run the command in a specified directory
• xinitrc generation

Example configuration

{
  "packages": [
    "sway",
    "feh",
    "picom",
    "i3",
    "kitty"
  ],
  "config": [
    {
      "option": "wallpaper",
      "val": "https://github.com/kavulox/dotfiles/raw/master/wallpapers/forest.jpg"
    },
    {
      "option": "dotfile",
      "val": [
        "https://github.com/kavulox/nvim",
        "https://github.com/kavulox/picom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "option": "scripts",
      "val": [
        {
          "method": "curl",
          "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "source": [
    {
      "link": "https://git.suckless.org/dwm",
      "cmds": [
        {
          "dir": "dwm",
          "cmd": "sudo make clean install"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "xinitrc": [
    "picom -b",
    "exec dwm"
  ]
}

Contributing

New contributors should submit a PR with a short description of their changes.

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Todo

• Get more packages.
  • Make packages support multiple package managers.
• Split deps.py into multiple files.
• Add documentation.
• Add checks to see if a specified package is not natively available for a distribution, then to refer to a custom build option.

Author

Niagara was written by kavulox