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Top 14 Nix HacktoberFest Projects

HacktoberFest

  1. nixpkgs

    Nix Packages collection & NixOS

    Project mention: Why We're Moving on from Nix | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-07

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. sops-nix

    Atomic secret provisioning for NixOS based on sops

    Project mention: NixOS. Managing secrets with sops-nix | dev.to | 2025-02-21

    Hi! Here are some notes about how to use secrets in NixOS configuration securely. As of now I use sops-nix with simple age keys (not generated from ssh keys).

  4. dream2nix

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

  5. nix-1p

    A (more or less) one page introduction to Nix, the language.

  6. dotfiles

    My NixOS dotfiles (by Mic92)

  7. haskell.nix

    Alternative Haskell Infrastructure for Nixpkgs

    Project mention: Haskell Project Template with Nix Flakes | dev.to | 2025-05-20

    Haskell.nix -- a more flexible but complex option from IOHK.

  8. nixos-config

    My Personal Nix/NixOS Configuration. (by Baitinq)

  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. FSharpPacker

    Packs FSX files into executable

    Project mention: FSharpPacker – compile F# scripts to executables | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-03

  11. napalm

    Support for building npm packages in Nix and lightweight npm registry [maintainer=?] (by nix-community)

  12. nix-rice

    A library to functionally define your configuration and theme (rice) with Nix

  13. nixpkgs-f2k

    my personal package repository (binary cache included!)

  14. nixexprs

    nix stuff

  15. nixDir

    Transform a directory into a nix flake

  16. machine-configuration

    Configuration files for my NixOS installs

  17. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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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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    www.influxdata.com | 23 Jun 2025
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Index

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

# Project Stars
1 nixpkgs 20,834
2 sops-nix 2,092
3 dream2nix 1,130
4 nix-1p 943
5 dotfiles 651
6 haskell.nix 591
7 nixos-config 204
8 FSharpPacker 113
9 napalm 111
10 nix-rice 104
11 nixpkgs-f2k 34
12 nixexprs 26
13 nixDir 23
14 machine-configuration 12

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