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Hey, I'm raf

Sailor, political scientist, academic, FOSS contributor, and digital artist. I'm passionate about operating systems, open-source software, and system administration.

Background

I've been programming since 2018, entering the world of Linux, programming, and OSS through a lengthy misadventure involving a Linux VPS, a large-scale Minecraft server, and an imminent crisis.

Currently, I'm focusing on backend applications, application security, and system administration. I'm also interested in the role of information system and data integrity/privacy within the policymaking process in contemporary politics, which I've decided to base my PhD thesis on.

I take part in the Hyprland community, playing an active role in community management and acting as a supporting developer for Nix.

Tech Stack

Languages

Go
Rust
C
TypeScript
Python
Nix
R

Soft Skills

Linux
Git
CI/CD

Systems

Linux
Nix/OS
Neovim

Focus Areas

System Administration
Backend Development
Application Security
DevSecOps
FOSS Contribution

Affiliations

I'm actively involved with several open-source communities and projects. These affiliations represent both my contributions and the communities I help maintain and support.

Feel-co

One of the founders of feel-co, an organization of cynicals dedicated to creating practical software

FOSS Projects

Contributor to and creator of various open-source projects, with a focus on system utilities and configuration tools.

Hyprland

Supporting developer and community manager for the beautiful and innovative Wayland compositor, Hyprland

NixOS

NixOS hacker, Nixpkgs contributor and 25.05 release editor. I am always looking for new ways to improve the Nix/OS ecosystem.

SNUG

Simply, the Nix User Group. A user group for enthusiastic Nix users that I have founded to focus efforts on shared projects.

Recently Updated Projects

Basix

May 2024 Active

Extensive Base16 and Base24 collection for Nix integration

nixnixostheming

bsix

Nov 2024 Active

Microscoping Base64 encode/decode library in pure C, for embedded systems

Cbase64library +1

CatApi

Aug 2024 Active

Minimal API for serving pictures of your cats. Now with a convenient frontend.

GoAPIFrontend

direnv.nvim

Jul 2024 Active

Neovim companion for Direnv

NeovimPluginDirenv +1

everysha256hash

Dec 2025 Active

In case you forgot some of them

TypeScripthashweb

flint

Jun 2025 Active

Stupid simple utility for linting your flake inputs

nixflakelinter +1

gcolor

Jun 2025 Active

Terminal color picker

color-pickerterminalGo

gh-notify

Aug 2025 Active

GitHub CLI extension to display GitHub notifications

cligh-extensiongithub-api +1

Hjem

Dec 2024 Active

Streamlined, elegant $HOME management with Nix

nixnixoslinux +1

inquisitor

Jun 2025 Active

Minimalist secret scanner for Git repositories

securitysecret-scannerGo

Ioshelfka

Jan 2025 Active

Home-baked Iosevka builds, with Nix

fontiosevkanerdfont +1

iris

Mar 2025 Active

Small, robust and quick webserver in C

webserverCHTTP

licenseit

Aug 2025 Active

Small, configurable utility program for generating license files from embedded templates

licenseCLIgenerator +1

lychee

Feb 2025 Active

Simple, opinionated image viewer

image-viewerRustGUI

mdlinkt

Jun 2025 Active

A CLI tool for checking for dead links in a markdown file

markdownlink-checkerCLI +1

Microfetch

Aug 2025 Active

Microscopic fetch tool in Rust, for NixOS systems, with special emphasis on speed

nixnixosfetch +1

MicrOS

Jan 2025 Active

Experimental operating system based on Nixpkgs module system, bringing Runit to NixOS

nixnixoslinux +1

mrc

Dec 2024 Active

Minimalistic, yet robust API wrapper and remote controller for MPV, the video player.

RustAPIMPV +1

narnia

Sep 2025 Active

Terminal utility for looking up Nix store paths in binary caches and viewing their NAR info

nixNARbinary-cache +1

ndg

Mar 2024 Active

Alternative documentation generation for any Nix based module system

nixoslinuxsysadmin

NH

Jul 2025 Active

Yet another Nix CLI helper

nixnixosCLI +2

nix-bindings

Jul 2025 Active

Experimental Rust bindings for the pure C API of Nix, the build tool

nixnix-bindingsnix-lang +2

nix-evaluator-stats

Jan 2026 Active

Dashboard for tracking Nix evaluator performance and statistics

dashboardnixnix-profiler +1

niXhtml

Apr 2025 Active

Write static sites with pure Nix, and nothing but pure Nix.

nixnix-websitestatic-site-generator

Nixpkgs

Feb 2012 Active

Nix Packages collection and NixOS

Nix

Nodus

Nov 2024 Active

Personal Neovim plugin to highlight and open links

neovimpluginLua

notashelf.dev

Jun 2022 Active

My very own web sandbox, serves as my personal website and blog.

astronixsvelte +4

NVF

Feb 2023 Active

Modular, extensible and distro-agnostic Neovim configuration framework for Nix/NixOS

nixneovimeditor

Nyx

Nov 2022 Active

First child of chaos, and my ever-evolving NixOS configuration

nixoslinuxsysadmin

Nyxpkgs

Nov 2023 Active

Collection of packages not found in Nixpkgs

Nix

RAGS

Aug 2025 Active

raf's (fork of) Aylur's GTK Shell

linuxwaylandgtk +1

rns

Apr 2025 Active

Experimental library for enabling Neovim configuration in Rust, C, Zig, Assembly, etc.

neovimRustC +2

Schizofox

Apr 2024 Active

Privacy and security oriented Firefox configuration for Home-manager

NixFirefoxHome-manager

searcli

Mar 2025 Active

Experimental CLI wrapper around Searxng HTTP API

clisearchsearxng +1

slight

Oct 2025 Active

Smooth Light - Backlight and LED devices control for Linux

linuxbacklightLED +2

SSA

Mar 2025 Active

Simple, streamlined and pretty aggregator for systemd-analyze security.

Rustsystemdsecurity +1

Stash

Aug 2025 Active

Wayland clipboard manager with fast persistent history and multi-media support

linuxwayland

statix.nvim

Jan 2025 Active

Modern companion plugin for statix, the Nix linter

neovimpluginLua +2

syntax-gaslighting.nvim

Apr 2025 Active

Gaslighting is not even a real word, you're crazy.

NeovimPluginLua

Tailray

Jun 2024 Active

Rust implementation of Tailscale systray.

RustTailscaleSystray

tct

Jun 2025 Active

Fast and minimal parallel TCP connection testing utility

TCPnetworkingtesting +1

tempus

Dec 2025 Active

Tiny, simple, portable terminal timer utility with style

timerterminalCLI +1

tree-sitter-direnv

Jun 2025 Active

Treesitter grammar for Direnv

treesitterdirenvgrammar +1

tuigreet

Jan 2026 Active

Stylish graphical console greeter for greetd, built with Ratatui

greeterlinuxratatui +2

unphish

Sep 2025 Active

Cloudflare Phishing Report API and Frontend

anti-phishingcloudflarephishing-report +1

Wallpkgs

Sep 2024 Active

Easy-to-install wallpapers collections, designed to install with Nix

Nix

Watt

May 2025 Active

Modern CPU frequency and power management utility for Linux

linuxbatterycpu

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Let's Connect

Want to talk? Ask a question? Want to discuss NixOS, Hyprland, or system administration? Feel free to reach out through any of the following channels:

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