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The idea is simple:
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<em>No nix-wizardy required</em>, just use plain-text files to specify your tool requirements and let `nix-versions` produce output that `nix shell` and `direnv` can use to give you an stable development environment.
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As a Tools Version Manager, it can replace 90% of what tools like [asdf-vm](https://asdf-vm.com/) do,
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but with all the benefits you can get from Nix:
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All installable tools from Nixpkgs at your fingerprints, Reproducibility, Security Checksums, Sandboxed Builds, Remote Builders, Caching, etc.
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And of course, pinned version packages by `nix-versions`.
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::: info [Flake Generator](flake-generator.html) For Advanced Nix users
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If you already know Nix, and want to use pinned-version packages as inputs for your own Nix Flake
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<b>See our [flake generator](flake-generator.html) service.</b>
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#### Target Audience
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As a Tools Version Manager, the pattern presented on this page can replace 90% of what tools like [asdf-vm](https://asdf-vm.com/) do,
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but with all the benefits you can get from Nix:
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All installable tools from Nixpkgs at your fingerprints, Reproducibility, Security Checksums, Sandboxed Builds, Remote Builders, Caching, etc.
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And of course, pinned version packages by `nix-versions`.
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If you are new to Nix but have used other version managers like `nvm`, `rvm`, `asdf`, `mise` we want to provide you with an integrated toolset that lets you take advantage of Nix
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without mandating you to learn the nix-language. By editing plain-text files and reusing your existing `.ruby-version`, `.node-version`, etc files, you can cover most of your needs.
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## How it works
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By playing well with others. Following the UNIX philosophy of doing just ONE thing (listing package versions) and produce plain-text output that can be used by other programs to become part of something bigger.
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Simplicity. Instead of trying to solve problems that other tools have already do.
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Let people edit plain-text files instead of creating commands to edit them.
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#### The `Nix Installables` output format
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