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Nix Package Manager

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Nix is a powerful package manager for macOS, Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup...

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Linux
  • BSD
4.8 / 5 Avg rating (5)
24 likes
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Package Manager
  2.  Software Installer
  3.  Command line interface
  4.  Portable
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  No Tracking
  7.  No registration required

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Nix Package Manager information

  • Developed by

    NixOS
  • Licensing

    Open Source (LGPL-2.1) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.8
  • Alternatives

    46 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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OS & UtilitiesDevelopment

GitHub repository

  •  13,787 Stars
  •  1,611 Forks
  •  3585 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 11, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Nix Package Manager, and it has gotten 24 likes

Nix Package Manager was added to AlternativeTo by malthejorgensen on Aug 31, 2014 and this page was last updated Jun 16, 2022.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top positive commentFeb 26, 2018

doesn't have dependency hell and provide fresh version of packages

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inson1
  
Positive commentFeb 27, 2024
• Edited Mar 18, 2024

No dependency hell. It is the biggest package repository. Even bigger than AUR. Its even better than Flatpaks and Flathub.

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razvanpanda
  
Positive commentNov 3, 2017

I like the fact that Nix just works, unlike many other package managers.

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What is Nix Package Manager?

Nix is a powerful package manager for macOS, Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of build environments.

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