Comparisons

Contrast Nix/NixOS with adjacent tools and models.

Contents

• Nix vs Docker — Isolation and packaging contrast
• Nix vs apt / pacman — Package manager contrast
• Nix vs Bazel / Buck — Hermetic monorepo builders vs store closures
• Nix vs Ansible / Terraform — Config management and IaC roles
• Nix vs containers / orchestrators — Build closures vs schedule containers
• Ubuntu / Arch to NixOS — Migration playbook for operators
• NixOS vs Guix — Sibling functional OS contrast
• Flakes vs Channels — Distribution model contrast