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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).


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


== Non-NixOS Distributions == <!--T:3-->
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Various applications built on top of Nix:
Various applications built on top of Nix:


* [https://github.com/fractalide/fractalide fractalide] - Reusable Reproducible Composable Software
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* [https://github.com/musnix/musnix musnix] - real-time audio modules for NixOS
* [https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-bundle nix-bundle] - package Nix attributes into single-file executables.
* [https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin nix-darwin] - NixOS modules for Darwin
* [https://github.com/lethalman/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] - install Nix as an unpriviliged user on any system
* [https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os not-os] - build a system firmware for embedded devices
* [https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os not-os] - build a system firmware for embedded devices
== Built with Nix == <!--T:6-->
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Projects which leverage Nix.
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* [https://github.com/styx-static/styx styx] - Static site generator in Nix expression language
* [https://github.com/styx-static/styx styx] - Static site generator in Nix expression language
* [https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell nixos-shell (Mic92)] - Spawns lightweight nixos vms in a shell (like vagrant)
* [https://github.com/PapenfussLab/bionix bionix] - manage and execute bioinformatics pipelines
* [https://github.com/chrisfarms/nixos-shell nixos-shell (chrisfarms)] - like nix-shell, but for NixOS modules. Buildable version can be found [https://github.com/wavewave/nixos-shell/tree/submodule in this fork]
* [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://github.com/erikarvstedt/extra-container extra-container] - Run declarative NixOS containers from the command line. Similar to nixos-shell (chrisfarms)
* [https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver nixos-mailserver] - A complete and Simple NixOS Mailserver
* [https://github.com/nixcloud/nixcloud-webservices nixcloud-webservices] - nixpkgs extension for web-related technologies
 
* [https://cgit.krebsco.de/krops/about/ krops] - a stateless alternative to nixops with improved secret management.
== Nix Platform == <!--T:9-->
* [https://github.com/DBCDK/morph morph] - a stateless alternative to nixops, deployment files mostly compatible to nixops's none backend
 
* [https://github.com/nixbitcoin/nix-bitcoin/ nix-bitcoin] - Set of NixOS modules to install a bitcoin node with emphasis on security
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Projects which add support (e.g. for extra platforms or major capabilities) to Nix.
 
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* [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 == <!--T:12-->
 
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Various tools built for working with the Nix Ecosystem (e.g. enhancements or alternatives to core Nix tools).
 
=== General configuration === <!--T:14-->
 
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* [https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager home-manager] - System for managing a user environment using Nix
* [https://github.com/nix-community/plasma-manager plasma-manager] - manage KDE Plasma with Home-manager
 
== About == <!--T:16-->
 
=== Flakes === <!--T:17-->
 
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* [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
* [https://github.com/numtide/flake-utils flake-utils] - Set of flake-building utility functions
* [https://github.com/hercules-ci/flake-parts flake-parts] - Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system
* [https://snowfall.org/ snowfall] - Unified configuration for systems, packages, modules, shells, templates, and more with Nix Flakes.
 
=== Archives === <!--T:19-->
 
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* [https://github.com/taktoa/narfuse narfuse] - FUSE filesystem for mounting Nix archive (NAR) files as a virtual Nix store
 
=== Clustering === <!--T:21-->


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


Various tools built for working with the Nix Ecosystem:
=== Comparison === <!--T:23-->


* [https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review nixpkgs-review] - Review nixpkgs pull requests
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* [https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update nix-update] - Swiss army knife for updating nix packages
* [https://github.com/madjar/nox nox] - Tools to make Nix easier to use
* [https://github.com/Gabriel439/nix-diff nix-diff] - Compare Nix derivations
* [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://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 === <!--T:25-->
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* [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 === <!--T:27-->
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* [https://github.com/astro/deadnix deadnix] - Removes unused code from .nix files
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* [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/NixOS/nixfmt nixfmt] - The official formatter for Nix code
* [https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt nixpkgs-fmt] - Alternative code formatter, originally used in [[Nixpkgs]].
=== Package maintenance === <!--T:30-->
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* [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 === <!--T:32-->
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* [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 === <!--T:34-->
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* [https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index nix-index] - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files
* [https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index nix-index] - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files
* [https://github.com/awakesecurity/nix-delegate nix-delegate] - Convenient utility for distributed Nix builds
* [https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du nix-du] - Find which gc-roots take disk space in a nix store
* [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/nix-hackers/nix-info nix-info] - Homebrew info querying for Nix
* [https://github.com/peterhoeg/nix-upgrade-scripts nix-upgrade-scripts] - Tools for Nixpkgs maintainers to upgrade packages
* [https://github.com/flyingcircusio/userscan userscan] - Scans directories containing manually compiled programs and registers them with the Nix garbage collector
* [https://github.com/grafted-in/nixops-manager nixops-manager] - NixOps wrapper for Git repositories
* [https://github.com/peterldowns/nix-search-cli nix-search-cli] - CLI for searching packages on search.nixos.org
* [https://github.com/taktoa/narfuse narfuse] - FUSE filesystem for mounting Nix archive (NAR) files as a virtual Nix store
 
