{
    description = "NixOS flake";

    inputs = {
        nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
        home-manager = {
            url = github:nix-community/home-manager;
            inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
        };
    };

    outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }@inputs: {
        nixosConfigurations.nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
            system = "x86_64-linux";
            specialArgs = { inherit inputs; }; # allows access to flake inputs in nixos modules
                modules = [
                ./configuration.nix
                    home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
                    {
                        home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
                        home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
                        home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; }; # allows access to flake inputs in hm modules
                            home-manager.users.user = {
                                imports = [ ./home.nix ];
                            };
                    }
                ];
        };
    };
}