What are the top Nix repos?

Popular Nix repositories on GitHub, each answered in plain English for non-coders: what it is, its tech stack, and how to run it.

nixos/nixpkgsThe official collection of over 120,000 package definitions for the Nix package manager, used to install softw
nixos/nix.devThe official documentation and tutorials for Nix, a package management and build system for Linux and macOS. T
misterio77/nix-starter-configsMinimal and standard starter templates for setting up NixOS with flakes and home-manager, cutting through the
gabriella439/override-utilsA Nix library that makes it much simpler to customize how packages are built, replacing deeply nested boilerpl
thang1191/mikuplymouthA Plymouth boot animation theme for Linux that plays randomized Hatsune Miku animated clips during system star
andrewrk/nixpkgsA personal fork of Nixpkgs, a giant catalog of over 80,000 software packages built for the Nix package manager
ipetkov/nixpkgsA giant collection of over 140,000 software packages you can install using the Nix package manager, with instr
ipetkov/renovate-reproduction-flake-maintenanceA minimal Nix project that reproduces a bug in Renovate where lock file updates are skipped unless flake.nix c
moritzheiber/nix-homeA personal project that uses Nix and Home Manager to automatically set up a laptop with all preferred programs