NixOS Mido Module

This module implements the pkgs.fetchFromMicrosoft fetcher via a nixpkgs overlay which downloads Windows ISOs from Microsoft's (reverse engineered) proprietary downloading API. Downloads are sourced from official Microsoft servers.

Example usage:

1. Add this repo to the inputs of your system flake and add mido-nix.nixosModules.default to its module set:

   {
     inputs.mido-nix.url = "github:physics-enthusiast/mido-nix";
     # optional, not necessary for the module
     #inputs.mido-nix.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
   
     outputs = { self, nixpkgs, mido-nix }: {
       # change `yourhostname` to your actual hostname
       nixosConfigurations.yourhostname = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         # customize to your system
         system = "x86_64-linux";
         modules = [
           ./configuration.nix
           mido-nix.nixosModules.default
         ];
       };
     };
   }

   For an introduction to flakes, see here.

2. Use as a fetcher to create a derivation that places the ISO into the store:

     pkgs.fetchFromMicrosoft {
       productID = "2618";
       windowsVersion = "10";
     #  language = "English (United States)"
       hash="sha256-pvRwym0zHrNTuBXAQ+Mno0f1lPN/9SXxd2Rzj+gShS4=";
     };

Reference

productID

productID is the number corresponding to the build of windows you want to download. For a list of currently available product IDs and their corresponding builds, see here.

windowsVersion

windowsVersion is the version of windows desired. Can be either 8, 10, or 11.

language

language is the language of the ISO that will be downloaded. For a list of available languages, run mido_get_langs <productID> <windowsVersion>. Note that the language must be copied exactly (for instance, "English (United States)", not "en-US" or "english").

Example:

mido_get_langs 2618 10

Acknowledgements

This was heavily based and inspired by GitHub - ElliotKillick/Mido: The Secure Microsoft Windows Downloader

License

MIT License - Copyright (C) 2023 Elliot Killick [email protected]