Nixos Open Source Projects

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25,465 stars

NixOS/nixpkgs

Nix Packages collection & NixOS

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Stars25,465
17,353 stars

NixOS/nix

Nix, the purely functional package manager

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Stars17,353
10,119 stars

nix-community/home-manager

Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@khaneliman, @rycee]

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Stars10,119
5,705 stars

LnL7/nix-darwin

nix modules for darwin

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Stars5,705
5,302 stars

nix-community/awesome-nix

😎 A curated list of the best resources in the Nix community [maintainer=@cyntheticfox]

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Stars5,302
3,872 stars

NixOS/nix.dev

Official documentation for getting things done with Nix.

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Stars3,872
3,770 stars

Misterio77/nix-starter-configs

Simple and documented config templates to help you get started with NixOS + home-manager + flakes. All the boilerplate you need!

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Stars3,770
3,574 stars

dustinlyons/nixos-config

General purpose Nix starter template for macOS or NixOS w/ step-by-step instructions

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Stars3,574
3,296 stars

nix-community/nixos-anywhere

Install NixOS everywhere via SSH [maintainers=@Mic92 @Lassulus @phaer @Enzime @a-kenji]

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Stars3,296
3,224 stars

NixOS/nixos-hardware

A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.

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Stars3,224
3,214 stars

ryan4yin/nixos-and-flakes-book

:hammer_and_wrench: :heart: Want to know NixOS & Flakes in detail? Looking for a beginner-friendly tutorial? Then you've come to the right place! 想要学习使用 NixOS 与 Flakes 吗?在寻找一份新手友好的教程?那你可来对地方了!

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Stars3,214
3,192 stars

nix-community/disko

Declarative disk partitioning and formatting using nix [maintainers=@Lassulus @Enzime @iFreilicht @Mic92 @phaer]

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Stars3,192
3,031 stars

Mic92/sops-nix

Atomic secret provisioning for NixOS based on sops

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Stars3,031
3,014 stars

nix-community/NixOS-WSL

NixOS on WSL [maintainer=@nzbr]

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Stars3,014
2,984 stars

viperML/nh

Yet another nix cli helper

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Stars2,984
2,883 stars

nix-community/nixvim

Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman]

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Stars2,883
2,767 stars

astro/microvm.nix

NixOS MicroVMs

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Stars2,767
2,733 stars

nix-community/nix-direnv

A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]

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Stars2,733
2,429 stars

ryantm/agenix

age-encrypted secrets for NixOS and Home manager

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Stars2,429
2,401 stars

nix-community/nixos-generators

Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]

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Stars2,401
2,333 stars

danth/stylix

System-wide colorscheming and typography for NixOS

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Stars2,333
2,214 stars

zhaofengli/colmena

A simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool

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Stars2,214
2,188 stars

mikeroyal/Steam-Deck-Guide

Steam Deck Guide. Learn all about the Tools, Accessories, Games, Emulators, and Gaming Tips that will make your Steam Deck an awesome Gaming Handheld or a Portable Computer Workstation.

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Stars2,188
2,177 stars

NixOS/nixops

NixOps is a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud.

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Stars2,177
2,169 stars

serokell/deploy-rs

A simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool.

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Stars2,169
2,013 stars

tazjin/nixery

Container registry which transparently builds images using the Nix package manager. Canonical repository is https://cs.tvl.fyi/depot/-/tree/tools/nixery

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Stars2,013
1,988 stars

ryan4yin/nix-config

❄️ My nix config for both desktops(NixOS+macOS) and homelab servers(NixOS).

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Stars1,988
1,931 stars

hlissner/dotfiles

And I say hey, what's going on?

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Stars1,931
1,901 stars

elitak/nixos-infect

[GPLv3+] install nixos over the existing OS in a DigitalOcean droplet (and others with minor modifications)

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Stars1,901
1,901 stars

nix-community/NUR

Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Pandapip1]

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Stars1,901
1,866 stars

oxalica/nil

NIx Language server, an incremental analysis assistant for writing in Nix.

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Stars1,866
1,833 stars

nix-community/impermanence

Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [maintainer=@talyz]

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Stars1,833
1,760 stars

nix-community/lanzaboote

Secure Boot & Measured Boot for NixOS [maintainers=@blitz @raitobezarius @nikstur]

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Stars1,760
1,722 stars

nix-community/comma

Comma runs software without installing it. [maintainers=@Artturin,@burke,@DavHau]

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Stars1,722
1,675 stars

Mic92/nix-ld

Run unpatched dynamic binaries on NixOS

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Stars1,675
1,593 stars

maralorn/nix-output-monitor

Pipe your nix-build output through the nix-output-monitor a.k.a nom to get additional information while building.

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Stars1,593
1,529 stars

NixOS/hydra

Hydra, the Nix-based continuous build system [maintainers=@dasj,@Ericson2314]

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Stars1,529
1,441 stars

nix-community/nixd

Nix language server, based on nix libraries [maintainer=@inclyc,@takeokunn,@Aleksanaa]

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Stars1,441
1,420 stars

hercules-ci/flake-parts

❄️ Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system

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Stars1,420
1,415 stars

ipetkov/crane

A Nix library for building cargo projects. Never build twice thanks to incremental artifact caching.

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Stars1,415
1,367 stars

DavHau/nix-portable

Nix - Static, Permissionless, Installation-free, Pre-configured

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Stars1,367
1,323 stars

NixOS/mobile-nixos

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Stars1,323
1,311 stars

Misterio77/nix-config

Personal nixos and home-manager configurations.

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Stars1,311
1,260 stars

nix-community/dream2nix

Simplified nix packaging for various programming language ecosystems [maintainer=@DavHau]

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Stars1,260
1,256 stars

DeterminateSystems/zero-to-nix

Zero to Nix is your guide to learning Nix and flakes. Created by Determinate Systems.

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Stars1,256
1,249 stars

Hummer12007/brightnessctl

A program to read and control device brightness

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Stars1,249
1,207 stars

haikarainen/light

GNU/Linux application to control backlights

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Stars1,207
1,124 stars

fufexan/dotfiles

NixOS system config & Home-Manager user config

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Stars1,124
1,123 stars

mikeroyal/NixOS-Guide

NixOS Guide. Learn all about the immutable Nix Operating System and the declarative Nix Expression Language.

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Stars1,123
1,093 stars

gvolpe/nix-config

:space_invader: NixOS configuration :space_invader:

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Stars1,093
1,088 stars

cachix/cachix

Command line client for Nix binary cache hosting:

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Stars1,088
1,068 stars

purescript/documentation

Documentation for the PureScript language, compiler, and tools.

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Stars1,068
1,051 stars

DBCDK/morph

NixOS deployment tool

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Stars1,051
1,034 stars

obsidiansystems/obelisk

Functional reactive web and mobile applications, with batteries included.

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Stars1,034
1,021 stars

divnix/digga

A flake utility library to craft shell-, home-, and hosts- environments.

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Stars1,021
1,014 stars

tazjin/nix-1p

A (more or less) one page introduction to Nix, the language.

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Stars1,014
1,011 stars

librephoenix/nixos-config

Nix noob trying to build his system

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Stars1,011
1,003 stars

cleverca22/not-os

An operating system generator, based on NixOS, that, given a config, outputs a small (47 MB), read-only squashfs for a runit-based operating system, with support for iPXE and signed boot.

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Stars1,003
989 stars

nix-community/srvos

NixOS profiles for servers [maintainer=@numtide]

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Stars989
967 stars

dhall-lang/dhall-haskell

Maintainable configuration files

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