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NixOS


Last Update: 2026-02-21 14:22 UTC


NixOS is an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution that aims to improve the state of the art in system configuration management. In NixOS, the entire operating system, including the kernel, applications, system packages and configuration files, are built by the Nix package manager. Nix stores all packages in isolation from each other; as a result there are no /bin, /sbin, /lib or /usr directories and all packages are kept in /nix/store instead. Other innovative features of NixOS include reliable upgrades, rollbacks, reproducible system configurations, source-based model with binaries, and multi-user package management. Although NixOS started as a research project, it is now a functional and usable operating system that includes hardware detection, KDE as the default desktop, and systemd for managing system services.

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Average visitor rating: 9.1/10 from 111 review(s).


NixOS Summary
Distribution NixOS
Home Page https://nixos.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://discourse.nixos.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://wiki.nixos.org/ (official Wiki) • https://nixos.wiki/ (community Wiki) • https://nixos.org/learn/
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Download Mirrors https://nixos.org/download/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues
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Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://nixos.org/donate/

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-11-30: Distribution Release: NixOS 25.11
 • 2025-05-23: Distribution Release: NixOS 25.05
 • 2024-06-06: Distribution Release: NixOS 24.05
 • 2023-11-30: Distribution Release: NixOS 23.11
 • 2023-06-01: Distribution Release: NixOS 23.05
 • 2022-12-01: Distribution Release: NixOS 22.11
 • 2022-05-30: Distribution Release: NixOS 22.05
 • 2021-12-01: Distribution Release: NixOS 21.11
 • 2021-06-02: Distribution Release: NixOS 21.05
 • 2020-10-27: Distribution Release: NixOS 20.09
 • 2020-04-21: Distribution Release: NixOS 20.03
 • 2019-10-09: Distribution Release: NixOS 19.09
 • More NixOS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-09-29 NixOS moderation team resigns
 • 2025-01-23 Nix ported to FreeBSD kernel
 • 2023-09-20 A new guide to Nix published
 • 2022-05-31 NixOS adopts Calamares installer
 • 2021-06-21 NixOS offers install media with reproducible builds
 • More NixOS headlines...

