From 4d9906b59c3b970687c349ae84f93e83986da98e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Kier=C3=A1n=20Meinhardt?= <kmein@posteo.de>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 22:28:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] admin tools

---
 flake.nix        |  2 +
 modules/tool.nix | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 100 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/tool.nix

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index db60dd8..2b6ecc1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
         git = modules/git.nix;
         udiskie = modules/udiskie.nix;
         niri = modules/niri;
+
+        tools = modules/tool.nix;
       };
 
       overlays.default = final: prev: {
diff --git a/modules/tool.nix b/modules/tool.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26ec88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/tool.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+let
+  isDarwin = lib.strings.hasSuffix "darwin" pkgs.system;
+in
+{
+  environment.systemPackages = [
+    pkgs.htop
+    pkgs.btop
+    pkgs.iftop
+    pkgs.lsof
+
+    pkgs.wget
+    pkgs.curl
+
+    pkgs.zip
+    pkgs.unzip
+    pkgs.unrar
+    pkgs.p7zip
+
+    pkgs.fd
+    pkgs.ripgrep
+    pkgs.bat
+    pkgs.findutils
+    pkgs.coreutils
+    pkgs.tree
+
+    pkgs.rlwrap
+
+    pkgs.file
+    pkgs.progress
+    pkgs.gdu
+    pkgs.rmlint
+
+    pkgs.jq
+    pkgs.yq
+    pkgs.bc
+
+    pkgs.vimv
+
+    pkgs.pciutils # for lspci
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (!isDarwin) [
+    pkgs.usbutils # for lsusb
+    pkgs.lshw
+    pkgs.iotop
+    pkgs.psmisc # killall, pstree
+  ];
+
+  environment.shellAliases =
+    let
+      take = pkgs.writers.writeDash "take" ''
+        mkdir "$1" && cd "$1"
+      '';
+      cdt = pkgs.writers.writeDash "cdt" ''
+        cd $(mktemp -p "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" -d "cdt-XXXXXX")
+        pwd
+      '';
+      wcd = pkgs.writers.writeDash "wcd" ''
+        cd "$(readlink "$(${pkgs.which}/bin/which --skip-alias "$1")" | xargs dirname)/.."
+      '';
+      where = pkgs.writers.writeDash "where" ''
+        readlink "$(${pkgs.which}/bin/which --skip-alias "$1")" | xargs dirname
+      '';
+    in
+    {
+      nixi = "nix repl nixpkgs";
+      take = "source ${take}";
+      wcd = "source ${wcd}";
+      where = "source ${where}";
+      # temporary files and directories
+      cdt = "source ${cdt}";
+      vit = "$EDITOR $(mktemp)";
+      # file safety
+      mv = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mv --interactive";
+      rm = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/rm --interactive --verbose";
+      cp = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cp --interactive";
+      # colours
+      cat = "${pkgs.bat}/bin/bat --theme=ansi --style=plain";
+      l = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls --color=auto --time-style=long-iso --almost-all";
+      ls = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls --color=auto --time-style=long-iso";
+      ll = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls --color=auto --time-style=long-iso -l";
+      la = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls --color=auto --time-style=long-iso --almost-all -l";
+    }
+    // (
+      if isDarwin then
+        { }
+      else
+        {
+          "ß" = "${pkgs.util-linux}/bin/setsid";
+          ip = "${pkgs.iproute2}/bin/ip -c";
+          # systemd
+          s = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl";
+          us = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --user";
+          j = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/journalctl";
+          uj = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/journalctl --user";
+        }
+    );
+}