Nix nix-flake

Open-source Nix projects categorized as nix-flake

Top 23 Nix nix-flake Projects

  1. nixos-config

    General purpose Nix configuration for macOS / NixOS (with starter templates!) (by dustinlyons)

  2. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  3. nixos-and-flakes-book

    :hammer_and_wrench: :heart: Want to know NixOS & Flakes in detail? Looking for a beginner-friendly tutorial? Then you've come to the right place! 想要学习使用 NixOS 与 Flakes 吗?在寻找一份新手友好的教程?那你可来对地方了!

    Project mention: NixOS and Flakes Book: An unofficial book for beginners | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-06
  4. dotfiles

    And I say hey, what's going on? (by hlissner)

  5. microvm.nix

    NixOS MicroVMs

    Project mention: We're Leaving Kubernetes | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-04
  6. nix-config

    ❄️ My nix config for both desktops(NixOS+macOS) and homelab servers(NixOS). (by ryan4yin)

  7. flake-utils

    Pure Nix flake utility functions [maintainer=@zimbatm]

    Project mention: Setting up a Nix Development Environment with Flakes and direnv | dev.to | 2025-05-28
  8. dotfiles

    Configuration for NixOS, sway, kitty, helix, zsh and more (by maximbaz)

  9. 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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  10. digga

    A flake utility library to craft shell-, home-, and hosts- environments.

  11. NixOS-Guide

    NixOS Guide. Learn all about the immutable Nix Operating System and the declarative Nix Expression Language.

  12. nvf

    Modular, extensible and distro-agnostic Neovim configuration framework for Nix/NixOS

  13. nix-topology

    🍁 Generate infrastructure and network diagrams directly from your NixOS configurations

    Project mention: OpenFLOW – Quickly make beautiful infrastructure diagrams local to your machine | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-30

    I've written something like this for NixOS a while back [1], which generates infrastructure diagrams directly from the source of truth (albeit not as pretty as isoflow). I'm sure this could be applied to other declarative tech stacks aswell!

    [1]: https://github.com/oddlama/nix-topology

  14. flake-utils-plus

    Use Nix flakes without any fluff.

  15. nixpkgs

    My Nix system configs! (by malob)

  16. nixcfg

    NixOS and Home-Manager configs for my devices. dotfiles, but way better

  17. nixflakes

    My nixdots, but flaked.

  18. agenix-rekey

    An agenix extension adding secret generation and automatic rekeying using a YubiKey or master-identity

    Project mention: NixOS is a good server OS, except when it isn't | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-01

    https://github.com/oddlama/agenix-rekey

    The ecosystem is in my experience very well fleshed out (7 yrs of use), as long as you don't require a knowledgebase/wiki/ up2date documentation, it's not been a issue for me since I could always fall back on Linux knowledge and just looking for how other distributions do x / how the thing itself is configured , and looking at how perhaps a existing nix module wraps that

  19. neovim-flake

    Nix flake for neovim with configuration

  20. brew-nix

    Experimental nix expression to package all MacOS casks from homebrew automatically

    Project mention: Our Audit of Homebrew | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-30
  21. base16.nix

    Theme applications with your favourite base16 colorschemes in Nix

  22. nix-config

    ❄️ My nix config and dotfiles (by oddlama)

  23. nixos-config

    My Personal Nix/NixOS Configuration. (by Baitinq)

  24. chenglab

    a straightforward NixOS setup for my homelab and personal computers

  25. nix-cargo-integration

    Library to easily and effortlessly integrate Cargo projects with Nix.

  26. 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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    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jan 2025
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Index

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

# Project Stars
1 nixos-config 2,783
2 nixos-and-flakes-book 2,616
3 dotfiles 1,800
4 microvm.nix 1,778
5 nix-config 1,478
6 flake-utils 1,401
7 dotfiles 1,019
8 digga 1,010
9 NixOS-Guide 981
10 nvf 956
11 nix-topology 735
12 flake-utils-plus 517
13 nixpkgs 438
14 nixcfg 435
15 nixflakes 314
16 agenix-rekey 309
17 neovim-flake 275
18 brew-nix 260
19 base16.nix 242
20 nix-config 216
21 nixos-config 206
22 chenglab 205
23 nix-cargo-integration 200

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