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Feature unstable 25.11
xantusia
25.05
warbler
24.11
vicuna
24.05
uakari
23.11
tapir
23.05
stoat
22.11
raccoon
22.05
quokka
21.11
porcupine
21.05
okapi
20.09
nightingale
20.03
markhor
19.09
loris
19.03
koi
18.09
jellyfish
17.09
hummingbird
16.09
flounder
16.03
emu
15.09.1012
dingo
14.12.885
caterpillar
14.04.630
baboon
13.10.35728
aardvark
Feature
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Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
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Package Management                                               Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, LibreOffice Calligra, LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
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Journaled File Systems                                               Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                                               Multilingual
Full Package List unstable 25.11 25.05 24.11 24.05 23.11 23.05 22.11 22.05 21.11 21.05 20.09 20.03 19.09 19.03 18.09 17.09 16.09 16.03 15.09.1012 14.12.885 14.04.630 13.10.35728 Full Package List
Package unstable 25.11
xantusia
25.05
warbler
24.11
vicuna
24.05
uakari
23.11
tapir
23.05
stoat
22.11
raccoon
22.05
quokka
21.11
porcupine
21.05
okapi
20.09
nightingale
20.03
markhor
19.09
loris
19.03
koi
18.09
jellyfish
17.09
hummingbird
16.09
flounder
16.03
emu
15.09.1012
dingo
14.12.885
caterpillar
14.04.630
baboon
13.10.35728
aardvark
Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15.1 1.2.14 1.2.13 1.2.12 1.2.10 1.2.10 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.6 1.2.5.1 1.2.4 1.2.3 1.1.9 1.1.9 1.1.8 1.1.6 1.1.4.1 1.1.1 1.1.0 1.0.29 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 21.0.0 -- 19.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.12.0 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.8.4 2.8.4 2.8.3 2.8.1 apparmor (4.1.6)
apt (3.1.16) 3.1.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.4.6 1.4.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.16)
bash (5.3) 5.3p9 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3.30 4.2 4.2 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.19) 9.20.18 9.20.15 9.20.9 9.18.28 9.18.27 9.18.19 9.18.14 9.18.8 9.18.3 9.16.16 9.16.16 9.14.12 9.14.11 9.14.4 9.12.3-P1 9.12.2 9.11.2 9.10.4-P3 9.10.3-P4 9.10.3 9.9.5 9.9.5 9.9.5 bind (9.20.19)
chromium (145.0.7632.109) 145.0.7632.75 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 69.0.3497.81 61.0.3163.79 53.0.2785.116 49.0.2623.110 49.0.2623.28 40.0.2214.115 36.0.1941.0 -- chromium (145.0.7632.109)
cinnamon (6.6.7) 6.6.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.4 -- cinnamon (6.6.7)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.16 2.4.14 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.7 2.4.7 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.1 2.2.12 2.2.10 2.2.6 2.2.2 2.1.4 2.1.3 2.0.4 1.7.5 1.5.4 1.5.4 cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.3 1.47.3 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.6 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.46.2 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.45.3 1.44.5 1.44.4 1.43.4 1.42.13 1.42.13 1.42.13 1.42.12 1.42.9 1.42.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) 8.0.1 8.0 7.1.1 7.1 6.1.1 6.0 5.1.3 5.1.2 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4 3.4.8 4.2.2 4.2.1 3.4.5 4.0.2 3.3.4 3.1.3 2.8.6 2.7.5 2.4.4 2.2.7 1.2.6 ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (147.0.4) 147.0.3 145.0.2 138.0.4 133.0 126.0.1 120.0 113.0.2 107.0.1 100.0.2 94.0.2 88.0.1 82.0 75.0 69.0.1 66.0.2 62.0.3 55.0.3 49.0 45.0.1 43.0.3 39.0.3 34.0.5 25.0.1 firefox (147.0.4)
flatpak (1.16.3) 1.16.2 1.16.1 1.16.0 1.14.10 1.14.6 -- -- -- -- 1.12.2 1.10.2 1.8.1 1.6.3 1.4.2 -- 1.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.3)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.13.0 2.12.1 2.12.0 2.11.0 2.10.4 2.10.2 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.9 2.7.1 2.6.5 2.6.2 2.5.4 2.5.3 2.4.12 2.4.12 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) 15.2.0 14.3.0 14.2.1 13.3.0 13.2.0 12.3.0 12.2.0 11.3.0 9.3.0 10.3.0 10.3.0 9.3.0 9.2.0 8.3.0 7.4.0 7.3.0 6.4.0 5.4.0 5.3.0 5.2.0 4.9.2 4.8.3 4.7.3 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.8) 3.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.10.6 2.8.22 2.8.18 2.8.16 2.8.14 2.8.14 2.8.10 2.8.6 gimp (3.0.8)
git (2.53.0) 2.52.0 2.51.2 2.49.0 2.47.0 2.44.1 2.42.0 2.40.1 2.38.1 2.36.0 2.33.1 2.31.1 2.28.0 -- -- 2.19.2 2.18.1 2.14.2 2.10.0 2.7.4 2.5.4 2.1.4 1.9.4 1.8.4.3 git (2.53.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.42 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.39 2.38 2.37 2.35 2.34 2.33 2.32 2.31 2.30 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.25 2.24 2.23 2.21 2.20 2.19 2.17 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (49.4) 49.4 49.2 48.1 47.1 46.2 45.1 44.1 43.1 42.1 41.1 -- -- -- -- -- 3.28.3 3.24.3 3.20.3 3.18.3 3.16.1 3.12.2 3.10.2.1 -- gnome-shell (49.4)
