1.NixOS / nixpkgs
Nix Packages collection & NixOS
+2,330 stars
from 24,385 · score 7.75
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87 repositories by Attention Score · May 9, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)
2.cachix / devenv
Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments using Nix
- developer-tools
- devenv
- nix
+1,096 stars
from 6,706 · score 7.00
3.numtide / llm-agents.nix
Nix packages for AI coding agents and development tools. Automatically updated daily.
+1,072 stars
from 1,166 · score 6.98
4.nix-community / home-manager
Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@khaneliman, @rycee]
+834 stars
from 9,655 · score 6.73
5.nix-community / nh
Yet another Nix CLI helper. [Maintainers=@NotAShelf, @faukah]
+694 stars
from 2,657 · score 6.54
6.nix-darwin / nix-darwin
Manage your macOS using Nix
+691 stars
from 5,362 · score 6.54
7.microvm-nix / microvm.nix
NixOS MicroVMs
+542 stars
from 2,517 · score 6.30
8.serokell / deploy-rs
A simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool.
- nix
- nixos
- deployment
- nix-flake
- flakes
- tool
+330 stars
from 2,082 · score 5.80
9.nlewo / comin
GitOps For NixOS Servers and Laptops
+315 stars
from 859 · score 5.76
10.zhaofengli / attic
Multi-tenant Nix Binary Cache
+304 stars
from 1,841 · score 5.72
11.nix-community / colmena
A simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool [maintainer=@stepbrobd, @NickCao, @zhaofengli]
+290 stars
from 2,142 · score 5.67
12.NixOS / nixos-hardware
A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.
+286 stars
from 3,065 · score 5.66
13.nix-community / NixOS-WSL
NixOS on WSL [maintainer=@nzbr]
+284 stars
from 2,866 · score 5.65
+280 stars
from 1,512 · score 5.64
15.nix-community / stylix
Theming framework for NixOS, Home Manager, nix-darwin, and Nix-on-Droid [maintainers=@0xda157, @danth, @trueNAHO]
+234 stars
from 2,228 · score 5.46
16.nix-community / nixvim
Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman]
+229 stars
from 2,750 · score 5.44
17.Misterio77 / nix-starter-configs
Simple and documented config templates to help you get started with NixOS + home-manager + flakes. All the boilerplate you need!
+228 stars
from 3,624 · score 5.43
18.zardus / ctf-tools
Some setup scripts for security research tools.
+227 stars
from 9,337 · score 5.43
19.NotAShelf / nvf
Modular, extensible and distro-agnostic Neovim configuration framework for Nix/NixOS
+204 stars
from 1,460 · score 5.32
20.nix-community / nix-direnv
A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]
- hacktoberfest
- managed-by-renovate
+190 stars
from 2,623 · score 5.25
21.maralorn / nix-output-monitor
Pipe your nix-build output through the nix-output-monitor a.k.a nom to get additional information while building.
- nix
- haskell
- hacktoberfest
- nom
+190 stars
from 1,504 · score 5.25
22.hercules-ci / flake-parts
❄️ Simplify Nix Flakes with the module system
+182 stars
from 1,329 · score 5.21
23.nix-community / impermanence
Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [maintainer=@talyz]
+180 stars
from 1,753 · score 5.20
24.nix-community / comma
Comma runs software without installing it. [maintainers=@Artturin,@burke,@DavHau]
+171 stars
from 1,633 · score 5.15
25.nix-community / NUR
Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Pandapip1]
- nur
- nixpkgs
- overlays
- nix-packages
+168 stars
from 1,816 · score 5.13
26.nix-community / nixbsd
An unofficial NixOS fork with a FreeBSD kernel [maintainer=@artemist,@rhelmot]
+149 stars
from 931 · score 5.01
27.henrysipp / omarchy-nix
An opinionated NixOS config based on DHH's Omarchy
+149 stars
from 682 · score 5.01
28.ipetkov / crane
A Nix library for building cargo projects. Never build twice thanks to incremental artifact caching.
