NixOS Godot Binaries

Official Godot binary packages for NixOS (including godot-mono for C# support!)

Getting Started

Without Flakes ❄❌

The simplest way to use these packages are to use the overlay. In your configuration.nix:

let  
  nixosGodot = fetchGit {
    url = "https://github.com/sgillespie/nixos-godot-bin.git";
  };
in

nixpkgs.overlays = nixpkgs.overlays ++ [(import "${nixosGodot}/overlay.nix)"]

# <-- Snip -->
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
  godotBin
  godotMonoBin
  godotHeadlessBin
]

With Flakes ❄✅

Running Godot without installing it

To run Godot without any further configuration, run this command:

nix run github:Quoteme/nixos-godot-bin

Running different Godot flavors

There are also these other options available to run Godot:

nix run github:Quoteme/nixos-godot-bin\#godot
nix run github:Quoteme/nixos-godot-bin\#godotHeadless
nix run github:Quoteme/nixos-godot-bin\#godotMono

Most importantly, using \#godotMono will allow you to write in C#.

Installing Godot using flakes system-wide

Put this in your flake.nix, to install Godot for your user:

  inputs = {
    # ...
    godot.url = "github:Quoteme/nixos-godot-bin";
    # ...
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }@attrs:
    nixosConfigurations.nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      modules = [
        ({ config, nixpkgs, ...}@inputs:
          users.users.YOURUSERNAME.packages = [
            # ...
            inputs.godot.packages.x86_64-linux.godot # for godot without Mono / C#
            inputs.godot.packages.x86_64-linux.godotHeadless # for godot headless
            inputs.godot.packages.x86_64-linux.godotMono
          ]
        )
      ]

Alternatively you can also install Godot system-wide like this:

  inputs = {
    # ...
    godot.url = "github:Quoteme/nixos-godot-bin";
    # ...
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }@attrs:
    nixosConfigurations.nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      modules = [
        ({ config, nixpkgs, ...}@inputs:
          environment.systemPackages = [
            # ...
            inputs.godot.packages.x86_64-linux.godot # for godot without Mono / C#
            inputs.godot.packages.x86_64-linux.godotHeadless # for godot headless
            inputs.godot.packages.x86_64-linux.godotMono
          ]
        )
      ]