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๐Ÿ˜Ž A curated list of the best resources in the Nix community [maintainer=@cyntheticfox]

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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! ๆƒณ่ฆๅญฆไน ไฝฟ็”จ NixOS ไธŽ Flakes ๅ—๏ผŸๅœจๅฏปๆ‰พไธ€ไปฝๆ–ฐๆ‰‹ๅ‹ๅฅฝ็š„ๆ•™็จ‹๏ผŸ้‚ฃไฝ ๅฏๆฅๅฏนๅœฐๆ–นไบ†๏ผ

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2026-11-01
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1 list mention
First commit
2023-06-23
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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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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2026-10-29
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1 list mention
First commit
2019-07-23
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Apache-2.0
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35 open
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81
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277 commits
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elitak/nixos-infect

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

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2026-03-22
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First commit
2016-03-14
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GPL-3.0
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nix-community/dream2nix

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

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2026-08-19
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2021-09-03
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MIT
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nix-community/nixbsd

An unofficial NixOS fork with a FreeBSD kernel [maintainer=@artemist,@rhelmot]

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Nix
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2026-10-15
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2023-12-24
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MIT
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20 open
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40
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