Merge branch 'v0.2.5-alpha'

add options.users.users.<name>.manageHome

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /hidden
+target/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ Minor patches
 - cerulean no longer depends on `nixpkgs`,  `base` package set should be set instead
 - rename `extraModules` -> `modules`
 - rename `specialArgs` -> `args`
+
+## v0.2.3-alpha
+>[!TODO]
+> I've been too focused on upcoming changes...
+
+## v0.2.4-alpha
+- `homeManager` flake reference may now be specified in snowflake
+- ``

NOTICE

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Cerulean (https://dobutterfliescry.net/cerulean)
+Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+
+This product includes software developed by
+_cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman) (https://github.com/cry128/nt) under the MIT license.
+Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+
+This product includes software developed by
+Eelco Dolstra and the Nixpkgs/NixOS contributors under the MIT license.
+Copyright 2003-2026 Eelco Dolstra and the Nixpkgs/NixOS contributors
+
+This product includes software developed by
+the Home Manager contributors (https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager) under the MIT license.
+Copyright 2017-2026 Home Manager contributors
+
+This product includes software developed by
+Serokell (https://serokell.io) under the MPL-2.0 license.
+Copyright 2020-2026 Serokell
+
+This product includes software developed by
+nix-systems (https://github.com/nix-systems) under the MIT license.
+Copyright 2023 nix-systems
+
+This product includes software developed by
+Astro (https://github.com/astro) and the MicroVM.nix contributors (https://github.com/microvm-nix/microvm.nix) under the MIT license.
+Copyright 2021 Astro, and MicroVM.nix contributors

TODO.md

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-- [ ] base should automatically be set as the default (dont do anything with the default)
-- [ ] try to remove common foot guns, ie abort if the user provides the home-manager or microvm nixosModules
-      since cerulean ALREADY provides these
+## Next
+- [ ] formalize how the snow flake system compiles outputs, this would remove the need for `mapNodes`
+- [ ] groups should allow you to set node configuration defaults
+
+- [ ] add `options.experimental` for snowflake
+- [ ] add `legacyImports` support
+
+- [ ] support hs system per dir, ie hosts/<name>/overlays or hosts/<name>/nixpkgs.nix
+
+## Queued
+- [ ] per node home configuration is a lil jank rn
 
 - [ ] deploy port should default to the first port given to `services.openssh`
 
-- [ ] use the Nix module system instead of projectOnto for `cerulean.mkNexus`
 - [ ] create an alternative to nixos-install called cerulean-install that
       allows people to easily bootstrap new machines (and host it on dobutterfliescry.net)
 
@@ -18,33 +25,19 @@
 
 - [ ] go through all flake inputs (recursively) and ENSURE we remove all duplicates by using follows!!
 
-- [X] rename nixos-modules/ to nixos/
-- [X] ensure all machines are in groups.all by default
-
-- [X] fix nixpkgs.nix not working (default not respected)
-- [X] remove dependence on nixpkgs
-
 - [ ] allow multiple privesc methods, the standard is pam_ssh_agent_auth
 
 ## Low Priority
-- [X] rename extraModules to modules?
-- [X] rename specialArgs to args?
-
 - [ ] make an extension to the nix module system (different to mix)
       that allows transformations (ie a stop post config, ie outputs, which
       it then returns instead of config)
-
-
-- [ ] what if we automated the process of replacing windows with Nix??
-      then push this to nixos-anywhere or nix-infect lmaooo
+- [ ] support `legacyImports` (?)
 
 - [ ] patch microvm so that acpi=off https://github.com/microvm-nix/microvm.nix/commit/b59a26962bb324cc0a134756a323f3e164409b72
       cause otherwise 2GB causes a failure
 
-- [ ] rewrite the ceru cli in rust
-- [ ] make `ceru` do local and remote deployments
+- [ ] write the cerulean cli
 
