Vendored from debling/nix-penpot (MIT). Fixes on top: - pnpm fetchers: drop --config.fetch-* flags (UND_ERR_INVALID_ARG on pnpm 11.27) and pin real store hashes (frontend x3, exporter, mcp) - deps-lock.json: add transitive funcool/beicon2 v2.0 so fake-git resolves potok2's pin during the shadow-cljs classpath build - expose frontend pnpm stores via passthru for rehashing - x86_64-linux only; devShell ships afk, jj, git
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# penpot-nix
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Nix packages and a NixOS module for self-hosting [Penpot](https://penpot.app)
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(pinned to release **2.18.3**). Every component is built from upstream
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source: the Clojure API backend, the static frontend (served by nginx), the
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headless-Chromium exporter, the MCP server and the Rust/WASM renderer.
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One module wires the stack together with PostgreSQL and Valkey, either
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provisioned locally or pointed at infrastructure you already run.
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Derived from [debling/nix-penpot](https://github.com/debling/nix-penpot)
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(MIT, see [LICENSE](LICENSE)). `x86_64-linux` only.
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## Packages
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| Attribute | Output |
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|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `penpot-backend` | `bin/penpot-backend` (JVM wrapper), `bin/penpot-manage` |
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| `penpot-frontend` | `dist/` static bundle (+ `plugins/`, `plugins/mcp/`), `config.js` |
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| `penpot-exporter` | `bin/penpot-exporter` (node + nixpkgs chromium) |
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| `penpot-mcp` | `bin/penpot-mcp` |
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| `penpot-render-wasm` | `render-wasm.{js,wasm}`, `shared.js`, `worker/render.js` (frontend) |
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| `penpot-render-wasm-export` | export flavor of the renderer (unused on 2.18.x) |
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The same packages are exposed as an overlay (`overlays.default`:
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`pkgs.penpot-backend`, `pkgs.penpot-frontend`, `pkgs.penpot-exporter`,
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`pkgs.penpot-mcp`). The module's package defaults resolve through the
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overlay, so it is required.
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## Deploying on NixOS
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```nix
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# flake.nix
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{
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inputs = {
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nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
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penpot-nix.url = "git+https://<this repo>";
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};
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outputs = { self, nixpkgs, penpot-nix }: {
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nixosConfigurations.myhost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
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system = "x86_64-linux";
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modules = [
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./configuration.nix
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{ nixpkgs.overlays = [ penpot-nix.overlays.default ]; }
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penpot-nix.nixosModules.default
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];
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};
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};
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}
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```
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```nix
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# configuration.nix
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{
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services.penpot = {
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enable = true;
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publicUri = "https://penpot.example.com";
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secretKeyFile = "/run/secrets/penpot-secret-key";
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};
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networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
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}
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```
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That is a complete deployment: PostgreSQL and Valkey are provisioned
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locally, the nginx vhost is generated, exporter and MCP run behind it.
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Secrets are files loaded through systemd credentials; generate the master
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key once (`openssl rand -base64 64 | tr -d '\n'`) and manage it with
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agenix/sops-nix.
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Commonly tuned options (all documented inline in
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[`modules/penpot.nix`](modules/penpot.nix)):
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| Option | Default | What it does |
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|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `publicUri` | – (required) | Public URL of the instance |
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| `secretKeyFile` | – (required) | Master secret key file |
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| `flags` | `[ "enable-prepl-server" ]` | Upstream feature flags |
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| `admins` | `[ ]` | Emails granted admin on login |
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| `database.createLocally` | `true` | Local PostgreSQL, or set `database.uri` for an external one |
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| `redis.createLocally` | `true` | Local Valkey, or set `redis.uri` |
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| `storage.backend` | `"fs"` | `"fs"` or `"s3"` (+ endpoint/bucket/keys) |
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| `smtp.*` / `mailpit.enable` | off | Outgoing email, or a local throwaway SMTP sink |
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| `exporter.enable` / `mcp.enable` | `true` | Toggle the auxiliary services |
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| `nginx.forceHttps` | `false` | Force HTTPS (configure TLS yourself) |
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### Users and admins
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No default credentials. Register through the UI, or on the backend host:
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```bash
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penpot-manage create-profile -n "Jane Doe" -e jane@example.org -p 'secret'
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```
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Admin rights come from `services.penpot.admins = [ "jane@example.org" ];`.
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## Trying it in a VM
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```bash
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nix build .#nixosConfigurations.penpot-vm.config.system.build.vm
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./result/bin/run-penpot-vm-vm
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```
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Host port 8080 → nginx, 8025 → mailpit UI. `curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/readyz`
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once the backend is up (~1–2 min). Needs ~3 GB RAM.
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## Development
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```bash
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direnv allow # or: nix develop — devShell ships the afk harness, jj, git
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nix flake check --no-build
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nix build .#checks.x86_64-linux.penpot-vm-test # end-to-end VM test
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nix fmt
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```
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Development runs under [afk](https://github.com/DavHau/afk) (`afk` is on
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PATH in the devShell).
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## Updating Penpot
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1. Bump `penpot.url` **and** `penpotVersion` in `flake.nix` (upstream's
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`package.json` version is stale, so it is pinned by hand).
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2. Regenerate `deps-lock.json` with clj-nix from a writable copy of the
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penpot source with the `RELEASE` pins from `packages/frontend.nix`
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(`pinDepsEdn`) applied:
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```bash
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nix run github:jlesquembre/clj-nix/<pinned-rev>#deps-lock -- \
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--deps-include backend/deps.edn --deps-include common/deps.edn \
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--deps-include frontend/deps.edn --deps-include exporter/deps.edn \
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--alias-exclude outdated --alias-exclude jvm-repl
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```
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3. Rehash the fixed-output derivations (set to `lib.fakeHash`, build, copy
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`got:`): `penpot-frontend.{frontendPnpmDeps,pluginsPnpmDeps,mcpPnpmDeps}`,
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`penpot-exporter.pnpmDeps`, `penpot-mcp.pnpmDeps`,
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`penpot-backend.builtinTemplates` (after `nix flake update penpot-files`),
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and `cargoDeps` / Rust / Skia hashes in `packages/render-wasm.nix` if
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`render-wasm/Cargo.lock`, the Rust version or the Skia URL changed.
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4. Rebase `packages/patches/*` if `frontend/src/app/plugins/library.cljs`
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moved.
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## License
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Nix code: MIT ([LICENSE](LICENSE)). Penpot: MPL-2.0. The remaining stack
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(PostgreSQL, Valkey, Chromium, …) ships under its own licenses.
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