{
  description = "0x29a ecosystem NixOS flake";

  inputs = {
    # the main nix package collection
    nixpkgs = {
      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    };
    # home manager for dotfiles
    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
    # noctalia shell
    noctalia = {
      url = "github:noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = inputs@{self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }: let
    lib = nixpkgs.lib;
    system = "x86_64-linux";
    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
  in {
    nixosConfigurations = {
      # default config
      default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        inherit system;
        specialArgs = {
          inherit inputs;
        };
        modules = [
          # import host specific configs
          ./hosts/default/configuration.nix
          # import host specific hardware configs
          ./hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
        ];
      };

      # laptop neon
      neon = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        inherit system;
        specialArgs = {
          inherit inputs;
        };
        modules = [
          # import host specific configs
          ./hosts/neon/configuration.nix
          # import host specific hardware configs
          ./hosts/neon/hardware-configuration.nix
          # import noctalia shell configs
          ./hosts/neon/noctalia.nix
          # Add home-manager form my user as a module
          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
          {
            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
            home-manager.users.aaron = import ./hosts/neon/home.nix;
            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
          }
        ];
      };
    };
  };
}