pkgsrc VS .nixpkgs

Compare pkgsrc vs .nixpkgs and see what are their differences.

pkgsrc

NetBSD/pkgsrc fork for our binary package repositories (by TritonDataCenter)
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pkgsrc.smartos.org
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.nixpkgs

By cmacrae
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pkgsrc .nixpkgs
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0.0 10.0
6 days ago about 5 years ago
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pkgsrc

Posts with mentions or reviews of pkgsrc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-08.

.nixpkgs

Posts with mentions or reviews of .nixpkgs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-02.
  • Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Nov 2021
    Regarding GUI applications: you're probably talking about the Nixpkgs repository, rather than the Nix tool itself.

    I use the following Nix function to install GUI applications https://github.com/cmacrae/.nixpkgs/blob/d4b51eb414b0edaffae...

    It doesn't work for everything, but I use it at the moment for Amethyst, DBeaver, DockerDesktop, Emacs, Firefox, iTerm2, Postman, Slack and VNCViewer.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pkgsrc and .nixpkgs you can also consider the following projects:

HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

homebrew-cask-versions - 🔢 Alternate versions of Casks

nix-config - Mirror of http://chriswarbo.net/git/nix-config

opensource.how - Open-source etiquette

arkade - Open Source Marketplace For Developer Tools

homebrew-core - 🍻 Default formulae for the missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

homebrew-graph - Creates a dependency graph of Homebrew formulae.

PostgresApp - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac

pkgsrc vs HomeBrew .nixpkgs vs homebrew-cask-versions pkgsrc vs nix-config .nixpkgs vs opensource.how pkgsrc vs homebrew-cask-versions .nixpkgs vs arkade pkgsrc vs opensource.how .nixpkgs vs homebrew-core pkgsrc vs homebrew-graph .nixpkgs vs homebrew-graph pkgsrc vs PostgresApp .nixpkgs vs HomeBrew