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This article lists applications built for and with Nix; it constitutes a listing of what may be called the '''''Extended Nix Ecosystem''''' (see [[Special:MyLanguage/Nix Ecosystem|Nix Ecosystem]] for the Core Nix Ecosystem).

~~This~~ article ~~lists applications built for and with Nix; it constitutes a listing of what may be called the '''''Extended Nix Ecosystem'''''~~.

If you are looking for Linux software/applications you should look at [[:Category:Software|Software]] or its sub-article [[:Category:Software|Applications]].

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== Non-NixOS Distributions ==

== ~~Nix Derivatives~~ ==

Various applications built on top of Nix:

* [https:~~//github.com/fractalide/fractalide fractalide]~~ - ~~Reusable Reproducible Composable Software~~

* [https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os not-os] - build a system firmware for embedded devices

== Built with Nix ==

== Built with Nix ==

Projects which leverage Nix.

* [https:~~//github.com/nixbitcoin/nix-bitcoin/ nix~~-~~bitcoin]~~ - ~~Set of NixOS modules to install a bitcoin node with emphasis on security~~

* [https://github.com/styx-static/styx styx] - Static site generator in Nix expression language

* [https://github.com/PapenfussLab/bionix bionix] - manage and execute bioinformatics pipelines

* [https://nix-community.github.io/ethereum.nix/ ethereum.nix] - A collection of Nix packages and NixOS modules designed to make it easier to operate Ethereum related services and infrastructure

* [https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver nixos-mailserver] - A complete and Simple NixOS Mailserver

== Nix Platform ==

== Nix Platform ==

Projects which add support (e.g. for extra platforms or major capabilities) to Nix.

* [https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin nix-darwin] - NixOS modules for Darwin

* [https://github.com/musnix/musnix musnix] - real-time audio modules for NixOS

* [https://github.com/guibou/nixGL nixGl] - A wrapper to run OpenGL applications outside of NixOS

== Nix Tooling ==

== Nix Tooling ==

Various tools built for working with the Nix Ecosystem (e.g. enhancements or alternatives to core Nix tools).

=== General configuration ===

=== General configuration ===

* [https://github.com/rycee/home-manager home-manager] - System for managing a user environment using Nix

* [https://github.com/pjones/plasma-manager plasma-manager] - manage KDE Plasma with Home-manager

== About ==

=== Flakes ===

~~=== Flakes ===~~

* [https:~~//github.com/hlissner/dotfiles dotfiles]~~ - ~~Popular flake~~-~~based NixOS configuration template. Has '''hey''' management command~~

* [https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs deploy-rs] - Nix flake deployment tool

* [https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/flake-utils-plus flake-utils-plus] - Flake templates and helper library. Extension of below

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* [https://snowfall.org/ snowfall] - Unified configuration for systems, packages, modules, shells, templates, and more with Nix Flakes.

=== ~~Toolboxes~~ ===

=== Archives ===

* [https://github.com/madjar/nox nox] - ~~Tools to make Nix easier to use~~

* [https://github.com/Mic92/nix-~~update nix-update] - Swiss army knife for updating nix packages~~

* [https:~~//github.com/holidaycheck/nix-venient nix~~-~~venient]~~ - ~~A collection of convenient commands for working with nix/nixpkgs~~

~~=== Archives ===~~

* [https://github.com/taktoa/narfuse narfuse] - FUSE filesystem for mounting Nix archive (NAR) files as a virtual Nix store

=== Clustering ===

=== Clustering ===

* [https://github.com/awakesecurity/nix-delegate nix-delegate] - Convenient utility for distributed Nix builds

=== Comparison ===

=== Comparison ===

* [https://github.com/Gabriel439/nix-diff nix-diff] - Compare Nix derivations

* [https://github.com/FRidh/niff niff] - Compare two Nix expressions to determine what attributes changes

* [https://gitlab.com/khumba/nvd nvd] - Nix/NixOS package version diff tool

=== Dependencies ===

~~=== Dependencies ===~~

* [https://github.com/craigmbooth/nix-visualize nix-visualize] - Visualize the dependencies of a given package

