x. [WIP, need to figure out good sematnics] Rootless, cross-platform Nix package runner

github.com/andrewgazelka/x

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Updates

December 2025

fix store ownership for single-user nix Dec 6
fix ACL issues causing suspicious ownership errors Dec 6
switch to nix-quick-install-action for single-user mode (no daemon) Dec 6
disable sandbox for custom store path builds Dec 6
fix: use /opt/.x on Linux (with sudo in CI) Dec 6
feat: build with custom store paths for truly rootless operation Dec 6
fix: use heredoc approach to run script with modern bash on macOS Dec 6
fix: install modern bash on macOS for associative arrays support Dec 6
fix: use while loop instead of mapfile for macOS bash compatibility Dec 6
fix: compact store_paths JSON for GitHub Actions output Dec 6
fix: correct jq path for nix path-info json output Dec 6
fix: use standard Nix store for builds (avoid permission issues) Dec 6
fix: show nix build errors in action output Dec 6
r#fix: add system suffix to manifest URL and r2_public_url input Dec 6
dynamic store path Dec 5
update Dec 5
update Dec 5
improve x Dec 5
Initial commit: x package runner MVP Dec 5