Welcoming Repositories Index Nix Ecosystem
Top Welcoming Open-Source Nix Repositories
Top welcoming Nix repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Updated daily • Sun, 30 Aug 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
269
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
88%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
5
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
11
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Nix Repositories
Showing top 50 of 269 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Home Manager Modules for integrated Podman Stacks | B•Solid | 76.9 | 98.7% | - |
| #2 | My Nix{OS} configuration files | B•Solid | 76.4 | 98.7% | - |
| #3 | A slightly opinionated Nix flake for ComfyUI with curated custom nodes. Supports macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux with CUDA. | B•Solid | 76.3 | 100.0% | - |
| #4 | My personal nix config | B•Solid | 76.0 | 96.9% | - |
| #5 | Conveniently and reasonably harden NixOS. | B•Solid | 73.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #6 | B•Solid | 73.6 | 100.0% | - | |
| #7 | NixOS/infra376 Infrastructure as Code for the NixOS.org ecosystem [maintainers=@mweinelt, @Mic92, @arianvp, @vcunat, @jfly] | S•Elite | 72.2 | 93.3% | - |
| #8 | cloud-gouv/securix1,024 SécurixOS is a NixOS-based secure operating system tailored for small to medium-sized teams. It provides a minimal, hardened environment with strong isolation, reproducibility, and policy-driven configurations to ensure operational security and compliance. | S•Elite | 71.6 | 91.5% | 3 |
| #9 | my over complex system configurations | S•Elite | 71.6 | 90.5% | - |
| #10 | Nix dotfiles for NixOS, Darwin and WSL | B•Solid | 71.4 | 96.5% | - |
| #11 | Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️ | B•Solid | 69.5 | 100.0% | - |
| #12 | OCaml-focused, custom nix-overlays | B•Solid | 69.4 | 90.2% | - |
| #13 | Nix packages for AI coding agents and development tools. Automatically updated daily. | A•Welcoming | 69.2 | 89.1% | - |
| #14 | ROS overlay for the Nix package manager | A•Welcoming | 68.5 | 80.0% | - |
| #15 | Emacs builds for continuous integration | B•Solid | 68.2 | 88.4% | - |
| #16 | Modular server management based on NixOS modules and focused on best practices. | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 88.0% | - |
| #17 | Filesystem-based module system for Nix [maintainer=@figsoda] | B•Solid | 67.0 | 93.1% | - |
| #18 | Use Nix and NixOS on your DGX Spark! | A•Welcoming | 66.5 | 83.3% | - |
| #19 | Guide to aircraft tracking using ADS-B reception with SDR & docker containers. Published on GitBook. | B•Solid | 65.5 | 87.5% | - |
| #20 | Bleeding edge emacs overlay [maintainer=@adisbladis] | B•Solid | 65.5 | 100.0% | - |
| #21 | My NixOS configuration and assorted other crap. | B•Solid | 65.5 | 100.0% | - |
| #22 | NotAShelf/nvf1,603 Modular, extensible and distro-agnostic Neovim configuration framework for Nix/NixOS | A•Welcoming | 65.2 | 75.7% | - |
| #23 | Nix packages and NixOS modules for the Ethereum ecosystem. [maintainers=@aldoborrero,@brianmcgee,@selfuryon,@bbjubjub2494] | B•Solid | 64.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #24 | NixOS module for NVIDIA Jetson devices | A•Welcoming | 62.7 | 90.9% | - |
| #25 | eh8/chenglab467 NixOS setup for my homelab and personal computers | B•Solid | 62.2 | 94.1% | - |
| #26 | Nix expressions for HPC/Quantum chemistry software packages | B•Solid | 62.1 | 94.4% | - |
| #27 | ❄️ my nix modules, overlays, host configurations, and more! | B•Solid | 61.8 | 88.9% | - |
| #28 | Nix dynamic derivations made easy | B•Solid | 61.6 | 91.3% | - |
| #29 | Library for using modules to wrap packages with configuration directly, and a collection of pre-built wrapper modules! | B•Solid | 61.6 | 85.1% | - |
| #30 | Development tools for Typelevel projects | B•Solid | 61.2 | 90.9% | - |
| #31 | My NixOS config | B•Solid | 60.7 | 90.0% | - |
| #32 | My NixOS dotfiles | B•Solid | 60.3 | 97.7% | - |
| #33 | Multi-host NixOS, Darwin, and system-manager configurations with Nix. | B•Solid | 59.7 | 76.5% | - |
| #34 | NixOS MicroVMs | B•Solid | 58.6 | 66.7% | 2 |
| #35 | Personal NixOS configurations and more | B•Solid | 58.2 | 100.0% | - |
| #36 | ipetkov/crane1,439 A Nix library for building cargo projects. Never build twice thanks to incremental artifact caching. | B•Solid | 57.9 | 90.6% | - |
| #37 | A daily-drivable experimental os, featuring finit as pid 1, to explore the NixOS design space | A•Welcoming | 57.1 | 43.9% | - |
| #38 | Install NvChad on Nix-based system [maintainer=@Bot-wxt1221, @MOIS3Y] | B•Solid | 56.5 | 100.0% | - |
| #39 | nix-community/nixvim2,935 Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman] | A•Welcoming | 55.7 | 68.4% | - |
| #40 | Nix configuration and settings | B•Solid | 55.5 | 61.5% | - |
| #41 | nix-community infrastructure [maintainer=@zowoq] | B•Solid | 53.4 | 66.7% | - |
| #42 | Mic92/sops-nix3,112 Atomic secret provisioning for NixOS based on sops | B•Solid | 53.0 | 80.0% | - |
| #43 | supabase/postgres1,772 Unmodified Postgres with some useful extensions | B•Solid | 53.0 | 47.4% | - |
| #44 | [maintainer=@GaetanLepage, @willruggiano] | B•Solid | 52.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #45 | Nix(OS) expressions used by the OpenLab and its members | B•Solid | 52.1 | 100.0% | - |
| #46 | B•Solid | 51.8 | 68.8% | - | |
| #47 | Secure Nix sandbox for LLM agents | B•Solid | 51.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #48 | nix-community/fenix1,103 Rust toolchains and rust-analyzer nightly for Nix [maintainers=@figsoda, @eureka-cpu] | B•Solid | 51.3 | 100.0% | - |
| #49 | Gaming on Nix | B•Solid | 50.6 | 100.0% | - |
| #50 | Alternative Haskell Infrastructure for Nixpkgs | B•Solid | 50.6 | 75.0% | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions: Nix Open Source
What is the most welcoming Nix open-source repository?
The highest-ranked Nix repository on GetMerged is currently Tarow/nix-podman-stacks, with a C-Rank score of 76.9/100 and a 98.7% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in Nix?
You can browse verified beginner-friendly issues in Nix by visiting our curated Good First Issues directory at getmerged.abhishekco.de/good-first-issue/nix.
What makes a Nix repository ‘Super Welcoming’ on GetMerged?
A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) Nix repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.