-- [ ] support `legacyImports` 
 
 ```nix
 # REF: foxora

ceru/ceru

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

ceru/libceru.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

ceru/subcmds/new/cache-key

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

ceru/subcmds/new/default.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

ceru/subcmds/new/password

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2026 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

ceru/subcmds/new/ssh-key

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

ceru/subcmds/new/wg-key

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

cerulean/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,20 +17,23 @@
   ...
 } @ args:
 mix.newMixture args (mixture: {
-  includes.public = [
-    ./nexus
+  submods.public = [
+    ./snow
   ];
 
-  version = "0.2.2";
+  version = "0.2.5-alpha";
 
-  nixosModules = rec {
-    default = cerulean;
-    cerulean = ./nixos;
-  };
+  # WARNING: legacy
+  mkFlake = mixture.snow.flake;
 
   overlays = [
     # build deploy-rs as a package not from the flake input,
     # hence we can rely on a nixpkg binary cache.
     inputs.deploy-rs.overlays.default
   ];
+
+  nixosModules = rec {
+    default = cerulean;
+    cerulean = ./nixos;
+  };
 })

cerulean/home/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  username,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
+  # NOTE: you can access the system configuration via the `osConfig` arg
+
+  # WARNING: required for home-manager to work
+  programs.home-manager.enable = true; # user must apply lib.mkForce
+  # Nicely reload systemd units when changing configs
+  systemd.user.startServices = lib.mkDefault "sd-switch";
+
+  home = {
+    username = lib.mkDefault username;
+    homeDirectory = lib.mkDefault "/home/${username}";
+
+    sessionVariables = {
+      NIX_SHELL_PRESERVE_PROMPT = lib.mkDefault 1;
+    };
+  };
+}

cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix

@@ -1,291 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-{
-  self,
-  this,
-  nt,
-  inputs,
-  ...
-}: let
-  inherit
-    (builtins)
-    all
-    attrNames
-    concatLists
-    concatStringsSep
-    elem
-    filter
-    getAttr
-    isAttrs
-    isFunction
-    isList
-    mapAttrs
-    pathExists
-    typeOf
-    ;
-
-  inherit
-    (this)
-    mapNodes
-    ;
-
-  inherit
-    (nt)
-    findImport
-    ;
-
-  templateNexus = let
-    inherit
-      (nt.naive.terminal)
-      Terminal
-      ;
-  in {
-    base = null;
-    modules = [];
-    args = Terminal {};
-
-    groups = Terminal {};
-    nodes = Terminal {};
-  };
-
-  ROOT_GROUP_NAME = "all";
-
-  parseGroupDecl = groups: let
-    validGroup = g:
-      isAttrs g
-      || throw ''
-        Cerulean Nexus groups must be provided as attribute sets, got "${typeOf g}" instead!
-        Ensure all the group definitions are attribute sets under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
-        NOTE: Groups can be accessed via `self.groups.PATH.TO.YOUR.GROUP`
-      '';
-    delegate = parent: gName: g: let
-      result =
-        (g
-          // {
-            _name = gName;
-            _parent = parent;
-          })
-        |> mapAttrs (name: value:
-          if elem name ["_name" "_parent"]
-          # ignore metadata fields
-          then value
-          else assert validGroup value; (delegate result name value));
-    in
-      result;
-  in
-    assert validGroup groups;
-      delegate null ROOT_GROUP_NAME groups;
-
-  parseNexus = nexus:
-    assert isAttrs nexus
-    || abort ''
-      Cerulean Nexus config must be provided as an attribute set, got "${typeOf nexus}" instead!
-      Ensure the `nexus` declaration is an attribute set under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
-    ''; let
-      decl = nt.projectOnto templateNexus nexus;
-    in
-      # XXX: TODO: create a different version of nt.projectOnto that can actually
-      # XXX: TODO: handle applying a transformation to the result of each datapoint
-      decl
-      // {
-        groups = parseGroupDecl decl.groups;
-      };
-
-  parseDecl = outputsBuilder: let
-    decl = (
-      if isFunction outputsBuilder
-      then outputsBuilder final # provide `self`
-      else
-        assert (isAttrs outputsBuilder)
-        || abort ''
-          Cerulean declaration must be provided as an attribute set, got "${typeOf outputsBuilder}" instead!
-          Ensure your declaration is an attribute set or function under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
-        ''; outputsBuilder
-    );
-
-    final =
-      decl
-      // {
-        nexus = parseNexus (decl.nexus or {});
-      };
-  in
-    final;
-
-  getGroupModules = root: nodeName: node:
-    assert isList node.groups
-    || throw ''
-      Cerulean Nexus node "${nodeName}" does not declare group membership as a list, got "${typeOf node.groups}" instead!
-      Ensure `nexus.nodes.${nodeName}.groups` is a list under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
-    '';
-    # ensure root group is always added
-      (node.groups
-        ++ [
-          {
-            _parent = null;
-            _name = ROOT_GROUP_NAME;
-          }
-        ])
-      # ensure all members are actually groups
-      |> map (group: let
-        got =
-          if ! isAttrs group
-          then toString group
-          else
-            group
-            |> attrNames
-            |> map (name: "${name} = <${typeOf (getAttr name group)}>;")
-            |> concatStringsSep " "
-            |> (x: "{ ${x} }");
-      in
-        if group ? _name
-        then group
-        else
-          throw ''
-            Cerulean Nexus node "${nodeName}" is a member of an incorrectly structured group.
-            Got "${got}" of primitive type "${typeOf group}".
-            NOTE: Groups can be accessed via `self.groups.PATH.TO.YOUR.GROUP`
-          '')
-      # add all inherited groups via _parent
-      |> map (let
-        delegate = g:
-          if g._parent == null
-          then [g]
-          else [g] ++ delegate (g._parent);
-      in
-        delegate)
-      # flatten recursion result
-      |> concatLists
-      # find import location
-      |> map (group: findImport (root + "/groups/${group._name}"))
