nixos.org

NixOS

Who runs NixOS, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest Linux distribution alternatives.

Who’s behind it: Not stated
Online since: Unknown
Trackers
Prices: No pricing page
Last price change: –
Closest alternative: Gentoo Linux

Measured from NixOS’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs NixOS

NixOS nixos.org

Nix is a tool that takes a unique approach to package management and system configuration. Learn how to make reproducible, declarative and reliable systems.

Wikidata: Linux distribution

Company: No imprint we could read
Online since: Not in the Internet Archive
Audience: In English

02 · Privacy

What NixOS tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 20 alternatives below has fewer; 5 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →

Cookie banner: None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on NixOS’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to NixOS

No ad trackers Registered in the EU Free plan Only in English

None of the 60 sites closest to NixOS match these filters. We read imprints and pricing pages once a week, so more sites qualify as we get to them.

04 · History

What changed

Price and policy history →

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what NixOS adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack and search numbers · 6 technologies

Neighbours: k = 60
Sites searched: 9,217
Vector: 384-d
Query: 41 ms

Built with

JavaScript frameworks: Astro meta generator: Astro v7.4.5
Hosting: Netlify header x-nf-request-id: 01M6YJ46ER13SF5J7GJFTMV315
Email hosting: Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 a:umbriel.nixos.org include:_spf.google.com -all
Email delivery: Brevo TXT brevo-code:f580a125e215ecb440363a15cdf47a17
SaaS tools (verified in DNS): Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=OvacO4lGB9A6dBFg
Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: ir-07nYvo3u3x_VmkTO1wCfYJ8uC-SrVBGR7hZgqPSE

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