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 20151116 20151116 20150727 2.02git 2.00 2.00 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.20.3) 4.20.3 4.20.3 4.18.5 4.16.3 4.14.3 4.12.3 4.10.3 4.8.2 4.6.4 4.4.1 3.24.27 3.24.21 3.24.13 3.24.10 3.24.5 3.22.28 3.22.8 3.20.9 3.18.5 3.16.6 3.12.2 3.12.2 3.8.8 gtk (4.20.3)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.66 2.4.65 2.4.62 2.4.62 2.4.59 2.4.58 2.4.57 2.4.54 2.4.53 2.4.51 -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.34 2.4.27 2.2.31 2.2.31 2.4.16 2.4.16 2.4.10 2.4.7 httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) 1.4.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.92.3 0.92.2 0.91 0.91 0.91 0.48.5 0.48.4 0.48.4 inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 31 31 31 31 31 31 30 30 29 29 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 23 22 21 18 17 12 kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.15) 5.2.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.1.1 3.2.1 3.0 -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.15)
LibreOffice (26.2.0) 25.8.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.0.5 5.2.6 5.2.0 5.1.0 5.0.1 4.3.5 4.0.5 4.0.5 LibreOffice (26.2.0)
Package unstable 25.11
xantusia
25.05
warbler
24.11
vicuna
24.05
uakari
23.11
tapir
23.05
stoat
22.11
raccoon
22.05
quokka
21.11
porcupine
21.05
okapi
20.09
nightingale
20.03
markhor
19.09
loris
19.03
koi
18.09
jellyfish
17.09
hummingbird
16.09
flounder
16.03
emu
15.09.1012
dingo
14.12.885
caterpillar
14.04.630
baboon
13.10.35728
aardvark
Package
libselinux (3.10) 3.8.1 3.8.1 3.8.1 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2.2 2.1.12 libselinux (3.10)
linux (6.19.3) 6.19 6.17.9 6.14.8 6.6.63 6.6.32 6.1.64 6.1.31 5.15.80 5.15.43 5.10.81 5.10.37 5.4.72 5.4.33 4.19.78 4.19.34 4.14.74 4.13.4 4.4.23 4.4.6 3.18.25 3.14.50 3.12.37 3.12.15 linux (6.19.3)
mariadb (12.2.2) 11.8.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.2.17 10.1.26 10.1.17 10.1.9 10.0.22 10.0.15 10.0.11 -- mariadb (12.2.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.20.0 1.18.0 1.15.0 -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.0.0) 26.0.0 25.2.6 25.0.6 24.2.6 24.0.7 23.1.9 23.0.3 22.2.3 22.0.2 21.2.5 21.0.1 20.1.7 19.3.3 19.1.5 18.3.4 18.1.7 17.1.8 12.0.3 11.1.2 10.6.9 10.2.9 10.0.5 9.1.7 mesa (26.0.0)
mysql (9.6.0) 8.4.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.7.23 5.7.19 5.7.15 5.5.48 5.5.45 5.5.45 5.5.37 5.5.34 mysql (9.6.0)
nautilus (49.4) 49.4 49.2 48.1 47.0 46.2 45.1 44.1 43.0 42.1.1 41.1 -- -- -- -- -- 3.28.1 3.24.2.1 3.20.2 3.18.5 3.16.2 3.12.2 3.10.1 -- nautilus (49.4)
NVIDIA (590.48.01) 590.48.01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (590.48.01)
openjdk (25) 25.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.0.2 8u144 8u122 8u76 8u60 7u65 7u65 7u6 openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 10.2p1 10.2p1 10.0p2 9.9p1 9.7p1 9.5p1 9.3p1 9.1p1 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.6p1 8.3p1 8.2p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.7p1 7.5p1 7.3p1 7.2p1 6.9p1 6.7p1 6.6p1 6.6p1 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.1) 3.6.0 3.6.0 3.4.1 3.3.2 3.0.13 3.0.12d 3.0.8d 3.0.7 1.1.1o 1.1.1l 1.1.1k 1.1.1g 1.1.1f 1.1.1d 1.0.2r 1.1.0i 1.1.0f 1.1.0b 1.0.2g 1.0.2f 1.0.1p 1.0.1k 1.0.1g openssl (3.6.1)
perl (5.42.0) 5.42.0 5.40.0 5.40.0 5.40.0 5.38.2 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.34.1 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.32.0 5.30.1 5.30.0 5.28.1 5.24.4 5.24.2 5.22.2 5.22.1 5.22.0 5.20.1 5.16.3 5.16.3 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.5.3) 8.5.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.1.22 7.1.8 7.0.11 7.0.2 5.6.16 5.4.44 5.4.35 5.4.23 php (8.5.3)
plasma-desktop (6.6.0) 6.5.5 6.5.3 6.3.5 6.2.4 6.0.5 5.27.9 5.27.5 5.26.4 -- 5.23.3 5.21.5 5.18.5 5.17.5 5.16.5 5.14.5 5.13.4 5.10.5 5.7.4 5.5.5 5.3.2 -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.6.0)
postfix (3.10.8) 3.10.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.3.1 3.1.3 3.1.2 2.11.5 2.11.5 2.11.3 2.8.12 2.8.12 postfix (3.10.8)
postgresql (18.2) 18.2 -- -- 16.5 15.7 15.5 14.8 14.6 14.3 13.4 11.11 11.9 11.7 9.6.15 9.6.12 10.5 9.6.5 9.5.4 9.5.1 9.4.5 9.4.4 9.3.5 9.2.6 postgresql (18.2)
Python (3.14.3) 3.14.2 3.13.9 3.12.10 3.12.7 3.11.9 3.11.6 3.10.11 3.10.8 3.9.12 3.9.6 3.8.9 3.8.5 3.7.6 3.7.4 3.7.3 3.7.0 3.6.2 3.5.2 3.5.1 3.4.4 3.4.2 2.7.8 2.7.6 Python (3.14.3)
qt (6.10.2) 6.10.1 6.10.1 6.9.0 6.8.0 6.7.1 5.15.11 6.5.1 5.15.7 5.15.3 5.15.3 5.15.2 5.12.7 5.12.7 5.12.0 5.12.0 5.11.1 5.9.1 5.7.0 5.5.1 5.3.2 4.8.6 4.8.6 4.8.6 qt (6.10.2)
samba (4.23.5) 4.22.7 4.22.5 4.20.4 4.20.4 4.20.1 4.19.2 4.17.7 4.17.3 4.15.5 4.15.1 4.14.4 4.12.6 4.11.5 4.10.8 4.7.12 4.7.9 4.6.7 4.3.11 4.3.6 4.2.3 3.6.25 3.6.24 3.6.22 samba (4.23.5)
systemd (259.1) 258.3 258.2 257.5 256.8 255.6 254.6 253.3 251.7 250.4 249.5 247.6 246.4 243 243 239 239 234 231 229 217 217 212 203 systemd (259.1)
thunderbird (147.0.2) 147.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 60.2.1 52.3.0 45.3.0 38.7.0 38.3.0 31.7.0 24.5.0 17.0.11 thunderbird (147.0.2)
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.4 2.2.6 2.2.4 2.2.2 2.2.1 2.1.5 2.1.4 2.1.1 vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.23.1 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.20.0 1.19.0 1.19.0 1.18.0 1.17.0 1.17.0 1.16.0 1.15.0 1.12.0 1.11.0 1.9.0 1.8.1 1.6.0 1.4.0 1.3.0 wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.2 4.10.3 4.10.2 4.10.2 xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 21.1.20 21.1.16 21.1.14 21.1.13 21.1.9 21.1.8 1.20.14 21.1.3 1.20.13 1.20.11 1.20.8 1.20.8 1.20.5 1.20.4 1.19.6 1.19.3 1.18.3 1.17.4 1.17.2 1.16.4 1.14.7 1.13.4 xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 25.11
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-21
Country: Egypt
Votes: 2


