nix-shared/system/default/packages.nix

# Default commandline utility packages.
# These are installed on all systems for essential functionality.
# Organized by category for maintainability.

{ config, pkgs, ... }: {

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

    # === CORE SYSTEM UTILITIES ===
    # Essential command-line tools for basic system operations

    bc                 # Command-line calculator
    coreutils          # Basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities
    file               # Determine file types
    tree               # Show ASCII formatted directory tree
    which              # Locate commands in PATH

    # === TEXT EDITORS AND VIEWERS ===
    # Basic text editing and viewing capabilities

    nano               # Simple, user-friendly text editor

    # === VERSION CONTROL ===
    # Source code management

    git                # Distributed version control system

    # === SEARCH AND FILTERING ===
    # Tools for finding and processing text/files

    gnugrep            # Pattern matching and text search
    ripgrep            # Fast text search tool (rg)

    # === FILE MANAGERS ===
    # Interactive file management

    mc                 # Midnight Commander - text-based file manager

    # === NETWORK UTILITIES ===
    # Network diagnostics and file transfer

    curl               # Command-line HTTP client
    nmap               # Network exploration and security auditing
    openssl            # Cryptographic toolkit and SSL/TLS library
    wget               # File downloader

    # === SYNC AND BACKUP ===
    # File synchronization and backup tools

    rsync              # Fast, versatile file copying tool

    # === FILE UTILITIES ===
    # File manipulation and organization

    jq                 # JSON processor
    ncdu               # Disk usage analyzer with ncurses interface
    pv                 # Progress viewer for data through pipes
    renameutils        # Bulk file renaming utilities

    # === COMPRESSION AND ARCHIVES ===
    # Support for various compression formats

    lzip               # Lzip compression
    pigz               # Parallel gzip implementation
    unzip              # Extract ZIP archives
    xz                 # XZ compression utilities
    zip                # Create ZIP archives
    zstd               # Zstandard compression

    # === SYSTEM MONITORING ===
    # Performance monitoring and system information

    bmon               # Network bandwidth monitor
    htop               # Interactive process viewer
    lsof               # List open files and network connections

    # === TERMINAL AND SHELL ===
    # Terminal functionality and shell tools

    screen             # Terminal multiplexer
    rxvt-unicode-unwrapped.terminfo  # Terminal info for urxvt

    # === DEVELOPMENT TOOLS ===
    # Development and debugging utilities

    xxd                # Hex dump utility

    # === HARDWARE UTILITIES ===
    # Hardware information and diagnostics

    pciutils           # PCI bus utilities (lspci)
    smartmontools      # Hard drive health monitoring

    # === DISK AND STORAGE ===
    # Storage testing and management

    disk-filltest      # Disk testing utility

  ] ++ (if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then [
    # === LINUX-SPECIFIC PACKAGES ===
    # Packages that are only available/useful on Linux systems

    # --- KERNEL AND SYSTEM ---

    config.boot.kernelPackages.cpupower  # CPU frequency utilities

    # --- NETWORK ADMINISTRATION ---

    iptables           # Firewall administration
    ethtool            # Ethernet device configuration

    # --- HARDWARE MANAGEMENT ---

    dmidecode          # DMI/SMBIOS information
    hdparm             # Hard disk parameter tuning
    lshw               # Hardware information tool
    usbutils           # USB device utilities (lsusb)

    # --- PROCESS AND SYSTEM MONITORING ---

    iotop              # I/O monitoring by process
    psmisc             # Additional process utilities (killall, pstree)

    # --- COMPRESSION (Linux-specific) ---

    unrar              # Extract RAR archives (non-free)

    # --- FILE SYSTEM UTILITIES ---

    inotify-tools      # File system event monitoring
    rclone             # Cloud storage sync tool
    sshfs              # Mount remote filesystems over SSH

  ] else [
  ]) ++ (if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then [

    # === MACOS-SPECIFIC PACKAGES ===
    # Packages specifically for macOS systems

    # Currently empty - add macOS-specific tools here as needed
    # Examples: darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security

  ] else []);
}