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Show HN: Virby, a vfkit-based Linux builder for Nix-Darwin

Show HN: Virby, a vfkit-based Linux builder for Nix-Darwin

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·July 6, 2025

Virby is a module for nix-darwin that configures a lightweight linux VM as a remote build machine for nix, allowing linux packages to be built on macOS.

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nathanscully

What is the advantage of this over the inbuilt linux-builder in nix-darwin[1]?

I assume it being vfkit based might make it more performant? Are there any benchmarks comparing them?

[1] https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/blob/master/modules...

FerkiHN

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