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Top 13 Nix nix-flake Projects
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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 -
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nix-config
❄️ My nix config for both desktops(NixOS+macOS) and homelab servers(NixOS). (by ryan4yin)
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nixCats-nvim
A nix-based nvim package manager that supports a normal config directory ... that can easily output mulitiple configured packages! (with example config(s) and in-editor help)
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nyx
Nix flake for "too much bleeding-edge" and unreleased packages (e.g., mesa_git, linux_cachyos, firefox_nightly, sway_git, gamescope_git). And experimental modules (e.g., HDR, duckdns). (by chaotic-cx)
Project mention: Kernel optimization with BOLT (binary optimization and layout tool) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-06BTW, nix users can tap into this easily with nyx,
https://github.com/chaotic-cx/nyx/
Yeah, I use NixOS btw (and used to be an arch user)
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Project mention: Files: In-repository file generation flake-parts module | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-19
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Project mention: Input-branches: Workflow and flake-part for flake input patching using imported | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-01
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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).
Nix nix-flakes discussion
Nix nix-flakes related posts
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NixOS and Flakes Book: An unofficial book for beginners
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Flakes Question (because I'm a noob)
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Understanding Overlays and direnv nix shell inheritance
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NixOS and Flakes Book
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NixOS Wiki – the unofficial user wiki
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[Question] When using flakes, can I remove all channels?
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How do I deploy a configuration to a machine with an existing hardware-configuration.nix?
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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
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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 |
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| 1 | nixos-and-flakes-book | 2,616 |
| 2 | nix-config | 1,478 |
| 3 | rust-overlay | 1,188 |
| 4 | nixCats-nvim | 557 |
| 5 | nyx | 521 |
| 6 | flake-utils-plus | 517 |
| 7 | std | 444 |
| 8 | snowflake | 182 |
| 9 | dotfiles | 34 |
| 10 | nix-flake-templates | 14 |
| 11 | files | 11 |
| 12 | input-branches | 9 |
| 13 | nix-pkg-module-boilerplate | 1 |
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