# NixOS changelog

> A Linux distribution built on the Nix package manager.

- Vendor: NixOS Foundation
- Category: Operating Systems
- Official site: https://nixos.org
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos)
- Harvested from: Blog (https://nixos.org/blog/feed.xml)
- Entries below: 15 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### 26.05 — NixOS 26.05 released

- Date: 2026-05-30
- Version: 26.05
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2026/nixos-2605/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/26.05

Hey everyone, we are yayayayaka and jopejoe1 , the release managers of the newest release of NixOS. We are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 26.05 "Yarara". NixOS is a Linux dist…

### 25.11 — NixOS 25.11 released

- Date: 2025-11-30
- Version: 25.11
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2511/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/25.11

Hey everyone, we are jopejoe1 and Leona Maroni , the release managers of the newest release of NixOS. We are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 25.11 "Xantusia". NixOS is a Linux…

### 25.05 — NixOS 25.05 released

- Date: 2025-05-23
- Version: 25.05
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2505/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/25.05

Hey everyone, we are Leona Maroni and Tristan Ross , the release managers of the newest release of NixOS. We are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 25.05 "Warbler". NixOS is a Lin…

### 24.11 — NixOS 24.11 released

- Date: 2024-11-30
- Version: 24.11
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2411/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/24.11

Hello everyone, we are Tristan Ross and Weijia Wang , the release managers for the newest release of NixOS known as NixOS 24.11 Vicuña. We're glad to announce that after the additional week-long delay…

### 24.05 — NixOS 24.05 released

- Date: 2024-05-31
- Version: 24.05
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2024/nixos-2405/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/24.05

Hey everyone, we are Weijia Wang and Jörg Thalheim , the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 24.05 “Uakari”. NixOS is a Linux di…

### 23.11 — NixOS 23.11 released

- Date: 2023-11-29
- Version: 23.11
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2023/nixos-2311/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/23.11

Hey everyone, we are figsoda and Ryan Lahfa , the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 23.11 “Tapir”. This release will receive b…

### 23.05 — NixOS 23.05 released

- Date: 2023-05-31
- Version: 23.05
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2023/nixos-2305/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/23.05

Hey everyone, we are Ryan Lahfa and Martin Weinelt , the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 23.05 “Stoat”. This release will re…

### 22.11 — NixOS 22.11 released

- Date: 2022-12-01
- Version: 22.11
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2022/nixos-2211/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/22.11

Hey everyone, we are Martin Weinelt and Janne Heß , the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 22.11 “Raccoon”. This release will r…

### 22.05 — NixOS 22.05 released

- Date: 2022-05-30
- Version: 22.05
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2022/nixos-2205/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/22.05

Hey everyone, I'm Janne Heß , the release manager for 22.05. As promised, the latest stable release is here: NixOS 22.05 “Quokka”. Release manual Highlights New Services Backward Incompatibilities Oth…

### Nix 2.8.0 released

- Date: 2022-04-21
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2022/nix-280/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/feed-https-nixos.org-blog-announcements-2022-nix-280

We're pleased to announce the availability of Nix 2.8.0. It will be available from NixOS - Getting Nix / NixOS . Here are the release notes: New experimental command: nix fmt , which applies a formatt…

### Nix 2.7.0 released

- Date: 2022-03-14
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2022/nix-270/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/feed-https-nixos.org-blog-announcements-2022-nix-270

We're pleased to announce the availability of Nix 2.7.0. It will be available from NixOS - Getting Nix / NixOS . Here are the release notes: Nix will now make some helpful suggestions when you mistype…

### Nix 2.6.0 released

- Date: 2022-01-26
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2022/nix-260/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/feed-https-nixos.org-blog-announcements-2022-nix-260

We're pleased to announce the availability of Nix 2.6.0 . Instructions how to install Nix on different platforms can be found on the download page . Here are the release notes: New builtin function bu…

### 21.11 — NixOS 21.11 released

- Date: 2021-11-30
- Version: 21.11
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2021/nixos-2111/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/21.11

Hey everyone, we're Timothy DeHerrera and Tom Bereknyei , the release managers for 21.11. As promised, the latest stable release is here: NixOS 21.11 “Porcupine”. Release manual Highlights New Service…

### 21.05 — NixOS 21.05 released

- Date: 2021-06-01
- Version: 21.05
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2021/nixos-2105/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/21.05

Hey everyone, I'm Jonathan Ringer , the release manager for 21.05. As promised, the latest stable release is here: NixOS 21.05 “Okapi”. Release manual Highlights New Services Backward Incompatibilitie…

### 20.09 — NixOS 20.09 released

- Date: 2020-10-27
- Version: 20.09
- Original notes: https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2020/nixos-2009/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nixos/releases/20.09

Hey everyone, I'm Jonathan Ringer , one of the release managers for 20.09. As promised, the latest stable release is here: NixOS 20.09 “Nightingale” ✨. Release manual Highlights New Services Backward…