* [https://github.com/nmattia/niv niv] - Painless dependencies for Nix projects

=== Nix lang comprehension ===

=== Nix lang comprehension ===

* [https://github.com/~~nix-community~~/~~rnix-lsp rnix-lsp~~] - ~~A language server which can provide in your text editor...~~

** Syntax checking, completion, renaming, go to definition, code ~~formatting (with [https://github~~.~~com/~~nix-~~community/nixpkgs~~-~~fmt nixpkgs~~-~~fmt]), etc.~~

** Supported in vim/neovim, Emacs, VSCode, Kakoune

* [https://github.com/astro/deadnix deadnix] - Removes unused code from .nix files

* [https://github.com/nerdypepper/statix statix] - Linter and suggestions for the nix programming language

* [https://github.com/nerdypepper/statix statix] - Linter and suggestions for the nix programming language

* [https://github.com/oxalica/nil nil] - Nix Language server, an incremental analysis assistant for writing in Nix.

* [https://github.com/serokell/nixfmt nixfmt] - A formatter for Nix code

* [https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt nixpkgs-fmt] - Nix code formatter for nixpkgs

* [https://github.com/astro/deadnix deadnix] - Removes unused code from .nix files

* [https://github.com/oxalica/nil nil] - Nix Language server, an incremental analysis assistent for writing in Nix.

=== Package maintenance ===

=== Package maintenance ===

* [https://github.com/~~peterhoeg~~/nix-~~upgrade-scripts~~ nix-~~upgrade~~-~~scripts]~~ - ~~Tools~~ for ~~Nixpkgs maintainers to upgrade~~ packages

* [https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update/ nix-update] - Swiss-knife for updating nix packages.

* [https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review nixpkgs-review] - Review nixpkgs pull requests

=== Debugging ===

=== Debugging ===

* [https://github.com/edolstra/dwarffs dwarffs] - Fetches DWARF debug info files for gdb automatically from cache.nixos.org

* [https://github.com/symphorien/nixseparatedebuginfod nixseparatedebuginfod] - Fetches debug symbols and source files for debuginfod-capables tools like gdb

=== Search ===

=== Search ===

* [https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index nix-index] - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files

* [https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du nix-du] - Find which gc-roots take disk space in a nix store

* [https://github.com/nix-hackers/nix-info nix-info] - Homebrew info querying for Nix

* [https://github.com/flyingcircusio/userscan userscan] - Scans directories containing manually compiled programs and registers them with the Nix garbage collector

* [https://github.com/peterldowns/nix-search-cli nix-search-cli] - CLI for searching packages on search.nixos.org

=== Shell ===

=== Shell ===

* [https://github.com/hedning/nix-bash-completions nix-bash-completions] - Bash completion for <code>nix*</code> commands

* [https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell nixos-shell (Mic92)] - Spawns lightweight nixos vms in a shell (like vagrant)

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* [https://github.com/erikarvstedt/extra-container extra-container] - Run declarative NixOS containers from the command line. Similar to nixos-shell (chrisfarms)

=== Other ===

=== Other ===

* [https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-bundle nix-bundle] - package Nix attributes into single-file executables.

* [https://github.com/lethalman/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] - install Nix as an unpriviliged user on any system

* [https://github.com/ViperML/nh nh] - a rewrite of nixos-rebuild featuring diffs with nvd and a tree of builds with nix-output-manager, as well as other quality of life features such as package searching.

== Nix Operations ==

== Nix Operations ==

Operations tools for the Nix Ecosystem:

=== Official ===

=== Official ===

* [https://github.com/nixos/hydra Hydra] - Nix's official continuous integration and build system.

* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixops NixOps] - Nix's official tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or the cloud.

* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixops NixOps] - Nix's official (but unmaintained) tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or the cloud.

=== Deployment ===

~~=== Deployment ===~~

* [https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena colmena] - a NixOS deployment tool

* [https://github.com/rapenne-s/bento Bento] - a NixOS fleet manager supporting remote systems not up 24/7

* [https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena colmena] - a NixOS deployment tool

* comin - A deployment tool to continuously pull from Git repositories.

