How the project fits into current nix-based tooling landscape?

[erectfully]

What's the exact goal of the project where tools like devenv, devbox and similar are gaining popularity and seem to have much higher traction than devshell itself - what are differences between devshell and devenv for example?

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[adrian-gierakowski]

This project predates those others by at least 2 years, and I’d hazard a guess that it served as inspiration for their authors.

Btw I’m not a maintainer, nor a contributor to this project, but I’d like to gently point out that the “tone of voice” of your message comes across as slightly impolite.

[erectfully]

This project predates those others by at least 2 years, and I’d hazard a guess that it served as inspiration for their authors.

I would not deny this, however I still have trouble understanding place for the project in development environment tooling comparing to the potential successors.

but I’d like to gently point out that the “tone of voice” of your message comes across as slightly impolite.

My bad, sorry.