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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

home-manager - System for managing a user environment using Nix
plasma-manager - manage KDE Plasma with Home-manager

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.

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 - A formatter for Nix code
nixpkgs-fmt - Nix code formatter for nixpkgs

Package maintenance

nix-update - Swiss-knife for updating nix packages.
nixpkgs-review - Review nixpkgs pull requests

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

nix-bash-completions - Bash completion for nix* commands
nixos-shell (Mic92) - Spawns lightweight nixos vms in a shell (like vagrant)
nixos-shell (chrisfarms) - like nix-shell, but for NixOS modules. Buildable version can be found in this fork
extra-container - Run declarative NixOS containers from the command line. Similar to nixos-shell (chrisfarms)

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 inofficial 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.

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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 ==
+== Non-NixOS Distributions == <!--T:3-->
+<!--T:4-->
 Various applications built on top of Nix:
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 * [https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os not-os] - build a system firmware for embedded devices
-== Built with Nix ==
+== Built with Nix == <!--T:6-->
+<!--T:7-->
 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/PapenfussLab/bionix bionix] - manage and execute bioinformatics pipelines
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 * [https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver nixos-mailserver] - A complete and Simple NixOS Mailserver
-== Nix Platform ==
+== Nix Platform == <!--T:9-->
+<!--T:10-->
 Projects which add support (e.g. for extra platforms or major capabilities) to Nix.
+<!--T:11-->
 * [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 == <!--T:12-->
+<!--T:13-->
 Various tools built for working with the Nix Ecosystem (e.g. enhancements or alternatives to core Nix tools).
-=== General configuration ===
+=== General configuration === <!--T:14-->
+<!--T:15-->
 * [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 ==
+== About == <!--T:16-->
-=== Flakes ===
+=== Flakes === <!--T:17-->
+<!--T:18-->
 * [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.
-=== Archives ===
+=== Archives === <!--T:19-->
+<!--T:20-->
 * [https://github.com/taktoa/narfuse narfuse] - FUSE filesystem for mounting Nix archive (NAR) files as a virtual Nix store
-=== Clustering ===
+=== Clustering === <!--T:21-->
+<!--T:22-->
 * [https://github.com/awakesecurity/nix-delegate nix-delegate] - Convenient utility for distributed Nix builds
-=== Comparison ===
+=== Comparison === <!--T:23-->
+<!--T:24-->
 * [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 === <!--T:25-->
+<!--T:26-->
 * [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 === <!--T:27-->
+<!--T:28-->
 * [https://github.com/astro/deadnix deadnix] - Removes unused code from .nix files
+<!--T:29-->
 * [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.
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 * [https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt nixpkgs-fmt] - Nix code formatter for nixpkgs
-=== Package maintenance ===
+=== Package maintenance === <!--T:30-->
+<!--T:31-->
 * [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 === <!--T:32-->
+<!--T:33-->
 * [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 === <!--T:34-->
+<!--T:35-->
 * [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
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 * [https://github.com/peterldowns/nix-search-cli nix-search-cli] - CLI for searching packages on search.nixos.org
-=== Shell ===
+=== Shell === <!--T:36-->
+<!--T:37-->
 * [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 === <!--T:38-->
+<!--T:39-->
 * [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-->
+<!--T:41-->
 Operations tools for the Nix Ecosystem:
-=== Official ===
+=== Official === <!--T:42-->
+<!--T:43-->
 * [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 ===
+=== Deployment === <!--T:44-->
+<!--T:45-->
 * [https://github.com/rapenne-s/bento Bento] - a NixOS fleet manager supporting remote systems not up 24/7
+<!--T:46-->
 * [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
+<!--T:47-->
 * [[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
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 * [https://github.com/Infinisil/nixus Nixus] - an experimental NixOS deployment tool
-=== Docker ===
+=== Docker === <!--T:48-->
+<!--T:49-->
 * [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 === <!--T:50-->
+<!--T:51-->
 * [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
-== Alternative nix implementations & parser ==
+== Alternative nix implementations & parser == <!--T:52-->
+<!--T:53-->
 * [https://github.com/jwiegley/hnix hnix] (haskell, parser & evaluator)
 * [https://github.com/nix-community/rnix-parser rnix] (rust, parser)
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 * [https://github.com/NixOS/nix-idea/tree/master/src/gen/java/org/nixos/idea/lang nix-idea] (java, parser)
-== Additional inofficial ecosystem ==
+== Additional inofficial ecosystem == <!--T:54-->
+<!--T:55-->
 None of the services are required to use Nix. None of these services are affiliated with the [[Special:MyLanguage/NixOS Foundation|NixOS Foundation]].
+<!--T:56-->
 ; [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.
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 ; [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-->
+<!--T:58-->
 * [https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix awesome-nix]
 * [[Special:MyLanguage/Language-specific package helpers|Language-specific package helpers]]