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Top 23 Nix nix-flake Projects
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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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You could manage those VMs with https://microvm-nix.github.io/microvm.nix/ that helps with mounting the nix store read only from the host into the vm. That should save more space than trying to reduce the dependencies of the system closure of the vm.
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nix-config
❄️ My nix config for both desktops(NixOS+macOS) and homelab servers(NixOS). (by ryan4yin)
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NixOS-Guide
NixOS Guide. Learn all about the immutable Nix Operating System and the declarative Nix Expression Language.
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https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/ is a great guide to Nix with Flakes.
This was the Nix config that helped it 'click' for me: https://github.com/eh8/chenglab that mentions this guide.
I based my own config off of it https://github.com/richardgill/nix
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agenix-rekey
An agenix extension adding secret generation and automatic rekeying using a YubiKey or master-identity
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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 nix-flake projects in Nix? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | nixos-config | 3,642 |
| 2 | microvm.nix | 2,990 |
| 3 | nix-config | 2,089 |
| 4 | dotfiles | 1,952 |
| 5 | nvf | 1,644 |
| 6 | flake-utils | 1,619 |
| 7 | NixOS-Guide | 1,137 |
| 8 | dotfiles | 1,083 |
| 9 | digga | 1,021 |
| 10 | nix-topology | 1,015 |
| 11 | dendritic | 643 |
| 12 | flake-utils-plus | 545 |
| 13 | nix-homelab | 531 |
| 14 | nixcfg | 489 |
| 15 | chenglab | 469 |
| 16 | agenix-rekey | 439 |
| 17 | brew-nix | 378 |
| 18 | base16.nix | 284 |
| 19 | neovim-flake | 281 |
| 20 | nix-config | 274 |
| 21 | nixos-config | 223 |
| 22 | nix-cargo-integration | 217 |
| 23 | nyx | 169 |
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