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maralorn/nix-output-monitor

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

Stack

Haskell

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #haskell #nix #nom

Updated: 2026-10-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-03
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 116 open

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Forks: 59
Commits: 815 commits
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NotAShelf/nvf

Modular, extensible and distro-agnostic Neovim configuration framework for Nix/NixOS

Stack

Nix

GitHub topics

#home-manager #neovim #neovim-flake #nix #nix-flake #nixos-module

Updated: 2026-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-01
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 125 open

1,664

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Forks: 240
Commits: 3,825 commits
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numtide/flake-utils

Pure Nix flake utility functions [maintainer=@zimbatm]

Stack

Nix

GitHub topics

#flake #nix #nix-flake

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-11
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 24 open

1,646

stars

Forks: 86
Commits: 104 commits
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NixOS/nixfmt

The official formatter for Nix code

Stack

Haskell

GitHub topics

#formatter #haskell #nix

Updated: 2026-10-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-28
History: 1 history point
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 23 open

1,636

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Forks: 78
Commits: 844 commits
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oxalica/rust-overlay

Pure and reproducible nix overlay of binary distributed rust toolchains

Stack

Nix Cargo pip

GitHub topics

#nix #nix-flakes #rust

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

1,577

stars

Forks: 86
Commits: 2,356 commits
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numtide/devshell

Per project developer environments

Stack

Nix

GitHub topics

#direnv #nix #toml

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-04
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 97 open

1,568

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 373 commits
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hercules-ci/flake-parts

❄️ Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system

Stack

Nix

GitHub topics

#flake-parts #flakes #nix #nix-modules #nixos

Updated: 2026-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-10-27
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 75 open

1,511

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 500 commits
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nix-community/nixd

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

Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#language-server-protocol #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-05-10
History: 1 history point
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 108 open

1,508

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 1,420 commits
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ipetkov/crane

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

Stack

Nix Cargo

GitHub topics

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

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

1,494

stars

Forks: 143
Commits: 907 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]

Stack

Rust Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-10-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-01-15
History: 1 history point
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 34 open

1,491

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 1,427 commits
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kamadorueda/alejandra

The Uncompromising Nix Code Formatter

Stack

Nix Cargo npm Yarn

GitHub topics

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

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

1,419

stars

Forks: 57
Commits: 620 commits
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NixOS/nix-index

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

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#nix #nixpkgs #search #tooling

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

1,370

stars

Forks: 78
Commits: 368 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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nix-community/dream2nix

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

Stack

Nix Next.js pytest React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm PDM

GitHub topics

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

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

1,268

stars

Forks: 146
Commits: 2,445 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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nlewo/comin

GitOps For NixOS Servers and Laptops

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cicd #continuous-deployment #deployment #gitops #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-08
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 54 open

1,169

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 530 commits
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nix-community/fenix

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

Stack

Nix

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-02
History: 1 history point
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 40 open

1,132

stars

Forks: 68
Commits: 2,838 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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utdemir/nix-tree

Interactively browse dependency graphs of Nix derivations.

Stack

Haskell

GitHub topics

#dependency-graph #hacktoberfest #nix

Updated: 2026-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-24
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 20 open

1,087

stars

Forks: 22
Commits: 241 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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nix-community/nixbsd

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

Stack

Nix

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-12-24
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

1,079

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 365 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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DBCDK/morph

NixOS deployment tool

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#deployment #devops #nix #nixos #platform #renovate-enabled

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-26
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 57 open

1,067

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 411 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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oddlama/nix-topology

🍁 Generate infrastructure and network diagrams directly from your NixOS configurations

Stack

Nix npm

GitHub topics

#architecture #diagram #diagram-generator #flake #nix #nix-flake

Updated: 2026-10-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-14
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

1,026

stars

Forks: 45
Commits: 365 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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nix-community/naersk

Build Rust projects in Nix - no configuration, no code generation, no IFD, sandbox friendly.

Stack

Nix Cargo

GitHub topics

#cargo #crates #nix #rust-lang

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-13
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 64 open

1,015

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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chriskempson/base16

A Framework for building Themes

GitHub topics

#base16 #colour-schemes #framework #guidelines #themes

Updated: 2023-10-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-07-06
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

972

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 17 commits
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musnix/musnix

Real-time audio in NixOS

Stack

Nix

Updated: 2026-11-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-22
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 13 open

965

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 437 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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oppiliappan/statix

lints and suggestions for the nix programming language

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#linter #nix

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

963

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 286 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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nlewo/nix2container

An archive-less dockerTools.buildImage implementation

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#containers #docker #nix #nixos #oci #skopeo

Updated: 2026-10-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-12-23
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 88 open

941

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 262 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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hercules-ci/arion

Run docker-compose with help from Nix/NixOS

Stack

Nix

GitHub topics

#docker #docker-compose #nix #nixos

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-17
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 102 open

926

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 464 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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nix-community/poetry2nix

Convert poetry projects to nix automagically [maintainer=]

Stack

Nix FastAPI Flask pytest Tornado Poetry

GitHub topics

#nix #python

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-17
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 188 open

923

stars

Forks: 457
Commits: 3,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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Mic92/nixos-shell

Spawns lightweight nixos vms in a shell

Stack

Nix

GitHub topics

#build-with-buildbot

Updated: 2026-10-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-03
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

922

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 286 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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aksiksi/compose2nix

Generate a NixOS config from a Docker Compose project.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#containers #docker #docker-compose #nix #nixos #podman

Updated: 2026-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-10-30
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

913

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 278 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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Mic92/nix-update

Swiss-knife for updating nix packages.

Stack

Python Cargo npm PEP 517

Updated: 2026-11-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-03-05
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 54 open

897

stars

Forks: 111
Commits: 1,126 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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thiagokokada/nix-alien

Run unpatched binaries on Nix/NixOS

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#nix #nixos #nixpkgs

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-10-25
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

888

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 429 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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