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Top 23 Nix Dotfile Projects
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Project mention: Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-23
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nix-starter-configs
Simple and documented config templates to help you get started with NixOS + home-manager + flakes. All the boilerplate you need!
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nixos-config
General purpose Nix starter template for macOS or NixOS w/ step-by-step instructions (by dustinlyons)
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nix-config
❄️ My nix config for both desktops(NixOS+macOS) and homelab servers(NixOS). (by ryan4yin)
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SaaSHub
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nix-wrapper-modules
Library for using modules to wrap packages with configuration directly, and a collection of pre-built wrapper modules! [maintainer=@BirdeeHub]
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nixcfg
My nix configuration(s), using flakes. It's my laptop, it's my servers, it's my everything, in code. (by MatthewCroughan)
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Dotfile projects in Nix? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Home Manager using Nix | 10,398 |
| 2 | nix-darwin | 5,975 |
| 3 | nix-starter-configs | 3,844 |
| 4 | nixos-config | 3,635 |
| 5 | dotfiles | 3,098 |
| 6 | nix-config | 2,074 |
| 7 | dotfiles | 1,951 |
| 8 | Foundry | 1,339 |
| 9 | dotfiles | 1,147 |
| 10 | nix-config | 1,114 |
| 11 | dotfiles | 1,081 |
| 12 | digga | 1,021 |
| 13 | crystal | 883 |
| 14 | omarchy-nix | 813 |
| 15 | nix-config | 741 |
| 16 | system | 532 |
| 17 | nix-homelab | 528 |
| 18 | nixcfg | 489 |
| 19 | yuki | 481 |
| 20 | nix-wrapper-modules | 474 |
| 21 | nixdots | 352 |
| 22 | nixcfg | 331 |
| 23 | nix-config | 289 |
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