NixOS

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.

20 of the 60 sites closest to NixOS match.

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   Gentoo Linux gentoo.org Top 10K English No trackers

   Welcome – Gentoo Linux

   The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.

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   • Bootstrap
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   • nginx

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   Arch Linux archlinux.org Top 10K English No trackers

   Arch Linux

   Linux distribution

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   Debian debian.org Top 1K English No trackers

   Debian -- The Universal Operating System

   Debian is an operating system and a distribution of Free Software. It is maintained and updated through the work of many users who volunteer their time and effort.

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   • Apache HTTP Server

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   Funtoo Linux funtoo.org English No trackers

   Funtoo Linux: What Comes Next

   Official statement of direction: Funtoo Linux project status and future successor timeline.

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   • Google Workspace
   • Google Fonts
   • Meta Business Suite
   • nginx

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   GNU gnu.org Top 1K English No trackers

   The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement

   Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.

   • Apache HTTP Server

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   Msys2 msys2.org English No trackers

   Getting Started - MSYS2

   Software Distribution and Building Platform for Windows

   • Fastly
   • GitHub Pages

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   Swift swift.org English No trackers

   Swift Programming Language

   Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns.

   • Google Search Console

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   CPAN cpan.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

   The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org

   Perl package repository

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   • GlobalSign
   • Google Analytics

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   Bundler bundler.io English No trackers

   Bundler: The best way to manage a Ruby application's gems

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   • Google Workspace
   • Fastly
   • GitHub Pages
   • GlobalSign

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    yarnpkg.com English No trackers

    Home page | Yarn

    Yarn, the modern JavaScript package manager

    • Netlify
    • Algolia
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS

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    MediaWiki mediawiki.org Top 10K English No trackers

    MediaWiki

    free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation

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    Linux kernel kernel.org Top 10K English No trackers

    The Linux Kernel Archives

    Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems

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    • nginx

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    Kubernetes kubernetes.io Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Kubernetes

    Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Netlify
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Cloud DNS
    • jQuery

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    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

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    • Amazon SES
    • Atlassian
    • Fastly
    • GlobalSign
    • Mailchimp

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    PHP php.net Top 1K English 1 tracker

    PHP

    PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

    • Google Search Console
    • bunny.net
    • Font Awesome
    • jQuery
    • Matomo

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    Ubuntu ubuntu.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    The enterprise Linux for open source innovation | Ubuntu

    Ubuntu is the modern, enterprise Linux operating system for servers, desktop, cloud, and IoT. Supported for up to 15 years

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    • Google Tag Manager
    • nginx

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    PostgreSQL postgresql.org Top 10K English No trackers

    PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database

    The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database

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    • nginx

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    NetBSD netbsd.org English No trackers

    The NetBSD Project

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    • Apache HTTP Server

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    React react.dev English 1 tracker

    React

    React is the library for web and native user interfaces. Build user interfaces out of individual pieces called components written in JavaScript. React is designed to let you seamlessly combine components written by independent people, teams, and organizations.

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    • Next.js
    • React

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    getcomposer.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Composer

    A Dependency Manager for PHP

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    • Google Workspace
    • nginx
    • Amazon Route 53

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04 · 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.