-      # filter by uniqueness
-      |> nt.prim.unique
-      # ignore missing groups
-      |> filter pathExists;
-in {
-  mkNexus = root: outputsBuilder: let
-    decl = parseDecl outputsBuilder;
-
-    inherit
-      (decl)
-      nexus
-      ;
-    customOutputs = removeAttrs decl ["nexus"];
-
-    outputs = rec {
-      nixosConfigurations = mapNodes nexus (
-        {
-          base,
-          lib,
-          nodeName,
-          node,
-          ...
-        }: let
-          nixosDecl = let
-            userArgs = nexus.args // node.args;
-            ceruleanArgs = {
-              inherit root base;
-              inherit (node) system;
-              _cerulean = {
-                inherit inputs userArgs ceruleanArgs;
-                specialArgs = userArgs // ceruleanArgs;
-              };
-            };
-            specialArgs = assert (userArgs
-              |> attrNames
-              |> all (argName:
-                ! ceruleanArgs ? argName
-                || abort ''
-                  `specialArgs` are like super important to Cerulean my love... </3
-                  But `args.${argName}` is a reserved argument name :(
-                ''));
-              ceruleanArgs._cerulean.specialArgs;
-          in
-            lib.nixosSystem {
-              inherit (node) system;
-              inherit specialArgs;
-              modules =
-                [
-                  self.nixosModules.default
-                  (findImport (root + "/hosts/${nodeName}"))
-
-                  inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.default
-                  # inputs.microvm.nixosModules.microvm
-                ]
-                ++ (getGroupModules root nodeName node)
-                ++ node.modules
-                ++ nexus.modules;
-            };
-        in
-          nixosDecl
-      );
-
-      deploy.nodes = mapNodes nexus ({
-        nodeName,
-        node,
-        ...
-      }: let
-        inherit
-          (node.deploy)
-          activationTimeout
-          autoRollback
-          confirmTimeout
-          interactiveSudo
-          magicRollback
-          remoteBuild
-          ssh
-          sudo
-          user
-          ;
-
-        nixosFor = system: inputs.deploy-rs.lib.${system}.activate.nixos;
-      in {
-        hostname = ssh.host;
-
-        profilesOrder = ["default"]; # profiles priority
-        profiles.default = {
-          path = nixosFor node.system nixosConfigurations.${nodeName};
-
-          user = user;
-          sudo = sudo;
-          interactiveSudo = interactiveSudo;
-
-          fastConnection = false;
-
-          autoRollback = autoRollback;
-          magicRollback = magicRollback;
-          activationTimeout = activationTimeout;
-          confirmTimeout = confirmTimeout;
-
-          remoteBuild = remoteBuild;
-          sshUser = ssh.user;
-          sshOpts =
-            ssh.opts
-            ++ (
-              if elem "-p" ssh.opts
-              then []
-              else ["-p" (toString ssh.port)]
-            )
-            ++ (
-              if elem "-A" ssh.opts
-              then []
-              else ["-A"]
-            );
-        };
-      });
-
-      checks = mapAttrs (system: deployLib: deployLib.deployChecks deploy) inputs.deploy-rs.lib;
-    };
-  in
-    outputs // customOutputs;
-}

cerulean/nexus/nodes.nix

@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-{nt, ...}: let
-  inherit
-    (builtins)
-    isAttrs
-    mapAttrs
-    typeOf
-    ;
-in rec {
-  # abstract node instance that stores all default values
-  templateNode = name: system: let
-    inherit
-      (nt.naive.terminal)
-      Terminal
-      ;
-
-    missing = msg: path:
-      Terminal (abort ''
-        Each Cerulean Nexus node is required to specify ${msg}!
-        Ensure `nexus.${path}` exists under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
-      '');
-  in {
-    enabled = true;
-    system = missing "its system architecture" "system";
-    groups = [];
-    modules = [];
-    args = Terminal {};
-
-    base = null;
-
-    deploy = {
-      user = "root";
-      sudo = "sudo -u";
-      interactiveSudo = false;
-
-      remoteBuild = false; # prefer local builds for remote deploys
-
-      autoRollback = true; # reactivate previous profile if activation fails
-      magicRollback = true;
-
-      activationTimeout = 500; # timeout in seconds for profile activation
-      confirmTimeout = 30; # timeout in seconds for profile activation confirmation
-
-      ssh = {
-        host = name;
-        user = "ceru-build"; # ceru-build is the default connection user
-        port = 22;
-        opts = [];
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  parseNode = name: nodeAttrs:
-    if !(isAttrs nodeAttrs)
-    then
-      # fail if node is not an attribute set
-      abort ''
-        Cerulean Nexus nodes must be provided as an attribute set, got "${typeOf nodeAttrs}" instead!
-        Ensure all `cerulean.nexus.nodes.${name}` declarations are attribute sets under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
-      ''
-    else let
-      templateAttrs = templateNode name nodeAttrs.system;
-    in
-      nt.projectOnto templateAttrs nodeAttrs;
-
-  mapNodes = nexus: f:
-    nexus.nodes
-    |> mapAttrs (nodeName: nodeAttrs: let
-      node = parseNode nodeName nodeAttrs;
-
-      # use per-node base or default to nexus base
-      base =
-        if node.base != null
-        then node.base
-        else if nexus.base != null
-        then nexus.base
-        else
-          abort ''
-            Cerulean cannot construct nexus node "${nodeName}" without a base package source.
-            Ensure `nexus.nodes.*.base` or `nexus.base` is a flake reference to the github:NixOS/nixpkgs repository.
-          '';
-    in
-      f {
-        inherit nodeName node base;
-        inherit (base) lib;
-      });
-}

cerulean/nexus/snow.nix

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Emile Clark-Boman
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-{
-  inputs,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}: {
-  # nexus
-  options = let
-    inherit
-      (lib)
-      mkOption
-      types
-      ;
-  in {
-    modules = mkOption {
-      type = types.listOf types.path;
-    };
