modules/noctalia: init

modules/noctalia/check.nix

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+{
+  pkgs,
+  self,
+}:
+
+let
+  noctaliaWrapped =
+    (self.wrapperModules.noctalia.apply {
+      inherit pkgs;
+    }).wrapper;
+
+in
+pkgs.runCommand "noctalia-test" { } ''
+  # if the config is invalid the text helix will complain here.
+  # sady no other dedicated check config command exists
+  res=$(${pkgs.lib.getExe noctaliaWrapped} config validate)
+  echo $res
+  if [[ ''${#res} == 0 ]]; then
+    touch $out
+  fi
+''

modules/noctalia/module.nix

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+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  wlib,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  tomlFmt = config.pkgs.formats.toml { };
+in
+{
+  _class = "wrapper";
+  options = {
+    settings = lib.mkOption {
+      type = tomlFmt.type;
+      description = ''
+        Noctalia Settings
+        See <https://docs.noctalia.dev/v5/>
+      '';
+      default = { };
+    };
+    "config.toml" = lib.mkOption {
+      type = wlib.types.file config.pkgs;
+      default.path = tomlFmt.generate "noctalia-config" config.settings;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    # waiting for noctalia to be updated to v5 in nixpkgs
+    package = config.pkgs.callPackage ./package.nix { };
+    env = {
+      NOCTALIA_CONFIG_HOME = toString (
+        config.pkgs.linkFarm "noctalia-config" [
+          {
+            name = "noctalia/config.toml";
+            path = config."config.toml".path;
+          }
+        ]
+      );
+    };
+    meta = {
+      maintainers = [
+        {
+          # waiting to become a nixpkgs maintainer
+          github = "kruemmelspalter";
+          githubId = 54735589;
+          name = "kruemmelspalter";
+          email = "kruemmelspalter@kruemmelspalter.org";
+          matrix = "@kruemmelsplater:kruemmelspalter.org";
+          keys = [ { fingerprint = "28F5 4BD4 73F1 7495 24BF  F4BD 4F4A 2EFA E386 71C8"; } ];
+        }
+      ];
+      platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/noctalia/package.nix

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+### waiting for noctalia to be updated to v5 in nixpkgs
+### adapted from upstream at <https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia/blob/d967ed5f5484e57866350106be8bfe3b50f90cfd/nix/package.nix> (licensed MIT)
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  wayland-scanner,
+  wayland,
+  wayland-protocols,
+  libGL,
+  libglvnd,
+  freetype,
+  fontconfig,
+  cairo,
+  pango,
+  harfbuzz,
+  libxkbcommon,
+  sdbus-cpp_2,
+  systemdLibs,
+  pipewire,
+  pam,
+  curl,
+  libwebp,
+  glib,
+  polkit,
+  librsvg,
+  libqalculate,
+  libxml2,
+  jemalloc,
+  autoAddDriverRunpath,
+  cudaSupport ? config.cudaSupport,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "noctalia";
+  version = "4.7.7-unstable-2026-06-11";
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "noctalia-dev";
+    repo = "noctalia";
+    rev = "7421f80b041e81d6e202a25ade6bfc59d716dd43";
+    hash = "sha256-H+uwJBulU/0Qt+BGUvlyrTPgcdOfojSalklpEuKKD2c=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Remove -march=native and -mtune=native for reproducible builds
+    substituteInPlace meson.build --replace-fail "'-march=native', '-mtune=native'," ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    wayland-scanner
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional cudaSupport autoAddDriverRunpath;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    wayland
+    wayland-protocols
+    libGL
+    libglvnd
+    freetype
+    fontconfig
+    cairo
+    pango
+    harfbuzz
+    libxkbcommon
+    sdbus-cpp_2
+    systemdLibs
+    pipewire
+    pam
+    curl
+    libwebp
+    glib
+    polkit
+    librsvg
+    libqalculate
+    libxml2
+    jemalloc
+  ];
+
+  mesonBuildType = "release";
+
+  ninjaFlags = [ "-v" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for Wayland";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    mainProgram = "noctalia";
+  };
+}