deploy-rs

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Every quote

The 4 most detailed of 7 comments. Each links to the original.

1. Saved me quite a few hours through its magic rollback which aborted an upgrade that borked VPN.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User”

2. I use colmena and deploy-rs on different projects because they have some nice features

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Show HN: NixOS-DGX-Spark – Nix and NixOS on the DGX Spark”

3. very very stable way to deploy software with solid rollback support

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Hold on to Your Hardware”

4. I'm currently using deploy-rs

   Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User”