-    args = mkOption {
-      type = types.attrs;
-    };
-
-    groups = mkOption {
-      type = types.attrs;
-    };
-
-    nodes = mkOption {
-      type = types.attrsOf (types.submoduleWith ({...}: {
-        options = {
-          enabled = mkOption {
-            type = types.bool;
-            default = true;
-          };
-          system = mkOption {
-            type = types.enum inputs.systems;
-          };
-          groups = mkOption {
-            type = types.list;
-          };
-          modules = mkOption {
-            type = types.list;
-          };
-          args = mkOption {
-            type = types.attrs;
-          };
-
-          deploy = {
-            user = mkOption {
-              type = types.str;
-            };
-            sudoCmd = mkOption {
-              type = types.str;
-            };
-            interactiveSudo = mkOption {
-              type = types.bool;
-            };
-
-            remoteBuild = mkOption {
-              type = types.bool;
-            };
-            autoRollback = mkOption {
-              type = types.bool;
-            };
-            magicRollback = mkOption {
-              type = types.bool;
-            };
-
-            activationTimeout = mkOption {
-              type = types.int;
-            };
-            confirmTimeout = mkOption {
-              type = types.int;
-            };
-
-            ssh = {
-              host = mkOption {
-                type = types.str;
-              };
-              user = mkOption {
-                type = types.str;
-              };
-              port = mkOption {
-                type = types.int;
-              };
-              opts = mkOption {
-                type = types.listOf types.str;
-              };
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      }));
-    };
-  };
-
-  config = {
-  };
-}

cerulean/nixos/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,19 +14,39 @@
 {
   root,
   system,
+  hostname,
+  node,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
   _cerulean,
   ...
 } @ args: {
-  imports = [
-    # user configuration
-    (import (root + "/nixpkgs.nix"))
-    # options declarations
-    (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "hosts";}))
+  imports =
+    [
+      _cerulean.inputs.sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
+      # _cerulean.inputs.microvm.nixosModules.microvm
 
-    ./home-manager.nix
-  ];
+      # add support for `options.legacyImports`
+      # ./legacy-imports.nix
 
-  environment.systemPackages = with _cerulean.inputs; [
-    deploy-rs.packages.${system}.default
-  ];
+      # nixos options declarations
+      (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "hosts";}))
+
+      # user's nixpkg configuration
+      (import /${root}/nixpkgs.nix)
+    ]
+    # homemanager options declarations
+    ++ (lib.optional (_cerulean.homeManager != null) ./home.nix)
+    # remote deployment configuration
+    ++ (lib.optional (node.deploy.ssh.host != null) ./remote-deploy);
+
+  networking.hostName = lib.mkDefault hostname;
+
+  environment.systemPackages =
+    (with pkgs; [
+      sops
+    ])
+    ++ (with _cerulean.inputs; [
+      deploy-rs.packages.${system}.default
+    ]);
 }

cerulean/nixos/home-manager.nix

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Emile Clark-Boman
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-{
-  root,
-  config,
-  lib,
-  _cerulean,
-  ...
-} @ args: let
-  inherit
-    (builtins)
-    attrNames
-    filter
-    pathExists
-    ;
-in {
-  home-manager = {
-    users =
-      config.users.users
-      |> attrNames
-      |> filter (x: pathExists (root + "/homes/${x}"))
-      |> (x:
-        lib.genAttrs x (y:
-          import (root + "/homes/${y}")));
-
-    extraSpecialArgs = _cerulean.specialArgs;
-    sharedModules = [
-      # user configuration
-      (import (root + "/nixpkgs.nix"))
-      # options declarations
-      (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "homes";}))
-    ];
-  };
-}

cerulean/nixos/home.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  _cerulean,
+  config,
+  root,
+  lib,
+  ...
+} @ args: let
+  inherit
+    (builtins)
+    pathExists
+    ;
+
+  inherit
+    (lib)
+    filterAttrs
+    mapAttrs
+    ;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    _cerulean.homeManager.nixosModules.default
+  ];
+
+  options = {
+    users.users = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule {
+        options.manageHome = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.bool;
+          default = true;
+          example = false;
+          description = ''
+            Whether Cerulean should automatically enable home-manager for this user,
+            and manage their home configuration declaratively.
+
+            Enabled by default, but can be disabled if necessary.
+          '';
+        };
+      });
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    home-manager = {
+      useUserPackages = lib.mkDefault false;
+      useGlobalPkgs = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+      overwriteBackup = lib.mkDefault false;
+      backupFileExtension = lib.mkDefault "bak";
+
+      users =
+        config.users.users
+        |> filterAttrs (name: value: value.manageHome && pathExists /${root}/homes/${name})
+        |> mapAttrs (name: _: {...}: {
+          imports = [/${root}/homes/${name}];
+
+          # per-user arguments
+          _module.args.username = name;
+        });
+
+      extraSpecialArgs = _cerulean.specialArgs;
+      sharedModules = [
+        ../home
+
+        (import /${root}/nixpkgs.nix)
+        # options declarations
+        (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "homes";}))
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}

cerulean/nixos/microvm-child.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

cerulean/nixos/microvm-parent.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in {
     default = {};
     description = "Declare package repositories";
     example = {
-      "pkgs" = {
+      "npkgs" = {
         source = "inputs.nixpkgs";
         system = "x86-64-linux";
         config = {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ in {
   config = let
     repos =
       cfg
