nix-community/colmena
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A simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool [maintainer=@stepbrobd, @NickCao, @zhaofengli] observed · 2026-09-23
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 64
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2134
- days_rel: 28
- days_push: 28
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
2353 stars · 117 forks observed · 2026-09-23
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Colmena is a simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool written in Rust, modeled after NixOps and morph. It wraps Nix commands like nix-instantiate and nix-copy-closure to build and activate configurations on remote hosts in parallel, with support for Nix Flakes.
Use cases
- deploy nixos configurations to multiple servers
- parallel remote deployment of nixos hosts
- replace nixops with a stateless deployment tool
- apply nix flake configurations to remote machines over ssh
- manage a fleet of nixos servers declaratively
- select hosts by tag when deploying nixos
When to choose
- you manage multiple NixOS hosts and want declarative, parallel deployment without state files
- you already use Nix Flakes and want first-class flake support
- you want a lightweight wrapper over plain Nix commands instead of a heavyweight orchestrator
When to avoid
- you need multi-cloud provisioning or resource creation, not just configuration deployment
- your servers do not run NixOS or Nix
- you need rollback orchestration or secrets management beyond what Nix provides
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
deployment configuration-management cli developer-tools infrastructure-as-code self-hosted rust cli nixos nix declarative-deployment ssh flakes remote-builds devops automation linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nix-community/colmena · fetched 2026-09-23 · 2e9fa829e104
- homepage: https://colmena.cli.rs/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3b5bd51574ab
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nix-community/colmena | main | 86 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="nix-community/colmena")
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