NixOS/nixops
NixOps is a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
59/100
- Activity 59
- 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 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5427
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 248
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2191 stars · 365 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
NixOps is a command-line tool for declaratively deploying NixOS machines to networks or cloud providers such as AWS, Hetzner, and GCE. It separates logical machine configuration from physical placement and is extensible via plugins, though it is now in low-maintenance mode.
Use cases
- deploy nixos machines to aws
- provision cloud servers declaratively with nix
- manage a network of nixos hosts from one configuration
- test nixos deployments locally on virtualbox or libvirt
- separate machine configuration from cloud provider details
- spin up reproducible nixos environments in the cloud
When to choose
- you already manage infrastructure with Nix/NixOS and want declarative multi-machine deployments
- you need to deploy NixOS to AWS, Hetzner, or GCE with logical/physical separation
- you maintain an existing NixOps deployment
When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - the README warns NixOps is in low-maintenance mode
- you need providers beyond the supported cloud backends without writing a plugin
- you prefer actively developed alternatives like Terraform or the experimental nixops4 rewrite
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
deployment infrastructure-as-code configuration-management cloud cli cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted cli cloud nixos nix declarative-deployment provisioning multi-cloud low-maintenance devops automation linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/NixOS/nixops · fetched 2026-08-28 · e19382e7b0ef
- homepage: https://nixos.org/nixops · fetched 2026-08-29 · aa69aa0511a3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| NixOS/nixops | main | 59 |
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