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Install Zen via Nix

Zen is available for Linux as a Nix flake. You need flakes enabled (experimental-features = nix-command flakes).

Install

If you manage packages with nix profile, run:

nix profile install github:irbis-sh/zen-desktop

If you manage your NixOS or Home Manager configuration with a flake:

  1. Add the input:

    inputs.zen-desktop.url = "github:irbis-sh/zen-desktop";

  2. Add the package to environment.systemPackages (NixOS) or home.packages (Home Manager):

    inputs.zen-desktop.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default

    This assumes your flake passes inputs to your modules through specialArgs (NixOS) or extraSpecialArgs (Home Manager).

    If you use overlays, add inputs.zen-desktop.overlays.default to nixpkgs.overlays and use pkgs.zen-adblocker instead.

  3. Rebuild.

Start Zen from your app menu, or run zen.

If you use NixOS, click Start in Zen once, then follow Trust Zen’s CA certificate on Linux so that apps other than browsers work with Zen.

Update

If you installed with nix profile, run:

nix profile upgrade zen-desktop

If you installed with a flake, run nix flake update zen-desktop and rebuild.

Uninstall

  1. In Zen, click Stop, go to Settings and click Uninstall CA.
  2. Run nix profile remove zen-desktop, or remove Zen from your configuration and rebuild. If you added Zen’s certificate to security.pki, remove that too before rebuilding.

See also

Install via WinGetCA certificate on Linux