* [https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs deploy-rs] - a simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool

* [https://github.com/pinpox/lollypops lollypops] - a parallel and ~~stateles~~ NixOS deployment tool

* [[Special:MyLanguage/krops|krops]] - a lightweight toolkit to deploy NixOS systems, remotely or locally

* [https://github.com/pinpox/lollypops lollypops] - a parallel and stateless NixOS deployment tool

* [https://github.com/DBCDK/morph Morph] - a NixOS deployment tool

* [https://github.com/MatthewCroughan/nixinate Nixinate] - A Nix flake library to provide app outputs for managing existing NixOS hosts over SSH.

* <code>nixos-build --target-host</code>

* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixops NixOps] - [Not recommended for new projects] a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud.

* [https://github.com/Infinisil/nixus Nixus] - an experimental NixOS deployment tool

* [https://github.com/nixcloud/nixcloud-webservices nixcloud-webservices] - nixpkgs extension for web-related technologies

* [https://github.com/rapenne-s/bento Bento] - a NixOS fleet manager supporting remote systems not up 24/7

=== Docker ===

=== Docker ===

* [https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion Arion] - configure Docker Compose with Nix modules

* [https://nixery.dev Nixery ] - ad-hoc container images from Nix

=== Kubernetes ===

=== Kubernetes ===

* [https://github.com/xtruder/kubenix kubenix] - Kubernetes resource builder written in Nix

* [https://github.com/xtruder/nix-kubernetes nix-kubernetes] - Kubernetes deployment manager written in nix

==~~= NixOps related~~ ===

== Alternative nix implementations & parser ==

* [https://github.com/grafted-in/nixops-manager nixops-~~manager]~~ - ~~NixOps wrapper for Git repositories~~

* [https:~~//cgit.krebsco.de/krops/about/ krops]~~ - ~~a stateless alternative to nixops with improved secret management.~~

* [https://github.com/DBCDK/morph morph] - ~~a stateless alternative to nixops, deployment files mostly compatible to nixops's none backend~~

~~== Alternative nix implementations & parser ==~~

* [https://github.com/jwiegley/hnix hnix] (haskell, parser & evaluator)

* [https://github.com/nix-community/rnix-parser rnix] (rust, parser)

* [https://github.com/orivej/go-nix go-nix] (go, parser & nix-compatible file hasher)

* [https://github.com/NixOS/nix-idea/tree/master/src/~~gen~~/java/org/nixos/idea/lang nix-idea] (java, parser)

* [https://github.com/NixOS/nix-idea/tree/master/src/main/java/org/nixos/idea/lang nix-idea] (java, parser)

== Additional unofficial ecosystem ==

~~== See also ==~~

None of the services are required to use Nix. None of these services are affiliated with the [[Special:MyLanguage/NixOS Foundation|NixOS Foundation]].

* [[Language-specific package helpers]]

* [[Alternative Package Sets]]

; [https://cachix.org Cachix]: binary caches as a service. Free for public caches, subscription for private token-protected caches.

* [[Configuration Collection|Get inspiration from other peoples NixOS configuration]]

; [https://hercules-ci.com Hercules CI]: simplify your CI setup with stateless build agents. Free for open source, per-user subscription for private repositories.

; [https://garnix.io Garnix]: nix CI, caching (open beta) and cloud hosting (private alpha) based on Nix as a service. Currently free, but offers commerical plans.

; [https://nixbuild.net/ nixbuild.net]: remote Nix builders as a service for x86_64 and AArch64. Pay-per-use.

== See also ==

* [https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix awesome-nix]

* [[Special:MyLanguage/Language-specific package helpers|Language-specific package helpers]]

* [[Special:MyLanguage/Alternative Package Sets|Alternative Package Sets]]

* [[Special:MyLanguage/Configuration Collection|Get inspiration from other peoples NixOS configuration]]

* [https://search.nixos.org/packages NixOS Packages Search] for searching through NixOS packages

* [https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix awesome-nix]

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