Comparison of NixOS setups: Difference between revisions

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This table provides a comparison of NixOS setups, may them be templates, user or domain-specific setups, and more. It can be useful to NixOS users who want to take inspiration and learn from existing configurations.

Definitions

Name: Name of the setup.
Template: Whether it is designed as a template for using as base of NixOS systems or not.
Flakes: Whether it implements Flakes or not.
Home Manager: Whether it makes use of Home Manager or not.
[TODO] Secretes: Whether it makes use of secret management schemes or not, and if yes, then a list of the used schemes.
File system: A list of the main file systems used (e.g. BTRFS, ZFS, EXT4, etc).
System encryption: Whether it has encryption on a system level or not, and the software it uses for encryption (e.g. LUKS, ZFS native, etc).
Opt-in state: Whether it supports opt-in state or not.
[TODO] Display server: A list of supported display servers (e.g. X, Wayland, etc)
[TODO] Desktop environment: A list of supported desktop environments (e.g. i3, GNOME, KDE, LXQt, Sway, XFCE, Xmonad, etc).
Maintained: Whether its repository has commits in the last 10 months or not.
Repository: Link to the repository.

General information

Name	Template	Flakes	Home Manager	File system	System encryption	Opt-in state	Display server	Maintained	Repository
DevOS	Yes	Yes	Yes	None	No	No	?	Yes	divnix/devos
hlissner/dotfiles	No	Yes	Yes	ZFS	Yes (LUKS)	No	?	Yes	hlissner/dotfiles
nixos-flake-example	Yes	Yes	No	None	No	No	?	Yes	colemickens/nixos-flake-example
SoxinOS	Yes	Yes	Yes	None	No	No	?	Yes	SoxinOS/soxin
not-os	No	No	No	None	No	No	?	Yes	cleverca22/not-os
NixOS-WSL	Yes	Yes	No	None	No	No	?	Yes	Trundle/NixOS-WSL
Simple NixOS Mailserver	No	Yes	No	None	No	No	?	Yes	simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver
Nix Portable	No	Yes	No	None	No	No	?	Yes	DavHau/nix-portable
rasendubi/dotfiles	No	Yes	Yes	None	No	No	?	Yes	rasendubi/dotfiles
puffnfresh/nix-files	No	No	Yes	ZFS	No	No	?	Yes	puffnfresh/nix-files
Shabka	No	No	Yes	BTRFS	No	No	?	No	kalbasit/shabka
MatthewCroughan/nixcfg	No	Yes	Yes	ZFS	Yes (LUKS)	No	?	Yes	MatthewCroughan/nixcfg
Icy-Thought/Snowflake	No	Yes	Yes	EXT4	No	No	?	Yes	Icy-Thought/Snowflake
NixOSEncryptedLiveCD	No	No	No		Yes (LUKS)	Yes	?	No	adrianparvino/NixOSEncryptedLiveCD
tudurom/dotfiles	No	Yes	Yes	BTRFS, ZFS	Yes (LUKS)	Yes	?	Yes	tudurom/dotfiles
balsoft/nixos-config	No	Yes	Yes	EXT4	Yes (LUKS)	Yes	?	Yes	balsoft/nixos-config
srid/nixos-config	No	Yes	Yes	EXT4	No	No	?	Yes	srid/nixos-config
mt-caret/nix-config	No	Yes	Yes	BTRFS	No	Yes	?	Yes	mt-caret/nix-config
grahamc/nixos-config	No	No	No	ZFS	Yes (LUKS)	No	?	No	grahamc/nixos-config
Ericson2314/nixos-configuration	No	No	Yes	ZFS	Yes (LUKS)	No	Wayland or X11	Yes	Ericson2314/nixos-configuration

External links

Search GitHub by most starred "nixos language:nix"

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 |[https://github.com/MatthewCroughan/nixcfg MatthewCroughan/nixcfg]
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 |[https://github.com/adrianparvino/NixOSEncryptedLiveCD adrianparvino/NixOSEncryptedLiveCD]
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 |[https://github.com/balsoft/nixos-config balsoft/nixos-config]
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 |[https://github.com/Ericson2314/nixos-configuration Ericson2314/nixos-configuration]
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 == External links ==
 * [https://github.com/search?o=desc&p=1&q=nixos+language%3Anix&s=stars&type=Repositories Search GitHub by most starred "nixos language:nix"]