-      |> (xs: removeAttrs xs ["default"])
+      |> (xs: removeAttrs xs ["base"])
       |> mapAttrs (
         name: args:
           lib.mkForce (
@@ -65,30 +65,31 @@ in {
           )
       );
 
-    # XXX: TODO: would it work to use `base` instead of having default?
-    defaultPkgs =
-      cfg.default or (throw ''
-        Your `nixpkgs.nix` file does not declare a default package source.
-        Ensure you set `nixpkgs.channels.*.default = ...;`
-      '');
+    basePkgs = cfg.base or {};
   in {
     # NOTE: _module.args is a special option that allows us to
     # NOTE: set extend specialArgs from inside the modules.
     # WARNING: pkgs is a reserved specialArg
-    _module.args = removeAttrs repos ["pkgs"];
+    _module.args = removeAttrs repos ["pkgs" "base"];
 
-    nixpkgs =
+    nixpkgs = let
+      nixpkgsConfig = {
+        config = lib.mkForce (basePkgs.config or {});
+        overlays = lib.mkForce (basePkgs.overlays or []);
+      };
+
+      nixpkgsHostsConfig =
+        nixpkgsConfig
+        // {
+          flake.source = lib.mkForce base;
+        };
+
+      nixpkgsHomesConfig = lib.mkIf (!config.home-manager.useGlobalPkgs) nixpkgsConfig;
+    in
       if contextName == "hosts"
-      then {
-        flake.source = lib.mkOverride 200 base; # DEBUG: temp while getting base to work
-        overlays = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.overlays or {});
-        config = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.config or {});
-      }
+      then nixpkgsHostsConfig
       else if contextName == "homes"
-      then {
-        config = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.config or {});
-        overlays = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.overlays or []);
-      }
+      then nixpkgsHomesConfig
       else {};
   };
 }

cerulean/nixos/remote-deploy/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{
+  config,
+  node,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  hostname,
+  ...
+}: let
+  user = node.deploy.ssh.user;
+  cfg = config.users.users.${user};
+
+  DEFAULT_USER = "cerubld";
+
+  isStandardDeployUser = user == DEFAULT_USER;
+in {
+  assertions = [
+    {
+      assertion = builtins.length node.deploy.ssh.publicKeys != 0;
+      message = ''
+        The Cerulean deployment user `${user}` for node `${hostname}` must have at least
+        one publicKey authorized for ssh deployment! Try setting `nodes.nodes.<name>.deploy.ssh.publicKeys = [ ... ]` <3
+      '';
+    }
+    # {
+    #   assertion = cfg.isSystemUser && !cfg.isNormalUser;
+    #   message = ''
+    #     The Cerulean deployment user `${user}` for node `${hostname}` has been configured incorrectly.
+    #     Ensure `users.users.${user}.isSystemUser == true` and `users.users.${user}.isNormalUser == false`.
+    #   '';
+    # }
+  ];
+
+  warnings = lib.optional (node.deploy.warnNonstandardDeployUser && !isStandardDeployUser) ''
+    The Cerulean deplyment user `${user}` for node `${hostname}` has been overriden.
+    It is recommended to leave this user as `${DEFAULT_USER}` unless you TRULY understand what you are doing!
+    This message can be disabled by setting `<node>.deploy.warnNonstandardBuildUser = false`.
+  '';
+
+  # prefer sudo-rs over sudo
+  security.sudo-rs = {
+    enable = true;
+    wheelNeedsPassword = true;
+
+    # allow the build user to run nix commands
+    extraRules = [
+      {
+        users = [user];
+        runAs = "${node.deploy.user}:ALL";
+        commands = [
+          # "${pkgs.nix}/bin/nix"
+          "ALL" # XXX: WARNING: FIX: TODO: DO NOT FUCKING USE `ALL`
+        ];
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+
+  # XXX: WARNING: FIX: TODO: use `trusted-public-keys` instead
+  nix.settings.trusted-users = [user];
+
+  # ensure deployment user has SSH permissions
+  services.openssh.settings.AllowUsers = [user];
+
+  users = lib.mkIf isStandardDeployUser {
+    groups.${user} = {};
+
+    users.${user} = {
+      enable = true;
+      description = "Cerulean's user for building and remote deployment.";
+
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group = user;
+
+      createHome = true;
+      home = "/var/lib/cerulean/cerubld";
+
+      useDefaultShell = false;
+      shell = pkgs.bash;
+
+      openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = node.deploy.ssh.publicKeys;
+    };
+  };
+}

cerulean/snow/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  this,
+  self,
+  inputs,
+  systems,
+  nt,
+  mix,
+  ...
+} @ args: let
+  inherit
+    (builtins)
+    all
+    attrNames
+    elem
+    mapAttrs
+    warn
+    ;
+
+  inherit (inputs.nixpkgs) lib;
+
+  inherit (nt) findImport;
+in
+  mix.newMixture args (mixture: let
+    inherit (mixture) mapNodes;
+  in {
+    includes.private = [
+      ./lib/nodes.nix
+    ];
+
+    inherit findImport;
+
+    # snow.flake
+    flake = flakeInputs: root: let
+      module = lib.evalModules {
+        class = "snowflake";
+        # TODO: abort if inputs contains reserved names
+        specialArgs =
+          (flakeInputs
+            // {
+              inherit systems root;
+              inherit (this) snow;
+              inputs = flakeInputs;
+            })
+          |> (x: builtins.removeAttrs x ["self" "nodes"]);
+
+        modules = [
+          ./module.nix
+          ({config, ...}: {
+            _module.args = {
+              self = config;
+              nodes = config.nodes.nodes;
+            };
+          })
+        ];
+      };
+
+      nodes = module.config.nodes;
+    in rec {
+      nixosConfigurations = mapNodes nodes (
+        {
+          base,
+          lib,
+          name,
+          node,
+          groupModules,
+          ...
+        }: let
+          homeManager =
+            if node.homeManager != null
+            then node.homeManager
+            else if nodes.homeManager != null
+            then nodes.homeManager
+            else
+              warn ''
+                [snowflake] Neither `nodes.homeManager` nor `nodes.nodes.${name}.homeManager` were specified!
+                [snowflake] home-manager will NOT be used! User configuration will be ignored!
+              ''
+              null;
+
+          userArgs = nodes.args // node.args;
+          ceruleanArgs = {
+            inherit systems root base nodes node;
