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JetBrains IDE Plugin

Flexible for Flox: Manage Flox Environments in the IDE

Manage your Flox environment from a tool window: install packages, start services, roll back a generation and sync with FloxHub.
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IntelliJ IDEA · PyCharm · WebStorm · CLion · + All JetBrains IDEs (2023.3+)

Packages
Search the Flox catalog and install in the IDE
Services
Start, stop and read live logs
Rollback
Switch or diff generations

01

One-Click Installer

Install Flox from the IDE on macOS (Homebrew), Debian/Ubuntu (apt) and Fedora/RHEL (dnf).

On Windows the plugin detects WSL, installs Flox inside your default distro and runs every command as wsl -- flox .... You need no PATH setup. A background check every 2 minutes picks up Flox as soon as it is available.

The Install Flox (Windows WSL) dialog over an IDE whose Flox tool window says Flox is not installed

02

Package Management

The Packages tab lists the installed packages in a searchable table with name, version, group and status.
  • Search the Flox catalog of 180,000+ Nixpkgs from a dialog
  • Install, remove, upgrade, or upgrade all
  • The table refreshes when manifest.toml or manifest.lock changes on disk
The Flox tool window with the Packages tab listing python3 and tailwindcss as installed

03

Services and Live Logs

List, start, stop and restart the services defined in your manifest, one at a time or all at once. Each service has a live log (flox services logs --follow) in an embedded console.
The Services tab with a running webserver service and its live log below the manifest in the editor

04

Generation History and Rollback

View the full generation history of your environment. Roll back to the previous generation or switch to any specific one. Diff any two generations, or compare one with the current state, in the JetBrains diff viewer.
The Generations tab listing five generations with date and change, beside the text Time Travel for Your Dev Environment

05

Environment, Variables and Hooks

The Environment tab shows the [vars] table and the hook.on-activate script content. Open manifest.toml for direct editing. A JSON schema for the manifest gives you completion and validation in the editor.
The Environment tab with a table of variables, beside the text Env Vars That Ship With Your Environment

06

Detection, Terminal and FloxHub

The plugin finds .flox/ environments when you open a project and shows the name, package count, generation and FloxHub login in a status bar widget.
  • Activates the environment in the built-in terminal and injects it into run configurations
  • Logs in to FloxHub and pushes or pulls the environment, with conflict resolution
  • Builds artifacts, publishes them to FloxHub and containerizes the environment as an OCI tarball
The Flexible for Flox settings page with the Flox and Nix versions and the environment detection options

07

Pricing

Flexible for Flox is a paid plugin with a 7-day trial. See the current price on JetBrains Marketplace.

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