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Awesome Nix

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

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samuela/nixos-up

The fastest NixOS install there is! ๐ŸŽ๏ธ๐Ÿ

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Updated
2025-04-19
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2021-04-07
License
Unknown
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7 open
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32
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26 commits
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samestep/npc

Nixpkgs channel history CLI.

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2026-10-31
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1 list mention
First commit
2025-10-12
License
MIT
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6 open
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1
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134 commits
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dnkmmr69420/nix-installer-scripts

Various scripts to install the nix package manager. Also has installers for selinux systems and silverblue too.

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2023-11-01
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1 list mention
First commit
2023-04-16
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Unknown
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0 open
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8
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323 commits
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arnarg/nix-gleam

Generic nix builder for gleam applications

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Nix
Updated
2026-10-06
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1 list mention
First commit
2023-04-14
License
MIT
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1 open
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14
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19 commits
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noteed/nix-notes

A collection of short notes about Nix, each contributing to the same virtual machine image

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Nix
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2026-10-29
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1 list mention
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2019-12-08
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Unknown
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0 open
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3
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30 commits
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arnarg/pushnix

Simple cli utility that pushes NixOS configuration and triggers a rebuild using ssh.

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2020-12-30
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First commit
2020-07-16
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2
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7 commits
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