nix-community

Nix community projects Joined Oct 2017 View on GitHub

Stars
96,226
across 192 public repos
Rank
#235
of 94,827 organizations, top 0.2%
Down 7 places this week

Repositories with 50+ stars

nix-community's repositories with their overall rank
RankRepositoryLanguageStars
5,436

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

Nix 10,514
11,509

😎 A curated list of the best resources in the Nix community [maintainer=@cyntheticfox]

5,543
18,689

Install NixOS everywhere via SSH [maintainers=@Mic92 @Lassulus @phaer @Enzime @a-kenji]

Shell 3,575
19,589

Declarative disk partitioning and formatting using nix [maintainers=@Lassulus @Enzime @iFreilicht @Mic92 @phaer]

Nix 3,427
19,982

Yet another Nix CLI helper. [Maintainers=@NotAShelf, @faukah]

Rust 3,361
21,312

NixOS on WSL [maintainer=@nzbr]

Nix 3,158
22,674

Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman]

Nix 2,981
24,089

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

Shell 2,817
27,471

Theming framework for NixOS, Home Manager, nix-darwin, and Nix-on-Droid [maintainers=@0xda157, @danth, @trueNAHO]

Nix 2,469
27,848

A simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool [maintainer=@stepbrobd, @NickCao, @zhaofengli]

Rust 2,440
28,472

Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]

Nix 2,388
30,801

Nix-enabled environment for your Android device. [maintainers=@t184256]

Nix 2,207
34,237

Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Pandapip1]

Python 1,989
35,089

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

Nix 1,943
35,431

Secure Boot & Measured Boot for NixOS [maintainers=@blitz @raitobezarius @nikstur]

Rust 1,925
37,861

Comma runs software without installing it. [maintainers=@Artturin,@burke,@DavHau]

Rust 1,805
39,317

Run unpatched dynamic binaries on NixOS [maintainer=@Mic92]

Rust 1,742
40,025

Resources to install NixOS bare metal on Apple Silicon Macs [maintainers=@tpwrules,@flokli,@yuyuyureka]

Nix 1,713
45,302

Nix language server, based on nix libraries [maintainer=@inclyc,@takeokunn,@Aleksanaa]

C++ 1,511
45,869

Generate Nix packages from URLs with hash prefetching, dependency inference, license detection, and more [maintainer=@figsoda]

Rust 1,493
53,585

Simplified nix packaging for various programming language ecosystems [maintainer=@DavHau]

Nix 1,270
54,146

Manage KDE Plasma with Home Manager [maintainer=@HeitorAugustoLN]

Nix 1,256
59,223

Rust toolchains and rust-analyzer nightly for Nix [maintainers=@figsoda, @eureka-cpu]

Nix 1,138
61,777

An unofficial NixOS fork with a FreeBSD kernel [maintainer=@artemist,@rhelmot]

Nix 1,084
63,865

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

Nix 1,045
64,702

NixOS profiles for servers [maintainer=@numtide]

Nix 1,030
65,379

Build Rust projects in Nix - no configuration, no code generation, no IFD, sandbox friendly.

Nix 1,017
71,308

Convert poetry projects to nix automagically [maintainer=]

Nix 923
74,219

Vulnerability (CVE) scanner for Nix/NixOS [maintainer=@henrirosten]

Python 884
74,720

Your project’s nix-env [maintainer=@Profpatsch,@nyarly]

Go 878
76,132

Bundle Nix derivations to run anywhere! [maintainer=@matthewbauer, @Artturin]

Nix 861
79,972

Build Android (AOSP) using Nix [maintainer=@cyclic-pentane]

Nix 817
81,206

Generate Nix fetcher calls from URLs [maintainer=@figsoda]

Rust 804
89,118

Declarative hardware configuration for NixOS [maintainer=@brianmcgee,@Mic92]

Go 728
91,275

WIP Language Server for Nix! [maintainer=@aaronjanse]

Rust 709
98,565

Nix binary cache implemented in rust (maintainer: @Mic92)

Rust 651
99,892

Bleeding edge emacs overlay [maintainer=@adisbladis]

Nix 642
101,649

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

Nix 630
102,123

Automated, pre-built packages for Wayland (sway/wlroots) tools for NixOS. [maintainers=@colemickens, @Artturin]

Nix 627
105,660

https://noogle.dev - nix function exploring. [maintainer=@hsjobeki]

Nix 604
113,239

Visual Studio Code Server support in NixOS

Nix 560
114,538

Nix code formatter for nixpkgs [maintainer=@zimbatm]

Rust 553
119,700

crate2nix builds your cargo-based rust project crate-by-crate with nix

Nix 527
120,325

Nix language support for VSCode editor [maintainer: @jnoortheen]

TypeScript 524
123,469

Library for using modules to wrap packages with configuration directly, and a collection of pre-built wrapper modules! [maintainer=@BirdeeHub]

Nix 509
124,126

A linux distribution based on Nix [maintainer=@MagicRB]

Nix 506
138,173

Install & Run nix without root permissions [maintainer=@Mic92]

Rust 448
145,302

A set of Terraform modules that are designed to deploy NixOS [maintainer=@adrian-gierakowski]

HCL 423
145,946

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

Rust 421
146,551

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

Nix 419
147,151

[maintainer=@GaetanLepage, @willruggiano]

Nix 417
147,815

Framework for simplifying flake setup [maintainer=@accelbread]

Nix 415
148,471

❄️ A dead simple Nix flake template repository for Neovim derivations [maintainer=@mrcjkb]

Lua 413
152,791

Nix expressions for VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX extensions [maintainers=@deemp, @ameertaweel]

Haskell 400
154,119

A unified NixOS tooling replacement for nixos-* utilities [maintainers=@water-sucks,@Sporif]

