Hyprland on Nix Os

The NixOS module enables critical components needed to run Hyprland properly, such as: polkit, xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland, graphics drivers, fonts, dconf, xwayland, and adding a proper Desktop Entry to your Display Manager.

Make sure to check out the options of the NixOS module.

Note that the Nixpkgs Hyprland package is not actively maintained, and may be outdated. As such, installation using the Flake is recommended.

With flakes

# flake.nix
{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    hyprland.url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland";
  };

  outputs = {nixpkgs, hyprland, ...}: {
    nixosConfigurations.HOSTNAME = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      # ...
      modules = [
        hyprland.nixosModules.default
        {programs.hyprland.enable = true;}
        # ...
      ];
    };
  };
}

Don’t forget to replace HOSTNAME with your hostname!

Without flakes

If you’re using Hyprland through an overlay, set programs.hyprland.package = pkgs.hyprland;. This also means the xwayland and nvidiaPatches options no longer apply.

# configuration.nix

{pkgs, ...}: let
  flake-compat = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz";

  hyprland = (import flake-compat {
    src = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/archive/master.tar.gz";
  }).defaultNix;
in {
  imports = [hyprland.nixosModules.default];

  programs.hyprland = {
    enable = true;

    # default options, you don't need to set them
    package = hyprland.packages.${pkgs.system}.default;

    xwayland = {
      enable = true;
      hidpi = true;
    };

    nvidiaPatches = false;
  };
}