nix-community/nixos-generators
Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus] observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 65
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 3049
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 215
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2400 stars · 157 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A collection of Nix-based image builders that generate NixOS system images in many formats (ISO, qcow2, cloud provider images, containers, kexec). It has been deprecated and upstreamed into nixpkgs as of NixOS 25.05, replaced by `nixos-rebuild build-image`.
Use cases
- build a bootable NixOS ISO image
- generate cloud images for AWS, Azure, GCE, or OpenStack
- create a qcow2 virtual machine image from a NixOS configuration
- build an LXC or Docker container image of NixOS
- make a kexec tarball to boot NixOS from a running system
- produce a Proxmox VMA image for a NixOS host
When to choose
- you are on NixOS older than 25.05 and need multi-format image generation
- you maintain legacy NixOS configurations that already use nixos-generators
When to avoid
- you are on NixOS 25.05 or newer - use the built-in `nixos-rebuild build-image` instead
- you need a tool that will receive new features, since the project is retired
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
build-tool deployment developer-tools cloud-computing self-hosted operating-systems cli nixos image-builder iso qcow2 cloud-images deprecated nix devops linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators · fetched 2026-08-28 · 626faa191fdc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nix-community/nixos-generators | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="nix-community/nixos-generators")
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