Go 396
155,835

NixOS for Android Terminal (Android Virtualization Framework) [maintainers=@mkg20001]

Nix 391
160,907

Nix tooling to enable declarative management of non-volatile system state. [maintainer=@WilliButz]

Nix 377
162,446

Trustix: Distributed trust and reproducibility tracking for binary caches [maintainer=@adisbladis]

Go 373
178,602

NixOS Vagrant boxes [maintainer=@ifurther]

HCL 335
187,834

A ranger-like flake.lock viewer [maintainer=@figsoda]

Rust 316
191,522

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

Nix 309
192,106

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

Nix 308
192,658

NixOS modules to aid in configuring NixOS for raspberry pi products

Nix 307
195,939

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

Nix 301
199,825

A nixos module to make buildbot a proper Nix-CI [maintainer=@Mic92,@MagicRB]

Python 294
206,493

ZSH Completions for Nix

Shell 283
227,154

docker images from nixpkgs [maintainer=@zimbatm]

Nix 253
227,889

A set of useful Emacs modes and functions for users of Nix and Nix OS.

Emacs Lisp 252
233,403

Freeze pip-installable packages into Nix expressions [maintainer=@datakurre]

Python 245
234,986

Nix grammar for tree-sitter [maintainer=@cstrahan]

JavaScript 243
269,298

A repository of NUR that combines all repositories [maintainer=@Pandapip1]

Nix 206
277,190

A Nix DSL for DNS zone files [maintainers=@raitobezarius @kirelagin @Tom-Hubrecht]

Nix 199
286,750

Abandoned! Generate Nix expressions for Python packages

Python 191
290,552

check hydra for the build status of a package [maintainer=@makefu,@Artturin,@bryango]

Rust 188
291,819

Nix flake with package, NixOS module and VM test for authentik. Alternative deployment mode to the official docker-compose approach. No official support by authentik [maintainers=@ma27]

Nix 187
298,437

Cache Nix Store in GitHub Actions to speed up workflows [maintainer=@deemp]

TypeScript 182
301,221

Example on how to nixify a project [maintainer=@Rizary]

Nix 180
304,018

nix-community infrastructure [maintainer=@zowoq]

Nix 178
304,018

A series of NixOS modules to be used in conjunction with https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-facter [maintainer=@brianmcgee,@Mic92]

Nix 178
306,866

A fast semantic linter for Nix using tree-sitter 🌳 + ❄️. [maintainers=@Artturin,@siraben]

Rust 176
308,360

Tool to generate documentation for Nix library functions [maintainer=@hsjobeki]

Rust 175
315,986

Generate a nix expression to build bun packages - similar to node2nix or yarn2nix [maintainer=@baileylu121]

Nix 170
328,930

Elements of Nix re-implemented as Go libraries [maintainer=@flokli]

Go 162
332,301

A template for NUR repositories: [maintainer=@fgaz]

Nix 160
332,301

collection of one-shot scripts to install NixOS on various server hosters and other hardware. [maintainer=@happysalada]

Shell 160
332,301

Nix flake templates managed by the community [maintainer=@IogaMaster]

Nix 160
332,301

This is a collection of helm charts in a nix-digestable format. [maintainers=@farcaller, @e1senh0rn]

Python 160
337,460

A library to turn Nix Flake attribute sets into Github Actions matrices [maintainer=@adisbladis]

Nix 157
339,268

Nix packages and NixOS modules for the Ethereum ecosystem. [maintainers=@aldoborrero,@brianmcgee,@selfuryon,@bbjubjub2494]

Nix 156
341,116

Generate configuration files using Nix [maintainer=@jmgilman]

Nix 155
352,327

Install NvChad on Nix-based system [maintainer=@Bot-wxt1221, @MOIS3Y]

Nix 149
356,174

nixify npm based packages [maintainer=@andir]

Nix 147
360,099

Snapshot testing for Nix based on haumea [maintainer=@figsoda]

Rust 145
362,233

Unit testing for Nix code [maintainer=@adisbladis]

C++ 144
362,233

Nix overlay for VSCode

Rust 144
370,617

Nix installers for legacy distributions (rpm & deb & pacman) [maintainer=@adisbladis]

Nix 140
377,305

Run unpatched dynamic binaries on NixOS [maintainer=@zhaofengli @Mic92]

Rust 137
381,787

An easy to use Linux builder for macOS [maintainer=@nicknovitski]

Nix 135
398,367

Convert the dependencies in `build.zig.zon` to a Nix expression [maintainer=@figsoda]

Zig 128
400,911

Generate nix expressions from a yarn.lock file [maintainer=???]

Nix 127

Among 94,827 organizations

63k–100k stars: 206 organizations, including nix-community

Stars along the bottom, and organizations in each band on a log scale

Where the stars are

Languages

  1. Nix 53.6k stars, 56% · 72 repos
  2. Rust 17.8k stars, 19% · 22 repos
  3. Shell 6.8k stars, 7% · 4 repos
  4. Python 3.9k stars, 4% · 8 repos
  5. Go 2.5k stars, 3% · 5 repos
  6. C++ 1.7k stars, 2% · 2 repos
  7. TypeScript 826 stars, 1% · 3 repos
  8. HCL 758 stars, 1% · 2 repos

and 7 more languages

When they were made

100 repos with 50+ stars, made between 2012 and 2025

Quick stats

Next rank
+258 stars to reach #234
Next milestone
+94,543 stars to reach the top 0.1%
Public repos
192, 128 with 50+ stars
Popular repos
27 over 1k stars, 1 over 10k stars
Top repo
home-manager, #5,436 of all repos, 11% of stars
Smaller repos
1,020 stars from repos under 50

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