Root Quick Start

Install Root and your first CLI tool in under five minutes.

Install

curl -fsSL https://boringinfra.company/root/install.sh | sh

Root will offer to install Nix via the Determinate installer if it is not already present.

root doctor

This checks Nix availability, profile paths, and lockfile state.

root catalog

Root ships with 42 curated tools across categories like search, JSON processing, containers, and cloud CLIs.

Always plan before you apply:

root plan install ripgrep
root install ripgrep
root verify ripgrep

Root snapshots your state before the install and updates root.lock with the exact Nix store path.

root rollback --last

This restores the previous locked state from the snapshot taken before your last mutation.

Commit your root.lock and restore on another machine:

root restore --lock ./root.lock

root catalog --json
root plan install ripgrep --json

Overview

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