nmattia/niv
Easy dependency management for Nix projects observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2785
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 11
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1857 stars · 76 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
niv is a command-line tool for managing dependencies in Nix projects. It stores package sources in a single nix/sources. file and provides commands to add, update, drop, and show dependencies.
Use cases
- pin dependencies in a nix project
- update nixpkgs to a specific revision
- bootstrap a nix project with sources.
- add a github repo as a nix dependency
- manage remote sources without nix flakes
When to choose
- you use Nix without flakes and want simple pinned dependencies
- you need reproducible nixpkgs revisions across a team
- you want a lightweight CLI to add/update GitHub-hosted nix sources
When to avoid
- your project already uses Nix flakes
- you need general-purpose package management outside Nix
- you want a GUI or lockfile format other than sources.
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
package-manager cli developer-tools developer-tools version-control cli cross-platform nix dependency-management haskell sources- command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nmattia/niv · fetched 2026-08-28 · 909e603aed52
- homepage: https://github.com/nmattia/niv · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7cae828ad498
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nmattia/niv | main | 77 |
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