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NixOS - Purely functional

68k subscribers379 posts / mo in Sep 2026251 authors / mosince 2011

r/NixOS has 68k members (+46% over the last 12 months). It gets about 379 posts a month from 251 people. Top topics: NixOS & Flakes, Neovim Plugins and ZFS & Proxmox Storage.

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Size and growth

How r/NixOS has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+46%in 12 months · +7.7% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 202667k
Growing67k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+14%vs Sep 2025 · −5.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026379
BusierPeaked at 507 in Jun 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/NixOS

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. NixOS & Flakes37%
  2. Neovim Plugins1.3%
  3. ZFS & Proxmox Storage0.7%
  4. Wayland & Compositors0.6%
  5. Boot Issues & Dual Booting0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Codeberg
  2. GitLab
  3. Wolfram
  4. Verifying Connection
  5. Hyprland

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