Alternative Package Sets

nixpkgs replacements

This is a list of Nixpkgs alternatives.

• triton - differences between nixpkgs and triton
• nixcrpkgs Focus on cross-compiling

Overlays

Since nixos-17.03 nixpkgs provides the overlay feature which can be used to extend the nixpkgs package set (Chapter about overlays in the nixpkgs manual).

This is an non-exhaustive list of overlays:

• Rust-nightly overlay - details in nixpkgs manual

NixOS enhancements

• nixsap - allows to run multiple instances of a service without containers
• musnix - Real-time audio in NixOS