* [https://github.com/craigmbooth/nix-visualize nix-visualize] - Visualize the dependencies of a given package
=== Shell === <!--T:36-->
* [https://github.com/rycee/home-manager home-manager] - System for managing a user environment using Nix
 
* [https://github.com/sheenobu/nix-home nix-home] - Utilities for working with user configurations in Nix
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* [https://github.com/guibou/nixGL nixGl] - A wrapper to run OpenGL applications outside of NixOS
* [https://github.com/holidaycheck/nix-venient nix-venient] - A collection of convenient commands for working with nix/nixpkgs
* [https://github.com/nmattia/niv niv] - Painless dependencies for Nix projects
* [https://github.com/hedning/nix-bash-completions nix-bash-completions] - Bash completion for <code>nix*</code> commands
* [https://github.com/hedning/nix-bash-completions nix-bash-completions] - Bash completion for <code>nix*</code> commands
* [https://github.com/flyingcircusio/userscan userscan] - Scans directories containing manually compiled programs and registers them with the Nix garbage collector
* [https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell nixos-shell (Mic92)] - Spawns lightweight nixos vms in a shell (like vagrant)
* [https://github.com/serokell/nixfmt nixfmt] - A formatter for Nix code
* [https://github.com/chrisfarms/nixos-shell nixos-shell (chrisfarms)] - like nix-shell, but for NixOS modules. Buildable version can be found [https://github.com/wavewave/nixos-shell/tree/submodule in this fork]
* [https://github.com/erikarvstedt/extra-container extra-container] - Run declarative NixOS containers from the command line. Similar to nixos-shell (chrisfarms)
 
=== Other === <!--T:38-->
 
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* [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 == <!--T:40-->


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Operations tools for the Nix Ecosystem:
Operations tools for the Nix Ecosystem:


=== Official === <!--T:42-->
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* [https://github.com/nixos/hydra Hydra] - Nix's official continuous integration and build system.
* [https://github.com/nixos/hydra Hydra] - Nix's official continuous integration and build system.
* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixops NixOps] - Nix's official (but unmaintained) tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or the cloud.
=== Deployment === <!--T:44-->
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* [https://github.com/rapenne-s/bento Bento] - a NixOS fleet manager supporting remote systems not up 24/7
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* [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
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* [[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
=== Docker === <!--T:48-->
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* [https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion Arion] - configure Docker Compose with Nix modules
* [https://nixery.dev Nixery ] - ad-hoc container images from Nix
=== Kubernetes === <!--T:50-->
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* [https://github.com/xtruder/kubenix kubenix] - Kubernetes resource builder written in Nix
* [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
* [https://github.com/xtruder/nix-kubernetes nix-kubernetes] - Kubernetes deployment manager written in nix
* [https://github.com/svanderburg/disnix Disnix] - a microservice architecture built with Nix.
* [https://github.com/TaktInc/hail Hail] - a service for pull-based continuous deployment.
* [https://github.com/DBCDK/morph Morph] - a NixOS deployment tool
* [https://nixery.dev Nixery ] - ad-hoc container images from Nix
* [https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion#readme Arion] - configure Docker Compose with Nix modules
* [https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs deploy-rs] - a simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool


== Alternative nix implementations & parser ==
== Alternative nix implementations & parser == <!--T:52-->


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* [https://github.com/jwiegley/hnix hnix] (haskell, parser & evaluator)
* [https://github.com/jwiegley/hnix hnix] (haskell, parser & evaluator)
* [https://gitlab.com/jD91mZM2/rnix rnix] (rust, parser)
* [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/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 == <!--T:54-->
 
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None of the services are required to use Nix. None of these services are affiliated with the [[Special:MyLanguage/NixOS Foundation|NixOS Foundation]].


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; [https://cachix.org Cachix]: binary caches as a service. Free for public caches, subscription for private token-protected caches.
; [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 ==
== See also == <!--T:57-->


* [[Language-specific package helpers]]
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* [[Alternative Package Sets]]
* [https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix awesome-nix]
* [[Configuration Collection|Get inspiration from other peoples NixOS configuration]]
* [[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://search.nixos.org/packages NixOS Packages Search] for searching through NixOS packages
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Latest revision as of 22:19, 30 October 2024

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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 Nix Ecosystem for the Core Nix Ecosystem).