+            inherit (node) system;
+            inherit (this) snow;
+            hostname = name;
+
+            _cerulean = {
+              inherit inputs userArgs ceruleanArgs homeManager;
+              specialArgs = userArgs // ceruleanArgs;
+            };
+          };
+          specialArgs = assert (userArgs
+            |> attrNames
+            |> all (argName:
+              ! ceruleanArgs ? argName
+              || abort ''
+                `specialArgs` are like super important to Cerulean my love... </3
+                But `args.${argName}` is a reserved argument name :(
+              ''));
+            ceruleanArgs._cerulean.specialArgs;
+        in
+          lib.nixosSystem {
+            inherit (node) system;
+            inherit specialArgs;
+            modules =
+              [
+                self.nixosModules.default
+                (findImport /${root}/hosts/${name})
+              ]
+              ++ (groupModules root)
+              ++ node.modules
+              ++ nodes.modules;
+          }
+      );
+
+      deploy.nodes = mapNodes nodes ({
+        name,
+        node,
+        ...
+      }: let
+        inherit
+          (node.deploy)
+          ssh
+          user
+          interactiveSudo
+          remoteBuild
+          rollback
+          autoRollback
+          magicRollback
+          activationTimeout
+          confirmTimeout
+          ;
+
+        nixosFor = system: inputs.deploy-rs.lib.${system}.activate.nixos;
+      in {
+        hostname =
+          if ssh.host != null
+          then ssh.host
+          else "";
+
+        profilesOrder = ["default"]; # profiles priority
+        profiles.default = {
+          path = nixosFor node.system nixosConfigurations.${name};
+
+          user = user;
+          sudo = "sudo -u";
+          interactiveSudo = interactiveSudo;
+
+          fastConnection = false;
+
+          autoRollback = autoRollback -> rollback;
+          magicRollback = magicRollback -> rollback;
+          activationTimeout = activationTimeout;
+          confirmTimeout = confirmTimeout;
+
+          remoteBuild = remoteBuild;
+          sshUser = ssh.user;
+          sshOpts =
+            ssh.opts
+            ++ (
+              if elem "-p" ssh.opts
+              then []
+              else ["-p" (toString ssh.port)]
+            )
+            ++ (
+              if elem "-A" ssh.opts
+              then []
+              else ["-A"]
+            );
+        };
+      });
+
+      checks =
+        inputs.deploy-rs.lib
+        |> mapAttrs (system: deployLib:
+          deployLib.deployChecks deploy);
+    };
+  })

cerulean/snow/lib/nodes.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{nt, ...}: let
+  inherit
+    (builtins)
+    concatLists
+    elem
+    filter
+    isAttrs
+    mapAttrs
+    pathExists
+    typeOf
+    ;
+
+  rootGroupName = "all";
+
+  parseGroupsDecl = groups: let
+    validGroup = g:
+      isAttrs g
+      || throw ''
+        Cerulean Nexus groups must be provided as attribute sets, got "${typeOf g}" instead!
+        Ensure all the group definitions are attribute sets under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
+        NOTE: Groups can be accessed via `self.groups.PATH.TO.YOUR.GROUP`
+      '';
+    delegate = parent: gName: g: let
+      result =
+        (g
+          // {
+            _name = gName;
+            _parent = parent;
+          })
+        |> mapAttrs (name: value:
+          if elem name ["_name" "_parent"]
+          # ignore metadata fields
+          then value
+          else assert validGroup value; (delegate result name value));
+    in
+      result;
+  in
+    assert validGroup groups;
+      delegate null rootGroupName groups;
+
+  getGroupModules = root: groups:
+  # ensure root group is always added
+    groups
+    # add all inherited groups via _parent
+    |> map (let
+      delegate = g:
+        if g._parent == null
+        then [g]
+        else [g] ++ delegate (g._parent);
+    in
+      delegate)
+    # flatten recursion result
+    |> concatLists
+    # find import location
+    |> map (group: nt.findImport /${root}/groups/${group._name})
+    # filter by uniqueness
+    |> nt.prim.unique
+    # ignore missing groups
+    |> filter pathExists;
+in {
+  mapNodes = nodes: f:
+    nodes.nodes
+    |> mapAttrs (name: node: let
+      # use per-node base or default to nodes' base
+      base =
+        if node.base != null
+        then node.base
+        else if nodes.base != null
+        then nodes.base
+        else
+          abort ''
+            Cerulean cannot construct nodes node "${name}" without a base package source.
+            Ensure `nodes.nodes.*.base` or `nodes.base` is a flake reference to the github:NixOS/nixpkgs repository.
+          '';
+    in
+      f rec {
+        inherit name node base;
+        inherit (base) lib;
+
+        groups = node.groups (parseGroupsDecl nodes.groups);
+        groupModules = root: getGroupModules root groups;
+      });
+}

cerulean/snow/module.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-{mix, ...} @ args:
-mix.newMixture args (mixture: {
-  includes.public = [
-    ./nodes.nix
-    ./nexus.nix
+{
+  root,
+  snow,
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [
+    ./nodes
+    (snow.findImport /${root}/snow)
   ];
-})
+}

cerulean/snow/nodes/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  lib,
+  specialArgs,
+  ...
+}: {
+  options.nodes = let
+    inherit
+      (lib)
+      mkOption
+      types
+      ;
+  in
+    mkOption {
+      description = ''
+        Cerulean node declarations.
+      '';
+      type = types.submoduleWith {
+        inherit specialArgs;
+
+        modules = [
+          {
+            imports = [./shared.nix];
+
+            options = {
+              groups = mkOption {
+                type = types.attrs;
+                default = {};
+                example = lib.literalExpression "{ servers = { staging = {}; production = {}; }; }";
+                description = ''
+                  Hierarchical groups that nodes can be a member of.
+                '';
+              };
+
+              nodes = mkOption {
+                type = types.attrsOf (types.submoduleWith {
+                  inherit specialArgs;
