Nix (package manager)

Nix
Original author(s)Eelco Dolstra
Initial releaseJune 15, 2003 (2003-06-15)
Stable release
2.26.3  / 6 March 2025 (6 March 2025)
Repository
Written inC++, Perl, shell script, Nix, Autoconf, Rust, C, XML, make 
PlatformLinux, Darwin, FreeBSD, OpenBSD 
Typepurely functional package manager, free and open-source software, implementation of a programming language, reference implementation, interpreter 
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 
Websitenixos.org

Nix is a cross-platform package manager for Unix-like systems, and a tool to instantiate and manage those systems, invented in 2003 by Eelco Dolstra.