NixOS
A Linux configured by one declarative file: every change is a reproducible build you can roll back. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- Linux distribution
- Developer
- NixOS Foundation
- Created by
- Eelco Dolstra, Armijn Hemel
- First release
- 2003
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free
- Website
- https://nixos.org
- Family
- Nix
- Based on
- Independent
- Package manager
- Nix
- Package format
- Nix derivation
- Release model
- Fixed releases
- Release cadence
- Every 6 months, unstable rolls
- Support lifetime
- About 7 months
- Init system
- systemd
- Default desktop
- GNOME or KDE Plasma (choice in the installer)
- Immutable
- Yes
- Made for
- Desktop, Server
- Backed by
- A community
- Beginner friendliness
- 2 of 5
- Architectures
- x86_64, aarch64