Guix on top of Arch, replacing most of AUR packages is also a good alternative (with less involvement of US military companies, more context here, and a nice minimalist configuration language).
Both Nix and Guix can be installed on top of Arch and work as an extra package manager.
Plus Guix is a GNU project and GNU projects are both very open to modification and hacking own stuff, and fairly security-conscious.
It has one fly in the ointment: Guix is really not built for distribution of binary packages of closed-source software (all package definitions build initially from source), and that’s why some companies hate it. But for me, this is a plus.
This is why I use NixOS
Guix on top of Arch, replacing most of AUR packages is also a good alternative (with less involvement of US military companies, more context here, and a nice minimalist configuration language).
Both Nix and Guix can be installed on top of Arch and work as an extra package manager.
Plus Guix is a GNU project and GNU projects are both very open to modification and hacking own stuff, and fairly security-conscious.
It has one fly in the ointment: Guix is really not built for distribution of binary packages of closed-source software (all package definitions build initially from source), and that’s why some companies hate it. But for me, this is a plus.