+                  modules = [(import ./submodule.nix)];
+                });
+                # example = { ... }; # TODO
+                description = ''
+                  Node (host systems) declarations.
+                '';
+              };
+            };
+          }
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+}

cerulean/snow/nodes/shared.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit
+    (lib)
+    mkOption
+    types
+    ;
+
+  flakeRef = types.either types.str types.path;
+in {
+  options = {
+    base = lib.mkOption {
+      # In newer Nix versions, particularly with lazy trees, outPath of
+      # flakes becomes a Nix-language path object. We deliberately allow this
+      # to gracefully come through the interface in discussion with @roberth.
+      #
+      # See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/278522#discussion_r1460292639
+      type = types.nullOr flakeRef;
+
+      default = null;
+      defaultText = "if (using nixpkgsFlake.lib.nixosSystem) then self.outPath else null";
+
+      example = lib.literalExpression "inputs.nixpkgs";
+
+      description = ''
+        The path to the nixpkgs source used to build a system. A `base` package set
+        is required to be set, and can be specified via either:
+        1. `options.nodes.base` (default `base` used for all systems)
+        2. `options.nodes.nodes.<name>.base` (takes prescedence over `options.nodes.base`)
+
+        This can also be optionally set if the NixOS system is not built with a flake but still uses
+        pinned sources: set this to the store path for the nixpkgs sources used to build the system,
+        as may be obtained by `fetchTarball`, for example.
+
+        Note: the name of the store path must be "source" due to
+        <https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/7075>.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    modules = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.raw;
+      default = [];
+      example = lib.literalExpression "[ { environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.git ]; } ]";
+      description = ''
+        Shared modules to import; equivalent to the NixOS module system's `extraModules`.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    args = mkOption {
+      type = types.attrs;
+      default = {};
+      example = lib.literalExpression "{ inherit inputs; }";
+      description = ''
+        Shared args to provided for each node; equivalent to the NixOS module system's `specialArgs`.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    homeManager = mkOption {
+      type = types.nullOr flakeRef;
+      default = null;
+      example = lib.literalExpression "inputs.home-manager";
+      description = ''
+        The path to the home-manager source. A `homeManager` flake reference
+        is required to be set for `homes/` to be evaluated, and can be specified via either:
+        1. `options.nodes.homeManager` (default `homManager` used for all systems)
+        2. `options.nodes.nodes.<name>.homeManager` (takes prescedence over `options.nodes.homeManager`)
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}

cerulean/snow/nodes/submodule.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  lib,
+  systems,
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [./shared.nix];
+
+  options = let
+    inherit
+      (lib)
+      mkOption
+      types
+      ;
+  in {
+    enabled = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      example = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to enable this node. Nodes are enabled by default.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    system = mkOption {
+      type = types.nullOr (types.enum systems);
+      default = null;
+      example = "x86_64-linux";
+      description = ''
+        The target system architecture to compile for.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    groups = mkOption {
+      # TODO: write a custom group type that validates better than types.attrs lol
+      type = types.functionTo (types.listOf types.attrs);
+      default = groups: [];
+      example = lib.literalExpression "( groups: [ groups.servers groups.secure-boot ] )";
+      description = ''
+        A function from the `groups` hierarchy to a list of groups this node inherits from.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    deploy = {
+      user = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "root";
+        example = "admin";
+        description = ''
+          The user that the system derivation will be built with. The command specified in
+          `<node>.deploy.sudoCmd` will be used if `<node>.deploy.user` is not the
+          same as `<node>.deploy.ssh.user` the same as above).
+        '';
+      };
+
+      warnNonstandardDeployUser = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        example = false;
+        description = ''
+          Disables the warning that shows when `deploy.ssh.user` is set to a non-standard value.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      # sudoCmd = mkOption {
+      #   type = types.str;
+      #   default = "sudo -u";
+      #   example = "doas -u";
+      #   description = ''
+      #     Which sudo command to use. Must accept at least two arguments:
+      #     1. the user name to execute commands as
+      #     2. the rest is the command to execute
+      #   '';
+      # };
+
+      interactiveSudo = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        example = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable interactive sudo (password based sudo).
+          NOT RECOMMENDED. Use one of Cerulean's recommended auth methods instead.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      remoteBuild = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        example = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to build the system derivation on the target system.
+          Will also fetch all external dependencies from the target system's substituters.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      rollback = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        example = true;
+        description = ''
