Applications

This article lists applications built for and with Nix; it constitutes a listing of what may be called the *extended Nix Ecosystem*.

Nix Derivatives

Various applications built on top of Nix:

• fractalide - Reusable Reproducible Polyglot Microservices
• musnix - real-time audio modules for NixOS
• nix-bundle - package Nix attributes into single-file executables.
• nix-darwin - NixOS modules for Darwin
• nix-user-chroot - install Nix as an unpriviliged user on any system
• not-os - build a system firmware for embedded devices
• styx - Static site generator in Nix expression language
• nixos-shell - like nix-shell, but for NixOS modules. Buildable version can be found in this fork

Nix Tooling

Various tools built for working with the Nix Ecosystem:

• nox
• nix-review - Review nixpkgs pull requests (the fast edition)
• niff - Compare two Nix expressions to determine what attributes changes
• nix-index - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files
• nix-delegate - Convenient utility for distributed Nix builds
• nix-info
• nix-upgrade-scripts
• nixops-manager
• narfuse
• nix-visualize Visualize the dependencies of a given package
• nix-home-manager - Basic system for managing a user environment using Nix
• nix-home
• nix-venient - A collection of convenient commands for working with nix/nixpkgs
• nix-bash-completions - Bash completion for nix* commands.

Nix Operations

Operations tools for the Nix Ecosystem:

• Hydra - Nix's official continuous integration and build system.
• Hercules
• Disnix - a microservice architecture built with Nix.
• Hail — a service for pull-based continuous deployment.

See also

• Language-specific package helpers
• Alternative Package Sets
• Get inspiration from other peoples NixOS configuration
• NixOS Packages Search for searching through NixOS packages