+148 stars
from 1,346 · score 5.00
+128 stars
from 768 · score 4.86
30.oxalica / rust-overlay
Pure and reproducible nix overlay of binary distributed rust toolchains
- rust
- nix
- nix-flakes
+124 stars
from 1,454 · score 4.83
31.nix-community / nix-init
Generate Nix packages from URLs with hash prefetching, dependency inference, license detection, and more [maintainer=@figsoda]
- go
- nix
- rust
- cargo
- python
- template
- +2 more
+117 stars
from 1,374 · score 4.77
32.nlewo / nix2container
An archive-less dockerTools.buildImage implementation
- nix
- nixos
- docker
- containers
- skopeo
- oci
+113 stars
from 829 · score 4.74
33.NixOS / nix-index
Quickly locate nix packages with specific files [maintainers=@bennofs @figsoda @raitobezarius]
- nix
- nixpkgs
- tooling
- search
+106 stars
from 1,264 · score 4.67
34.oddlama / nix-topology
🍁 Generate infrastructure and network diagrams directly from your NixOS configurations
+105 stars
from 923 · score 4.66
35.manic-systems / dix
A blazingly fast tool to diff Nix related things
+104 stars
from 268 · score 4.65
36.nix-community / fenix
Rust toolchains and rust-analyzer nightly for Nix [maintainers=@figsoda, @eureka-cpu]
- nix
- rust
- nightly
- overlay
- flakes
- flake
+101 stars
from 1,031 · score 4.62
37.cynicsketch / nix-mineral
Conveniently and reasonably harden NixOS.
+101 stars
from 475 · score 4.62
38.arnarg / nixidy
Kubernetes GitOps with nix and Argo CD.
+95 stars
from 311 · score 4.56
39.thiagokokada / nix-alien
Run unpatched binaries on Nix/NixOS
+87 stars
from 800 · score 4.48
40.aksiksi / compose2nix
Generate a NixOS config from a Docker Compose project.
+85 stars
from 828 · score 4.45
41.pyproject-nix / uv2nix
Uv2nix - Ingest uv workspaces using Nix [maintainer=@adisbladis]
+85 stars
from 709 · score 4.45
42.utdemir / nix-tree
Interactively browse dependency graphs of Nix derivations.
- nix
- dependency-graph
- hacktoberfest
+84 stars
from 1,004 · score 4.44
43.oppiliappan / statix
lints and suggestions for the nix programming language
+84 stars
from 879 · score 4.44
44.NixOS / nixops
NixOps is a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud.
+76 stars
from 2,137 · score 4.34
+76 stars
from 587 · score 4.34
46.numtide / flake-utils
Pure Nix flake utility functions [maintainer=@zimbatm]
+75 stars
from 1,573 · score 4.33
47.nix-community / nurl
Generate Nix fetcher calls from URLs [maintainer=@figsoda]
+75 stars
from 727 · score 4.33
+72 stars
from 894 · score 4.29
49.cachix / git-hooks.nix
Seamless integration of https://pre-commit.com git hooks with Nix.
- nix
- pre-commit
+72 stars
from 808 · score 4.29
50.andir / npins
Nix dependency pinning. Very similar to Niv but has a few features that I personally wanted.
+66 stars
from 518 · score 4.20
+66 stars
from 494 · score 4.20
52.ibizaman / selfhostblocks
Modular server management based on NixOS modules and focused on best practices.
- nix
- nix-modules
- self-hosted
- server-management
+62 stars
from 453 · score 4.14
+57 stars
from 1,512 · score 4.06
54.snowfallorg / nix-software-center
A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages
+56 stars
from 804 · score 4.04
55.astro / deadnix
Scan Nix files for dead code
+56 stars
from 738 · score 4.04
56.juspay / services-flake
NixOS-like services for Nix flakes [maintainer=@shivaraj-bh,@srid]
- flake-parts
- flakes
- nix
- services
+56 stars
from 724 · score 4.04
57.Mic92 / nixpkgs-review
Review pull-requests on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
- hacktoberfest
- build-with-buildbot
- managed-by-renovate
+55 stars
from 592 · score 4.03
+53 stars
from 870 · score 3.99
+52 stars
from 1,816 · score 3.97
60.nix-community / robotnix
Build Android (AOSP) using Nix [maintainer=@cyclic-pentane]
+50 stars
from 766 · score 3.93
61.hercules-ci / arion
Run docker-compose with help from Nix/NixOS
+43 stars
from 883 · score 3.78
62.nix-community / naersk
Build Rust projects in Nix - no configuration, no code generation, no IFD, sandbox friendly.
