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

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cachix/devenv

Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments using Nix

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Rust Astro Axum Django pytest Bundler Cargo .NET SDK

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#developer-tools #devenv #nix

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-10-22
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 376 open

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flox/flox

The Deterministic Foundation for your SDLC

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Rust Actix Web Cargo Go modules Meson

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#developer-tools #development-environment #nix #package-manager #production #rust

Updated: 2026-11-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-09-27
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 463 open

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DeterminateSystems/nix-installer

Install Nix and flakes with the fast and reliable Determinate Nix Installer, with over 7 million installs.

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Rust Cargo

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#docker #fedora #installer #linux #macos #nix

Updated: 2026-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-02
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 447 open

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Forks: 102
Commits: 847 commits
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nix-community/nh

Yet another Nix CLI helper. [Maintainers=@NotAShelf, @faukah]

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Rust Cargo

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#home-manager #nix #nix-darwin #nix-flake #nix-helper #nixos

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-08
License: EUPL-1.2
Issues: 82 open

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Forks: 132
Commits: 1,392 commits
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nix-community/colmena

A simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool [maintainer=@stepbrobd, @NickCao, @zhaofengli]

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Rust Cargo

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#deployment #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-10-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-16
License: MIT
Issues: 145 open

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Forks: 119
Commits: 772 commits
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serokell/deploy-rs

A simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool.

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Rust Cargo

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#deployment #flakes #nix #nix-flake #nixos #tool

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-28
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 135 open

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Forks: 169
Commits: 418 commits
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zhaofengli/attic

Multi-tenant Nix Binary Cache

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Rust Axum Cargo

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#binary-cache #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-10-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-01-01
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 180 open

2,139

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Forks: 191
Commits: 473 commits
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oxalica/nil

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

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Rust Cargo npm

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#lsp-server #nix #nixos #nixpkgs

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-07-18
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 38 open

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Forks: 73
Commits: 561 commits
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nix-community/comma

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

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Rust Cargo

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#nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-28
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

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Commits: 232 commits
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nix-community/nix-init

Generate Nix packages from URLs with hash prefetching, dependency inference, license detection, and more [maintainer=@figsoda]

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Rust Cargo Go modules

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#cargo #go #nix #nixpkgs #poetry #python

Updated: 2026-10-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-01-15
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 34 open

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Forks: 46
Commits: 1,427 commits
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NixOS/nix-index

Quickly locate nix packages with specific files [maintainers=@bennofs @figsoda @raitobezarius]

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Rust Cargo

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#nix #nixpkgs #search #tooling

Updated: 2026-10-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-10
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 99 open

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Forks: 78
Commits: 368 commits
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oppiliappan/statix

lints and suggestions for the nix programming language

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Rust Cargo

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#linter #nix

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-10
License: MIT
Issues: 45 open

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Forks: 44
Commits: 286 commits
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snowfallorg/nix-software-center

A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages

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Rust Cargo Meson

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#gtk4 #libadwaita #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-04-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-26
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 59 open

860

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Forks: 35
Commits: 100 commits
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saschagrunert/kubernix

Single dependency Kubernetes clusters for local testing, experimenting and development.

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Rust Cargo

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#kubernetes #kubernetes-cluster #kubernetes-deployment #kubernetes-development #kubernetes-setup #nix

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-22
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 28
Commits: 1,283 commits
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nix-community/nurl

Generate Nix fetcher calls from URLs [maintainer=@figsoda]

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Rust Cargo

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#bitbucket #codeberg #crate #crates #fetch #git

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-12-29
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 18 open

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Forks: 11
Commits: 958 commits
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astro/deadnix

Scan Nix files for dead code

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Rust Cargo

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#nix #nix-flake #nix-lang #nixos #rnix #rust

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-05
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

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Forks: 20
Commits: 314 commits
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nix-community/rnix-lsp

WIP Language Server for Nix! [maintainer=@aaronjanse]

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Rust Cargo

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#lsp-server #nix

Updated: 2024-01-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-19
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

709

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Forks: 41
Commits: 176 commits
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snowfallorg/nixos-conf-editor

A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations

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Rust Cargo Meson

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#gtk4 #libadwaita #nixos

Updated: 2026-02-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-31
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

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Forks: 19
Commits: 77 commits
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andir/npins

Nix dependency pinning. Very similar to Niv but has a few features that I personally wanted.

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Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-10-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-31
License: EUPL-1.2
Issues: 34 open

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Commits: 452 commits
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symphorien/nix-du

Visualise which gc-roots to delete to free some space in your nix store

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Rust Cargo

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#nix #nixos #nixpkgs

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-25
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

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Forks: 8
Commits: 313 commits
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mlvzk/manix

A fast CLI documentation searcher for Nix.

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Updated: 2024-01-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-15
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 14 open

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Forks: 23
Commits: 82 commits
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manic-systems/dix

A blazingly fast tool to diff Nix related things

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Rust Cargo

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#derivation #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-05-04
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

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Forks: 10
Commits: 379 commits
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nix-community/nix-melt

A ranger-like flake.lock viewer [maintainer=@figsoda]

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Rust Cargo

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#flake #flakes #inputs #nix #ranger

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-04-23
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 5 open

315

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Forks: 3
Commits: 428 commits
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xzfc/cached-nix-shell

Instant startup time for nix-shell

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#nix #nix-shell

Updated: 2024-11-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-18
License: Unlicense
Issues: 7 open

229

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Forks: 18
Commits: 182 commits
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linyinfeng/angrr

Auto Nix GC Root Retention

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Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-15
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

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Forks: 4
Commits: 784 commits
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nix-community/namaka

Snapshot testing for Nix based on haumea [maintainer=@figsoda]

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Rust Cargo

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#flake #flakes #golden #nix #snapshot-testing #test

Updated: 2026-10-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-07
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 6 open

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Forks: 4
Commits: 449 commits
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a-kenji/flake-edit

Edit your flake inputs with ease.

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Rust Cargo PEP 517

GitHub topics

#automation #cli #configuration #flakes #library #nix

Updated: 2026-10-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-26
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

110

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Forks: 2
Commits: 1,534 commits
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samestep/npc

Nixpkgs channel history CLI.

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Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-10-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-10-12
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

103

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Forks: 1
Commits: 134 commits
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juspay/nix-health

REPO MOVED https://github.com/juspay/omnix/tree/main/crates/omnix-health

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Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-02-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-05-27
License: Unknown
Issues: 9 open

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Forks: 4
Commits: 81 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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90-008/rust-nix-templater

Generates Nix build / dev files for Rust projects.

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cargo #flakes #generator #naersk #nix #rust

Updated: 2023-03-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-04
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

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Forks: 0
Commits: 178 commits
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