Deprecation notice

What does deprecated mean here?

I will for the forseeable future keep this compatible with new nu versions, but

• i wont add new features / packages.
• when a alternative has properly matured i will archive this.
• im no longer using it myself and therefore might not notice new bugs.

What now?

Suggestion:

• New users: use a active alternative.
• Old users: if packer does everything you need keep using it until it breaks or something else matures.
• Package devs: use the nupm format.

Alternatives

Name	Status	nu versions	Author	Package format(s)	Written in
packer.nu	deprecated	latest + recent	jan9103	packer.nu	nu-script
nupm	experimental	nightly	nushell-team	nupm	nu-script
numng	experimental	latest + recent	jan9103	numng, packer.nu (partial), nupm (partial)	python
nuun	test bed / abandoned	?	kubouch	nuun	nu-script
NuPac	archived	0.73.0	skelly37	nupac	nu-script

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Packer.nu (Main README)

A packer.nvim inspired package-manager for NuShell.

Newest officially supported NuShell version: 0.99.x

ℹ️ Please ensure to update nushell after packer supports the new version

Installation

Notice: It works on GNU/Linux and Windows, but macos and bsd are probably similar enough to work as well.

Install command: nu -c (http get https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jan9103/packer.nu/master/install.nu)

You have to reopen nu afterwards.

Basic Usage

Selecting and Configuring packages

ℹ️ A full documentation of the usage can be found in the wiki (GitHub, CodeBerg).

~/.config/nushell/packages.nuon contains your package list and packer-configuration.
A example config:

{
  packages: [
    # the config should specify packer.nu itself in order to allow automatic updates.
    {source: 'jan9103/packer.nu'}  # -> https://github.com/jan9103/packer.nu

    # any git-repository URI, which is not password protected should be supported
    {source: 'https://codeberg.org/packer.nu/bookmarks.git'}

    # you can also use local directories
    # this symlinks the directory and wont update it with `packer update`.
    {source: '~/code/my_packer_nu_plugin'}
  ]
}

To install new packages run packer install.

To update installed packages run packer update.

Links

• Source Code: CodeBerg, GitHub
• The Wiki / Documentation: CodeBerg, GitHub
• NuShell
• NuPac (another nushell package manager)
• nupm (nushell package manager made by the nushell dev-team)
• numng (successor to packer.nu)