- rust-lang
- cargo
- nix
- crates
+42 stars
from 973 · score 3.76
63.nix-community / nixos-cli
A unified NixOS tooling replacement for nixos-* utilities [maintainers=@water-sucks,@Sporif]
+38 stars
from 359 · score 3.66
+37 stars
from 1,031 · score 3.64
65.Gabriella439 / nix-diff
Explain why two Nix derivations differ
+34 stars
from 470 · score 3.56
66.snowfallorg / nixos-conf-editor
A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations
+32 stars
from 653 · score 3.50
67.nix-community / flakelight
Framework for simplifying flake setup [maintainer=@accelbread]
+30 stars
from 385 · score 3.43
68.nix-community / dream2nix
Simplified nix packaging for various programming language ecosystems [maintainer=@DavHau]
+29 stars
from 1,240 · score 3.40
69.nix-community / lorri
Your project’s nix-env [maintainer=@Profpatsch,@nyarly]
+26 stars
from 852 · score 3.30
70.nix-community / nixpkgs-wayland
Automated, pre-built packages for Wayland (sway/wlroots) tools for NixOS. [maintainers=@colemickens, @Artturin]
- nixpkgs
- nixos
- sway
- wayland
- wlroots
- tiling-window-manager
+24 stars
from 601 · score 3.22
71.symphorien / nix-du
Visualise which gc-roots to delete to free some space in your nix store
+24 stars
from 460 · score 3.22
72.nix-community / haumea
Filesystem-based module system for Nix [maintainer=@figsoda]
- import
- nix
- flake
- hierarchy
- visibility
- flakes
- +1 more
+23 stars
from 396 · score 3.18
73.cargo2nix / cargo2nix
Granular builds of Rust projects for Nix
+21 stars
from 449 · score 3.09
74.nix-community / kickstart-nix.nvim
❄️ A dead simple Nix flake template repository for Neovim derivations [maintainer=@mrcjkb]
+21 stars
from 392 · score 3.09
75.nix-community / terraform-nixos
A set of Terraform modules that are designed to deploy NixOS [maintainer=@adrian-gierakowski]
- terraform-modules
- nixos
+19 stars
from 404 · score 3.00
76.snowfallorg / lib
Unified configuration for systems, packages, modules, shells, templates, and more with Nix Flakes.
+18 stars
from 609 · score 2.94
77.fort-nix / nix-bitcoin
A collection of Nix packages and NixOS modules for easily installing full-featured Bitcoin nodes with an emphasis on security.
+16 stars
from 598 · score 2.83
+14 stars
from 413 · score 2.71
79.ican-group / haskell.nix
Alternative Haskell Infrastructure for Nixpkgs
- haskell
- nix
- build-tool
- hacktoberfest
- infrastructure
- nix-expressions
+13 stars
from 621 · score 2.64
80.nix-community / neovim-nightly-overlay
[maintainer=@GaetanLepage, @willruggiano]
+12 stars
from 405 · score 2.56
81.gytis-ivaskevicius / flake-utils-plus
Use Nix flakes without any fluff.
+11 stars
from 534 · score 2.48
+8 stars
from 585 · score 2.20
83.divnix / std
A DevOps framework for the SDLC with the power of Nix and Flakes. Good for keeping deadlines!
+8 stars
from 478 · score 2.20
84.tweag / jupyenv
Declarative and reproducible Jupyter environments - powered by Nix
- jupyterlab
- nix
- jupyter
- jupyter-notebooks
- reproducibility
+7 stars
from 739 · score 2.08
85.NixOS / cabal2nix
Generate Nix build instructions from a Cabal file
- cabal
- nix
- hackage
- haskell
- cabal2nix
- nixpkgs
+7 stars
from 395 · score 2.08
+6 stars
from 571 · score 1.95
87.nix-community / rnix-lspArchived
WIP Language Server for Nix! [maintainer=@aaronjanse]
- lsp-server
- nix
+1 stars
from 708 · score 0.69