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nix is a cross-platform package manager that utilizes a purely functional deployment model where software is installed into unique directories generated through cryptographic hashes. It is also the name of the tool’s programming language. A package’s hash takes into account the dependencies, which is claimed to eliminate dependency hell. This package management model advertises more reliable, reproducible, and portable packages.

Release Released Security Support Latest
2.12 2 weeks ago
(06 Dec 2022)
Yes 2.12.0
(06 Dec 2022)
2.11 3 months and 3 weeks ago
(29 Aug 2022)
No 2.11.1
2.10 5 months ago
(11 Jul 2022)
No 2.10.3
2.9 6 months and 3 weeks ago
(30 May 2022)
No 2.9.2
2.8 8 months ago
(19 Apr 2022)
No 2.8.1
2.7 9 months ago
(07 Mar 2022)
No 2.7.0
2.6 10 months ago
(25 Jan 2022)
No 2.6.1
2.5 1 year ago
(13 Dec 2021)
No 2.5.1
2.4 1 year and 1 month ago
(01 Nov 2021)
No 2.4
2.3 3 years ago
(04 Sep 2019)
No 2.3.16
2.2 3 years and 11 months ago
(11 Jan 2019)
No 2.2.2
2.1 4 years ago
(03 Sep 2018)
No 2.1.3
2.0 4 years and 10 months ago
(22 Feb 2018)
No 2.0.4
1 10 years ago
(11 May 2012)
No 1.11.16

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You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
nix --version

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A JSON version of this page is available at /api/nix.json. See the API Documentation for more.

This page was last updated on 09 December 2022. Latest releases are automatically updated.