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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:
 
 
 
* [https://github.com/fractalide/fractalide fractalide] - Reusable Reproducible Composable Software
 
* [https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os not-os] - build a system firmware for embedded devices
 
 
 
== Built with Nix ==
 
 
 
Projects which leverage Nix.
 
 
 
* [https://github.com/nixbitcoin/nix-bitcoin/ nix-bitcoin] - Set of NixOS modules to install a bitcoin node with emphasis on security
 
* [https://github.com/styx-static/styx styx] - Static site generator in Nix expression language
 
* [https://github.com/PapenfussLab/bionix bionix] - manage and execute bioinformatics pipelines
 
* [https://nix-community.github.io/ethereum.nix/ ethereum.nix] - A collection of Nix packages and NixOS modules designed to make it easier to operate Ethereum related services and infrastructure
 
 
 
== Nix Platform ==
 
 
 
Projects which add support (e.g. for extra platforms or major capabilities) to Nix.
 
 
 
* [https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin nix-darwin] - NixOS modules for Darwin
 
* [https://github.com/musnix/musnix musnix] - real-time audio modules for NixOS
 
* [https://github.com/guibou/nixGL nixGl] - A wrapper to run OpenGL applications outside of NixOS
 
 
 
== Nix Tooling ==
 
 
 
Various tools built for working with the Nix Ecosystem (e.g. enhancements or alternatives to core Nix tools).
 
 
 
=== General configuration ===
 
* [https://github.com/rycee/home-manager home-manager] - System for managing a user environment using Nix
 
 
 
=== Flakes ===
 
* [https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles dotfiles] - Popular flake-based NixOS configuration template. Has '''hey''' management command
 
* [https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs deploy-rs] - Nix flake deployment tool
 
* [https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/flake-utils-plus flake-utils-plus] - Flake templates and helper library. Extension of below
 
* [https://github.com/numtide/flake-utils flake-utils] - Set of flake-building utility functions
 
* [https://github.com/hercules-ci/flake-parts flake-parts] - Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system
 
 
 
=== Toolboxes ===
 
* [https://github.com/madjar/nox nox] - Tools to make Nix easier to use
 
* [https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update nix-update] - Swiss army knife for updating nix packages
 
* [https://github.com/holidaycheck/nix-venient nix-venient] - A collection of convenient commands for working with nix/nixpkgs
 
 
 
=== Archives ===
 
* [https://github.com/taktoa/narfuse narfuse] - FUSE filesystem for mounting Nix archive (NAR) files as a virtual Nix store
 
 
 
=== Clustering ===
 
* [https://github.com/awakesecurity/nix-delegate nix-delegate] - Convenient utility for distributed Nix builds
 
 
 
=== Comparison ===
 
* [https://github.com/Gabriel439/nix-diff nix-diff] - Compare Nix derivations
 
* [https://github.com/FRidh/niff niff] - Compare two Nix expressions to determine what attributes changes
 
 
 
=== Dependencies ===
 
* [https://github.com/craigmbooth/nix-visualize nix-visualize] - Visualize the dependencies of a given package
 
* [https://github.com/nmattia/niv niv] - Painless dependencies for Nix projects
 
 
 
=== Nix lang comprehension ===
 
* [https://github.com/nix-community/rnix-lsp rnix-lsp] - A language server which can provide in your text editor...
 
** Syntax checking, completion, renaming, go to definition, code formatting (with [https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt nixpkgs-fmt]), etc.
 
** Supported in vim/neovim, Emacs, VSCode, Kakoune
 
* [https://github.com/nerdypepper/statix statix] - Linter and suggestions for the nix programming language
 
* [https://github.com/serokell/nixfmt nixfmt] - A formatter for Nix code
 
* [https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt nixpkgs-fmt] - Nix code formatter for nixpkgs
 
* [https://github.com/astro/deadnix deadnix] - Removes unused code from .nix files
 
* [https://github.com/oxalica/nil nil] - Nix Language server, an incremental analysis assistent for writing in Nix.
 
