Trending Nix Projects

This page lists the top trending Nix projects based on the growth of GitHub stars.
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Top 50 Trending Nix Projects

  • services-flake

    NixOS-like services for Nix flakes

  • Jovian-NixOS

    Discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#Jovian-Experiments:matrix.org

  • flakelight

    Framework for simplifying flake setup [maintainer=@accelbread]

  • nixos-images

    Automatically build (netboot) images for NixOS [maintainer=@Mic92]

  • dconf2nix

    :feet: Convert dconf files (e.g. GNOME Shell) to Nix, as expected by Home Manager [maintainer=@jtojnar]

  • nixfmt

    The official (but not yet stable) formatter for Nix code

  • nixvim

    Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainer=@pta2002, @traxys, @GaetanLepage]

  • jetpack-nixos

    NixOS module for NVIDIA Jetson devices

  • nixbsd

    An unofficial NixOS fork with a FreeBSD kernel

  • disko

    Declarative disk partitioning and formatting using nix [maintainer=@Lassulus]

  • lib

    Unified configuration for systems, packages, modules, shells, templates, and more with Nix Flakes. (by snowfallorg)

  • dev-templates

    Dev environments for numerous languages based on Nix flakes [maintainer=@lucperkins]

  • tvix

    Tvix - A Rust implementation of Nix. Read-only mirror of https://cs.tvl.fyi/depot/-/tree/tvix

  • srvos

    NixOS profiles for servers [maintainer=@numtide]

  • treefmt-nix

    treefmt nix configuration

  • devenv

    Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments

  • flake-parts

    ❄️ Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system

  • impermanence

    Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [maintainer=@talyz]

  • nixpkgs-python

    All Python versions, kept up-to-date on hourly basis using Nix.

  • NixOS-WSL

    NixOS on WSL(2) [maintainer=@nzbr]

  • nixos-hardware

    A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.

  • terranix

    terranix is a terraform.json generator with a nix-like feeling

  • musnix

    Real-time audio in NixOS

  • nixos-generators

    Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]

  • neovim-nightly-overlay

    [maintainer=@Kranzes]

  • haumea

    Filesystem-based module system for Nix [maintainer=@figsoda]

  • nix.dev

    Official documentation for getting things done with Nix.

  • nix-direnv

    A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]

  • nixos-vscode-server

    Visual Studio Code Server support in NixOS

  • nixpak

    Runtime sandboxing for Nix

  • styx

    Static site generator in Nix expression language. (by styx-static)

  • fenix

    Rust toolchains and rust-analyzer nightly for Nix [maintainer=@figsoda] (by figsoda)

  • flake

    A Nix flake for many AI projects

  • nur-combined

    A repository of NUR that combines all repositories [maintainer=@Mic92]

  • cargo2nix

    Granular builds of Rust projects for Nix

  • git-hooks.nix

    Seamless integration of https://pre-commit.com git hooks with Nix.

  • nix-doom-emacs

    doom-emacs packaged for Nix [maintainers=@ckiee,@thiagokokada] (by nix-community)

  • poetry2nix

    Convert poetry projects to nix automagically [maintainer=@adisbladis]

  • Home Manager using Nix

    Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]

  • krops

    Mirror of https://cgit.krebsco.de/krops/about/ (PRs / issues accepted, as can be seen by not having them disabled)

  • templates

    Flake templates (by NixOS)

  • nixGL

    A wrapper tool for nix OpenGL application [maintainer=@guibou]

  • nix-index-database

    Weekly updated nix-index database [maintainer=@Mic92]

  • gomod2nix

    Convert applications using Go modules to Nix expressions [maintainer=@adisbladis]

  • RedNix

    Hackable NixOS container

  • arion-compose

    Run docker-compose with help from Nix/NixOS

  • devshell

    Per project developer environments

  • Tow-Boot

    An opinionated distribution of U-Boot. — https://matrix.to/#/#Tow-Boot:matrix.org?via=matrix.org

  • nix-environments

    Repository to maintain out-of-tree shell.nix files (maintainer=@mic92)

  • flake-utils

    Pure Nix flake utility functions [maintainer=@zimbatm]

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

What are some of the trending open-source Nix projects? This list will help you:

Project Growth
1 services-flake 33.9%
2 Jovian-NixOS 15.3%
3 flakelight 14.5%
4 nixos-images 13.2%
5 dconf2nix 12.9%
6 nixfmt 12.7%
7 nixvim 12.0%
8 jetpack-nixos 11.9%
9 nixbsd 11.7%
10 disko 11.5%
11 lib 11.3%
12 dev-templates 11.2%
13 tvix 10.7%
14 srvos 9.7%
15 treefmt-nix 9.1%
16 devenv 8.5%
17 flake-parts 8.0%
18 impermanence 8.0%
19 nixpkgs-python 7.9%
20 NixOS-WSL 7.6%
21 nixos-hardware 7.3%
22 terranix 7.1%
23 musnix 7.0%
24 nixos-generators 6.9%
25 neovim-nightly-overlay 6.6%
26 haumea 6.4%
27 nix.dev 6.2%
28 nix-direnv 6.0%
29 nixos-vscode-server 5.9%
30 nixpak 5.8%
31 styx 5.8%
32 fenix 5.6%
33 flake 5.5%
34 nur-combined 5.5%
35 cargo2nix 5.2%
36 git-hooks.nix 4.9%
37 nix-doom-emacs 4.8%
38 poetry2nix 4.7%
39 Home Manager using Nix 4.7%
40 krops 4.6%
41 templates 4.6%
42 nixGL 4.6%
43 nix-index-database 4.5%
44 gomod2nix 4.5%
45 RedNix 4.4%
46 arion-compose 4.3%
47 devshell 4.2%
48 Tow-Boot 4.1%
49 nix-environments 4.0%
50 flake-utils 3.9%