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

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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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oxalica/rust-overlay

Pure and reproducible nix overlay of binary distributed rust toolchains

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Nix Cargo pip

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#nix #nix-flakes #rust

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-01
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

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ipetkov/crane

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

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Nix Cargo

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#cargo #crate #nix #nixos #nixpkgs #rust

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-26
License: MIT
Issues: 42 open

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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
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kamadorueda/alejandra

The Uncompromising Nix Code Formatter

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Nix Cargo npm Yarn

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#fmt #format #formatter #formatting #nix #rust

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-10
License: Unlicense
Issues: 44 open

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nix-community/dream2nix

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

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Nix Next.js pytest React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm PDM

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#2nix #dream-to-nix #hacktoberfest #lang2nix #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-08-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-03
License: MIT
Issues: 202 open

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nix-community/fenix

Rust toolchains and rust-analyzer nightly for Nix [maintainers=@figsoda, @eureka-cpu]

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Nix

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#flake #flakes #nightly #nix #overlay #rust

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-02
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 40 open

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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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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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cargo2nix/cargo2nix

Granular builds of Rust projects for Nix

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Nix Cargo

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#cargo #nix #nix-overlay #nixos #nixpkgs #rust

Updated: 2025-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-13
License: MIT
Issues: 79 open

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90-008/nix-cargo-integration

Library to easily and effortlessly integrate Cargo projects with Nix.

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Nix Cargo

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#cargo #devshell #dream2nix #flake #flakes #integration

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-10
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

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a-kenji/flake-edit

Edit your flake inputs with ease.

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Rust Cargo PEP 517

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

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

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90-008/rust-nix-templater

Generates Nix build / dev files for Rust projects.

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Rust Cargo

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#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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Commits: 178 commits
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Last pushed: 2026-07-23
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Created: 2019-05-15
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