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We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to NixOS/templates to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
766
Forks
105
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
15
Dominant language
Nix
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Sep 14, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 19, 2026
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
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No merged PRs in 30d

How to contribute to NixOS/templates

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's MIT license.
  4. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.
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  • Future of this repo, ownership questions and commit bit
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    NixOS/templates#106 ·

  • flake-parts instead of flake-utils?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    NixOS/templates#97 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • poetry2nix used in python tamplate is currently unmaintained
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    NixOS/templates#96 · 1 comment ·

  • Missing readme for rust template
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    NixOS/templates#83 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • how to add local package into dotnet template project?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    NixOS/templates#80 ·

  • Are more maintainers needed for this repo?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    NixOS/templates#66 · 7 comments ·

  • Specifying codeowners?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    NixOS/templates#64 · 1 comment ·

  • Template request: an isolated project
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    NixOS/templates#59 · 1 comment ·

  • Feature request: generator
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    NixOS/templates#50 ·

  • Configuration template for nixos, nix-darwin, and home-manager
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    NixOS/templates#33 ·

  • Define overlays in terms of packages not packages in terms of overlays
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    NixOS/templates#29 ·

  • The haskell template uses IFD
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    NixOS/templates#28 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Add wasm-pack flake for Rust
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    NixOS/templates#19 ·

  • No simple template with a proper build / dependency example
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    NixOS/templates#6 · 2 reactions ·

  • [Rust template] Clang error
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    NixOS/templates#85 · 2 comments ·

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