NixOS/nix
Nix, the purely functional package manager observed · 2026-10-19
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- 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 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5368
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
17889 stars · 2041 forks observed · 2026-10-19
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Nix is a purely functional package manager that builds packages in isolation for reproducible, reliable, declarative package management. It includes its own declarative language and underpins Nixpkgs and NixOS.
Use cases
- reproducible development environments
- declarative package management
- build packages in isolation
- roll back package upgrades
- share dev environments across languages
- create minimal docker images
When to choose
- you need reproducible builds and environments
- you want atomic upgrades and rollbacks
- you manage many language ecosystems with one tool
When to avoid
- you want simple imperative installs with small disk overhead
- your team is unwilling to learn the Nix language
- you need Windows-native support
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
package-manager build-tool programming-language developer-tools operating-systems cli cross-platform reproducible-builds declarative nix-language functional-package-management command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/NixOS/nix · fetched 2026-10-19 · e7343b7d0087
- homepage: https://nixos.org/ · fetched 2026-10-12 · 741291f05618
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| NixOS/nix | main | 77 |
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