+          Enables both `autoRollback` and `magicRollback`.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      autoRollback = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        example = true;
+        description = ''
+          If the previous system derivation should be re-activated if activation fails.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      magicRollback = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        example = true;
+        description = ''
+          TODO: im fucking lazy
+        '';
+      };
+
+      activationTimeout = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 500;
+        example = 30;
+        description = ''
+          Time window in seconds allowed for system derivation activation.
+          If timeout occurs, remote deployment is considered to have failed.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      confirmTimeout = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 30;
+        example = 15;
+        description = ''
+          Time window in seconds allowed for activation confirmation.
+          If timeout occurs, remote deployment is considered to have failed.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      ssh = {
+        host = mkOption {
+          type = types.nullOr types.str;
+          default = null;
+          example = "dobutterfliescry.net";
+          description = ''
+            The host to connect to over ssh during deployment
+          '';
+        };
+
+        user = mkOption {
+          type = types.str;
+          default = "cerubld";
+          example = "custom-user";
+          description = ''
+            The user to connect to over ssh during deployment.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        port = mkOption {
+          type = types.int;
+          default = 22;
+          example = 2222;
+          description = ''
+            The port to connect to over ssh during deployment.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        publicKeys = mkOption {
+          type = types.listOf types.str;
+          default = [];
+          example = ["ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIIeyZuUUmyUYrYaEJwEMvcXqZFYm1NaZab8klOyK6Imr me@puter"];
+          description = ''
+            SSH public keys that will be authorized to the deployment user.
+            This key is intended solely for deployment, allowing for fine-grained permission control.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        opts = mkOption {
+          type = types.listOf types.str;
+          default = [];
+          example = ["-i" "~/.ssh/id_rsa"];
+          description = ''
+            Extra ssh arguments to use during deployment.
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}

flake.lock

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
     "deploy-rs": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
         "utils": "utils"
       },
       "locked": {
@@ -58,6 +60,27 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "microvm": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "spectrum": "spectrum"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1771365290,
+        "narHash": "sha256-1XJOslVyF7yzf6yd/yl1VjGLywsbtwmQh3X1LuJcLI4=",
+        "owner": "microvm-nix",
+        "repo": "microvm.nix",
+        "rev": "789c90b164b55b4379e7a94af8b9c01489024c18",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "microvm-nix",
+        "repo": "microvm.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nix-github-actions": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -105,38 +128,6 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1743014863,
-        "narHash": "sha256-jAIUqsiN2r3hCuHji80U7NNEafpIMBXiwKlSrjWMlpg=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "bd3bac8bfb542dbde7ffffb6987a1a1f9d41699f",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs-unstable": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1768305791,
-        "narHash": "sha256-AIdl6WAn9aymeaH/NvBj0H9qM+XuAuYbGMZaP0zcXAQ=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "1412caf7bf9e660f2f962917c14b1ea1c3bc695e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1768323494,
         "narHash": "sha256-yBXJLE6WCtrGo7LKiB6NOt6nisBEEkguC/lq/rP3zRQ=",
@@ -152,7 +143,7 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs_3": {
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1767313136,
         "narHash": "sha256-16KkgfdYqjaeRGBaYsNrhPRRENs0qzkQVUooNHtoy2w=",
@@ -171,7 +162,7 @@
     "nt": {
       "inputs": {
         "nix-unit": "nix-unit",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
         "systems": "systems_2"
       },
       "locked": {
@@ -191,12 +182,28 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "deploy-rs": "deploy-rs",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
-        "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "microvm": "microvm",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "nt": "nt",
         "systems": "systems_3"
       }
     },
+    "spectrum": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1759482047,
+        "narHash": "sha256-H1wiXRQHxxPyMMlP39ce3ROKCwI5/tUn36P8x6dFiiQ=",
+        "ref": "refs/heads/main",
+        "rev": "c5d5786d3dc938af0b279c542d1e43bce381b4b9",
+        "revCount": 996,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://spectrum-os.org/git/spectrum"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://spectrum-os.org/git/spectrum"
+      }
+    },
     "systems": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1681028828,

flake.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Emile Clark-Boman
+# Copyright 2025-2026 _cry64 (Emile Clark-Boman)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 
     nt.url = "github:cry128/nt";
 
-    home-manager = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-    };
-
     deploy-rs = {
       url = "github:serokell/deploy-rs";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -37,6 +32,11 @@
       url = "github:microvm-nix/microvm.nix";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+
+    sops-nix = {
+      url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
   outputs = {
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@
     {
       inherit inputs self nt;
       inherit (nt) mix;
+      systems = import inputs.systems;
     };
 }