**Author:** [@limeytexan](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/limeytexan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/35 "2020-11-11T14:27:08Z")
Tell us what new features we should add. We welcome all recommendations, half-baked ideas, and complaints – no matter how small!
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## [Flox and Home Manager](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-and-home-manager/1056)
**Author:** [@kmf](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/kmf)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-and-home-manager/1056 "2026-01-21T19:33:11Z")
Hi there, I’m really seeing the value of Flox, I believe it’s a clean more consistent way to help Engineers with their day to day work. The guide for migrating Homebrew to Flox is a step in the right direction. I thin…
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## [Feature request - service name autocomplete](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/feature-request-service-name-autocomplete/1188)
**Author:** [@Maximilien\_McDermott](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/Maximilien_McDermott)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/feature-request-service-name-autocomplete/1188 "2025-09-19T20:59:48Z")
I frequently think of clever names for my services, and then forget them the next month. It would be very nice to be able to type flox services start frontend-\ and then have flox either autocomplete or offer possib…
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## [Default environment activation in docs tutorial should look different IMO](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/default-environment-activation-in-docs-tutorial-should-look-different-imo/1114)
**Author:** [@maxgitnet](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/maxgitnet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/default-environment-activation-in-docs-tutorial-should-look-different-imo/1114 "2025-04-09T09:40:01Z")
Hello, This is the suggested line to add to .zshrc / .bashrc to start the default environment. eval "$(flox activate -m run)" (Reference) I think you should change it in the docs to: eval "$(flox activate -d "$HOME…
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## [Enable renovate to manage versions in manifest.toml](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/enable-renovate-to-manage-versions-in-manifest-toml/1093)
**Author:** [@Kurt108](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/Kurt108)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/enable-renovate-to-manage-versions-in-manifest-toml/1093 "2025-03-12T18:51:30Z")
I would like to be able to manage my manifest.toml with renovate (GitHub - renovatebot/renovate: Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io) and wondered if anyone could write a Manager for…
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## [Improvements to --verbose for flox install](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/improvements-to-verbose-for-flox-install/987)
**Author:** [@t0rx](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/t0rx)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/improvements-to-verbose-for-flox-install/987 "2024-11-22T12:46:25Z")
When installing larger packages (e.g. google-chrome) which take a while, it’d be useful to get some more feedback on what is happening. The --verbose or -v options don’t seem to change the output level currently (I’ve t…
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## [Layering environments and containerization](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/layering-environments-and-containerization/877)
**Author:** [@fst](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/fst)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/layering-environments-and-containerization/877 "2024-04-02T08:58:10Z")
Hello! Let me first state the I’m extremely new to Flox so apologies if these features already exist or the issues are already addressed elsewhere. I didn’t find answers in the official documentation and I’m a newbie to…
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## [Nix environment packages overrides impossible?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/nix-environment-packages-overrides-impossible/803)
**Author:** [@anon59756714](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/anon59756714)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/nix-environment-packages-overrides-impossible/803 "2023-10-06T13:06:30Z")
I want to install spotifyd with optional PulseAudio support. From what I learned from Environment reference, each package supports only stability and version attributes. It means I cannot override the withPulseAudio attr…
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## [Flox activate should support Bourne Shell (/bin/sh) in WSL](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-activate-should-support-bourne-shell-bin-sh-in-wsl/749)
**Author:** [@anon59756714](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/anon59756714)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-activate-should-support-bourne-shell-bin-sh-in-wsl/749 "2023-06-21T15:27:40Z")
WSL starts sh scripts on startup that is able to expand env with profile. By default VScode WSL extension does not run shell in interactive mode and does not load anything from .rc files I managed to do a workaround to …
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## [Unattended installation + deb package for aarch64 (Debian on RPi 4B+)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/unattended-installation-deb-package-for-aarch64-debian-on-rpi-4b/675)
**Author:** [@alexdelprete](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/alexdelprete)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/unattended-installation-deb-package-for-aarch64-debian-on-rpi-4b/675 "2023-05-12T21:27:28Z")
Hi, I completed the migration from nix to flox on 8 servers, created a script that uninstalls nix multi-user and installs flox through the deb package. I found the following issues: during the installation, I instal…
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## [Flox info \](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711)
**Author:** [@yurtaev](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/yurtaev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711 "2023-03-30T20:58:10Z")
Hi. I’m very excited to use flox instead of homebrew. I like to use the command brew info to get information about package dependencies, link to homepage/recipe etc… ➜ ~ brew info ripgrep ==\> ripgrep: stable 13.0.0 (bo…
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## [ERROR: environment already active](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/error-environment-already-active/544)
**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/error-environment-already-active/544 "2022-12-06T12:56:07Z")
When I try to activate an environment that is already active I get an error: ± flox activate -e rust …
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## [\`flox push --all\`](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-push-all/506)
**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-push-all/506 "2022-12-05T22:07:37Z")
It would be nice to be able to push all environments at once, to make sure that nothing is left unsaved in the floxmeta repository.
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## [Add an optional description for an environment](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/add-an-optional-description-for-an-environment/507)
**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/add-an-optional-description-for-an-environment/507 "2022-11-21T20:13:24Z")
It could be nice to have an optional description associated to an environment in order to describe what is is intended for. Then this can be displayed when running flox environments.
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## [Prettify the json files in a floxmeta repository](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/prettify-the-json-files-in-a-floxmeta-repository/479)
**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/prettify-the-json-files-in-a-floxmeta-repository/479 "2022-11-11T08:27:03Z")
I don’t know if those files are compact on purpose but it might be good to be able to read what they contain without having to format them first (unless this is done for performance reasons?)