⚠️ Archived / dormant project. Luminous Nix has had no substantive development since February 2026. The curl | sh installer below no longer works (the script returns a 404) — it has been removed from this page. Its source repository is archived. The active Nix-adjacent work from this org today is nix-signature-policy (composable, downgrade-resistant Nix signature policy) — a different, narrower project, not a drop-in successor to everything below. The rest of this page is preserved as a historical record of the project's design, not a live product description.

NixOS for Humans

Just speak naturally. We handle the complexity.

$ ask-nix "install a web browser"
🔍 Understanding your request...
📦 Found: firefox, chromium, brave
💡 Recommending: firefox (most popular, open-source)

Would you like to install firefox? [Y/n]
$ Y
✨ Installing firefox...
✅ Successfully installed! Run 'firefox' to start.
$

No more cryptic commands. No more configuration files. Just natural language that works.

Revolutionary Features

🗣️

Natural Language

Just describe what you want. "Install a text editor" finds and installs the best option for you.

10x-1500x Faster

Native Python-Nix API integration eliminates subprocess overhead for instant responses.

🧠

AI-Powered

Local LLM understands context, suggests alternatives, and learns from your preferences.

🛡️

Safe by Default

Preview changes before applying. Automatic rollback if something goes wrong.

🎨

Beautiful TUI

Interactive terminal interface with visualizations, progress bars, and helpful guidance.

Accessible

Voice control, screen reader support, and interfaces adapted for different abilities.

Design-Time Performance Figures (historical, unverified)

Direct integration with NixOS 25.11's Python API delivers unprecedented speed

These numbers were reported during development and were never independently re-verified before the project went dormant. Treat them as historical claims from the project's own benchmarks, not a current, reproducible measurement.

10,000x
Faster Search (claimed, unverified)
0.29ms
Response Time (claimed, unverified)
0
Timeouts (claimed, unverified)
$200/mo
Total Dev Cost (claimed)

Built for Everyone

👵
Grandma Rose

Voice control, gentle guidance

🎮
Maya (ADHD)

Fast, minimal, focused

🦯
Alex (Blind)

Screen reader optimized

🔬
Dr. Sarah

Precise, research-focused

💻
Dev Jordan

Power user shortcuts

🎨
Artist Luna

Visual, creative flow

This project is archived — not something to install today

The one-line installer that used to live here (curl -L https://nixforhumanity.org/install.sh | sh) has been removed from this page — the script it pointed to already returns a 404, so it hadn't worked for a while before this notice was added. If you want to inspect the historical source, clone the archived repository directly rather than piping a script from this domain into a shell:

git clone https://github.com/Luminous-Dynamics/luminous-nix

Looking for actively developed work?

This project is archived. See nix-signature-policy for the active Nix-adjacent work, or the Luminous Dynamics org page for everything currently maintained.

Active project: nix-signature-policy Historical source (archived)

There is no beta to join

A signup form used to be here, collecting names and emails for a beta waitlist. Since the project is dormant and there is no beta to be added to, it's been removed rather than left up to collect contact information under false pretenses. If you're interested in this org's active work, see github.com/Luminous-Dynamics.