From ec0626ddc6706b2c33d7e7e1da7d1530ec0eb201 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Natalie Marks <nmarks413@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:02:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add earlyoom to prevent locking up DE due to lack of
 memory

---
 modules/nixos/services.nix | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/nixos/services.nix b/modules/nixos/services.nix
index 20314be33a994a99e64cfe4c4e0f5866b8d576ef..e88aa09662be4162c73b93fc07141ce8920c086a 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/services.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/services.nix
@@ -76,5 +76,19 @@
         X11Forwarding = true;
       };
     };
+    earlyoom = {
+      enable = true;
+      freeSwapThreshold = 2;
+      freeMemThreshold = 2;
+
+      extraArgs = [
+        "-g"
+        "--avoid"
+        "^(Xwayland|.cosmic*|ghostty|.vicinae*|.xdg*)$"
+        "--prefer"
+        "^(electron)$"
+      ];
+
+    };
   };
 }
-- 
2.54.0