Servo

Embeddable, independent, memory-safe, modular, parallel web rendering engine

Declared in: projects/Servo/default.nix

1. Install Nix
   Debian

   Bash

   $ apt install --yes curl git jq nix

   Ubuntu

   Bash

   $ apt install --yes curl git jq nix

   Arch

   Bash

   $ pacman --sync --refresh --noconfirm curl git jq nix

2. Download a configuration file

   # default.nix
   {
     ngipkgs ? import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/ngi-nix/ngipkgs/tarball/main") { },
   }:
   ngipkgs.demo-shell (
     { ... }:
   
     {
       programs.servo.enable = true;
     }
   )
   

   Download
3. Enable binary substituters

   Bash

   $ export NIX_CONFIG='substituters = https://cache.nixos.org/ https://ngi.cachix.org/
   trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= ngi.cachix.org-1:n+CAL72ROC3qQuLxIHpV+Tw5t42WhXmMhprAGkRSrOw='

4. Build and run the shell
   Debian Sid/Trixie

   Bash

   $ nix-build ./default.nix && ./result

   Ubuntu 25.04 and newer

   Bash

   $ nix-build ./default.nix && ./result

   Ubuntu 24.04/24.10

   Bash

   $ rev=$(nix-instantiate --eval --attr sources.nixpkgs.rev https://github.com/ngi-nix/ngipkgs/archive/master.tar.gz | jq --raw-output)

   $ nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/$rev.tar.gz --packages nix --run "nix-build ./default.nix && ./result"

   Arch

   Bash

   $ nix-build ./default.nix && ./result

5. Missing Contribute usage instructions.

{ ... }:

{
  programs.servo.enable = true;
}

This project is funded by NLnet through these subgrants:

Core

Servo-Benchmark

Servo-Script

Servo-Multiprocess

Entrust

Servo

Servo-CSS

Review

Servo-DX

Servo-Multibrowsing