Time to learn is the worst thing about this distro. You should jump into nix language, make derivation and how to build the simplest package possible and how to try it and customize it. Once that is known, this distro becomes non-leave-able. Very stable and highly usable. devshells are very good actually. Also flakes with new commands are very explicit or verbose and good to use and debug with nix repl. Great video resources for it as well. Very underrated distro and the way it works would be best fit as the distro to go on company's laptops for employees whom are devops, devs, IT engineers...etc.


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Version: 25.11
Rating: 8
Date: 2026-02-14
Country: United States
Votes: 0


For the past seven months NixOS has been my daily driver. A month in I was hooked. Everything is easy to setup once you get the hang of things; however, doing so can be difficult due to the worst documentation I have ever seen in conjunction with almost useless error messages. The only issue I have had since setting up my system is related to flakes—which are optional. Package availability is as good as anything else I have used.

My only problem is that NixOS is so great as an idea that despite its abysmal governance, community, documentation, and error handling that I cannot bring myself to switch to another distro.


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Version: unstable
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-02
Votes: 7


I downloaded NixOS in November (February now) and would not consider using any other distro again. I use Nix for gaming, writing code, and general web browsing, so everything at this point. Great for configuration geeks and autists like me who want strict control over their environment and hate setting up installations manually over and over again. System configuration and home directories are configurable through a central config you work to create. Supports mixing unstable and stable packages if you need that. High initial learning curve but easy to jive with once you get it going.


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