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

Non-NixOS Distributions

Various applications built on top of Nix:

  • not-os - build a system firmware for embedded devices

Built with Nix

Projects which leverage Nix.

  • styx - Static site generator in Nix expression language
  • bionix - manage and execute bioinformatics pipelines
  • ethereum.nix - A collection of Nix packages and NixOS modules designed to make it easier to operate Ethereum related services and infrastructure
  • nixos-mailserver - A complete and Simple NixOS Mailserver

Nix Platform

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

  • nix-darwin - NixOS modules for Darwin
  • musnix - real-time audio modules for NixOS
  • nixGl - A wrapper to run OpenGL applications outside of NixOS

Nix Tooling

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

General configuration

About

Flakes

  • deploy-rs - Nix flake deployment tool
  • flake-utils-plus - Flake templates and helper library. Extension of below
  • flake-utils - Set of flake-building utility functions
  • flake-parts - Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system
  • snowfall - Unified configuration for systems, packages, modules, shells, templates, and more with Nix Flakes.

Archives

  • narfuse - FUSE filesystem for mounting Nix archive (NAR) files as a virtual Nix store

Clustering

  • nix-delegate - Convenient utility for distributed Nix builds

Comparison

  • nix-diff - Compare Nix derivations
  • niff - Compare two Nix expressions to determine what attributes changes
  • nvd - Nix/NixOS package version diff tool

Dependencies

  • nix-visualize - Visualize the dependencies of a given package
  • niv - Painless dependencies for Nix projects

Nix lang comprehension

  • deadnix - Removes unused code from .nix files
  • statix - Linter and suggestions for the nix programming language
  • nil - Nix Language server, an incremental analysis assistant for writing in Nix.
  • nixfmt - The official formatter for Nix code
  • nixpkgs-fmt - Alternative code formatter, originally used in Nixpkgs.

Package maintenance

Debugging

  • dwarffs - Fetches DWARF debug info files for gdb automatically from cache.nixos.org
  • nixseparatedebuginfod - Fetches debug symbols and source files for debuginfod-capables tools like gdb

Search

  • nix-index - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files
  • nix-du - Find which gc-roots take disk space in a nix store
  • nix-info - Homebrew info querying for Nix
  • userscan - Scans directories containing manually compiled programs and registers them with the Nix garbage collector
  • nix-search-cli - CLI for searching packages on search.nixos.org

Shell

Other

  • nix-bundle - package Nix attributes into single-file executables.
  • nix-user-chroot - install Nix as an unpriviliged user on any system
  • 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

Operations tools for the Nix Ecosystem:

Official

  • Hydra - Nix's official continuous integration and build system.
  • NixOps - Nix's official (but unmaintained) tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or the cloud.

Deployment

  • Bento - a NixOS fleet manager supporting remote systems not up 24/7
  • colmena - a NixOS deployment tool
  • comin - A deployment tool to continuously pull from Git repositories.
  • deploy-rs - a simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool
  • krops - a lightweight toolkit to deploy NixOS systems, remotely or locally
  • lollypops - a parallel and stateless NixOS deployment tool
  • Morph - a NixOS deployment tool
  • Nixinate - A Nix flake library to provide app outputs for managing existing NixOS hosts over SSH.
  • nixos-build --target-host
  • NixOps - [Not recommended for new projects] a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud.
  • Nixus - an experimental NixOS deployment tool

Docker

  • Arion - configure Docker Compose with Nix modules
  • Nixery - ad-hoc container images from Nix

Kubernetes

  • kubenix - Kubernetes resource builder written in Nix
  • nix-kubernetes - Kubernetes deployment manager written in nix

Alternative nix implementations & parser

  • hnix (haskell, parser & evaluator)
  • rnix (rust, parser)
  • go-nix (go, parser & nix-compatible file hasher)
  • nix-idea (java, parser)

Additional unofficial ecosystem

None of the services are required to use Nix. None of these services are affiliated with the NixOS Foundation.

Cachix
binary caches as a service. Free for public caches, subscription for private token-protected caches.
Hercules CI
simplify your CI setup with stateless build agents. Free for open source, per-user subscription for private repositories.
Garnix
nix CI, caching (open beta) and cloud hosting (private alpha) based on Nix as a service. Currently free, but offers commerical plans.
nixbuild.net
remote Nix builders as a service for x86_64 and AArch64. Pay-per-use.

See also

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