 
 
=== Package maintenance ===
 
* [https://github.com/peterhoeg/nix-upgrade-scripts nix-upgrade-scripts] - Tools for Nixpkgs maintainers to upgrade packages
 
* [https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review nixpkgs-review] - Review nixpkgs pull requests
 
 
 
=== Debugging ===
 
* [https://github.com/edolstra/dwarffs dwarffs] - Fetches DWARF debug info files for gdb automatically from cache.nixos.org
 
* [https://github.com/symphorien/nixseparatedebuginfod nixseparatedebuginfod] - Fetches debug symbols and source files for debuginfod-capables tools like gdb
 
 
 
=== Search ===
 
* [https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index nix-index] - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files
 
* [https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du nix-du] - Find which gc-roots take disk space in a nix store
 
* [https://github.com/nix-hackers/nix-info nix-info] - Homebrew info querying for Nix
 
* [https://github.com/flyingcircusio/userscan userscan] - Scans directories containing manually compiled programs and registers them with the Nix garbage collector
 
 
 
=== Shell ===
 
* [https://github.com/hedning/nix-bash-completions nix-bash-completions] - Bash completion for <code>nix*</code> commands
 
* [https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell nixos-shell (Mic92)] - Spawns lightweight nixos vms in a shell (like vagrant)
 
* [https://github.com/chrisfarms/nixos-shell nixos-shell (chrisfarms)] - like nix-shell, but for NixOS modules. Buildable version can be found [https://github.com/wavewave/nixos-shell/tree/submodule in this fork]
 
* [https://github.com/erikarvstedt/extra-container extra-container] - Run declarative NixOS containers from the command line. Similar to nixos-shell (chrisfarms)
 
 
 
=== Other ===
 
* [https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-bundle nix-bundle] - package Nix attributes into single-file executables.
 
* [https://github.com/lethalman/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] - install Nix as an unpriviliged user on any system
 
 
 
== Nix Operations ==
 
 
 
Operations tools for the Nix Ecosystem:
 
 
 
=== Official ===
 
* [https://github.com/nixos/hydra Hydra] - Nix's official continuous integration and build system.
 
* [https://github.com/NixOS/nixops NixOps] - Nix's official tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or the cloud.
 
 
 
=== Deployment ===
 
* [https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena colmena] - a NixOS deployment tool
 
* [https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs deploy-rs] - a simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool
 
* [https://github.com/pinpox/lollypops lollypops] - a parallel and stateles NixOS deployment tool
 
* [https://github.com/DBCDK/morph Morph] - a NixOS deployment tool
 
* [https://github.com/Infinisil/nixus Nixus] - an experimental NixOS deployment tool
 
* [https://github.com/nixcloud/nixcloud-webservices nixcloud-webservices] - nixpkgs extension for web-related technologies
 
* [https://github.com/rapenne-s/bento Bento] - a NixOS fleet manager supporting remote systems not up 24/7
 
 
 
=== Docker ===
 
* [https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion Arion] - configure Docker Compose with Nix modules
 
* [https://nixery.dev Nixery ] - ad-hoc container images from Nix
 
 
 
=== Kubernetes ===
 
* [https://github.com/xtruder/kubenix kubenix] - Kubernetes resource builder written in Nix
 
* [https://github.com/xtruder/nix-kubernetes nix-kubernetes] - Kubernetes deployment manager written in nix
 
 
 
=== NixOps related ===
 
* [https://github.com/grafted-in/nixops-manager nixops-manager] - NixOps wrapper for Git repositories
 
* [https://cgit.krebsco.de/krops/about/ krops] - a stateless alternative to nixops with improved secret management.
 
* [https://github.com/DBCDK/morph morph] - a stateless alternative to nixops, deployment files mostly compatible to nixops's none backend
 
 
 
== Alternative nix implementations & parser ==
 
 
 
* [https://github.com/jwiegley/hnix hnix] (haskell, parser & evaluator)
 
* [https://github.com/nix-community/rnix-parser rnix] (rust, parser)
 
* [https://github.com/orivej/go-nix go-nix] (go, parser & nix-compatible file hasher)
 
* [https://github.com/NixOS/nix-idea/tree/master/src/gen/java/org/nixos/idea/lang nix-idea] (java, parser)
 
 
 
 
 
== See also ==
 
 
 
* [[Language-specific package helpers]]
 
* [[Alternative Package Sets]]
 
* [[Configuration Collection|Get inspiration from other peoples NixOS configuration]]
 
* [https://search.nixos.org/packages NixOS Packages Search] for searching through NixOS packages
 
* [https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix awesome-nix]
 
 
 
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[[Category:Guide]]
 
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