- **This release of Nixpkgs requires macOS Big Sur 11.3 or newer, as announced in the 24.11 release notes.**
We cannot guarantee that packages will continue to work on older versions of macOS.
Future Nixpkgs releases will only support [macOS versions supported by Apple](https://endoflife.date/macos); this means that **Nixpkgs 25.11 will require macOS Sonoma 14 or newer**.
Users on old macOS versions should consider upgrading to a supported version (potentially using [OpenCore Legacy Patcher](https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/) for old hardware) or installing NixOS.
If neither of those options are viable and you require new versions of software, [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org/) supports versions back to Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.
-`services.dex` now restarts upon changes to the `.environmentFile` or entries in `.settings.staticClients[].secretFile` when the entry is a `path` type.
-`nixos-rebuild-ng`, a full rewrite of `nixos-rebuild` in Python, is available for testing. You can enable it by setting [system.rebuild.enableNg](options.html#opt-system.rebuild.enableNg) in your configuration (this will replace the old `nixos-rebuild`), or by adding `nixos-rebuild-ng` to your `environment.systemPackages` (in this case, it will live side-by-side with `nixos-rebuild` as `nixos-rebuild-ng`). It is expected that the next major version of NixOS (25.11) will enable `system.rebuild.enableNg` by default.
It allows users to build platform-specific (disk) images from their NixOS configurations. `nixos-rebuild build-image` works similar to the popular [nix-community/nixos-generators](https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators) project. See new [section on image building in the nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#sec-image-nixos-rebuild-build-image). It is also available for `nixos-rebuild-ng`.
-`nixos-option` has been rewritten to a Nix expression called by a simple bash script. This lowers our maintenance threshold, makes eval errors less verbose, adds support for flake-based configurations, descending into `attrsOf` and `listOf` submodule options, and `--show-trace`.
- {option}`services.mattermost.preferNixConfig` now defaults to true if you advance {option}`system.stateVersion` to 25.05. This means that if you have {option}`services.mattermost.mutableConfig` set, NixOS will override your settings to those that you define in the module. It is recommended to leave this at the default, even if you used a mutable config before, because it will ensure that your Mattermost data directories are correct. If you moved your data directories, you may want to review the module changes before upgrading.
- Mattermost telemetry reporting is now disabled by default, though security update notifications are enabled. Look at {option}`services.mattermost.telemetry` for options to control this behavior.
-`pkgs.mattermostLatest` is now an option to track the latest (non-prerelease) Mattermost release. We test upgrade migrations from ESR releases (`pkgs.mattermost`) to `pkgs.mattermostLatest`.
- The Mattermost frontend is now built from source and can be overridden.
- Note that the Mattermost derivation containing both the webapp and server is now wrapped to allow them to be built independently, so overrides to both webapp and server look like `mattermost.overrideAttrs (prev: { webapp = prev.webapp.override { ... }; server = prev.server.override { ... }; })` now.
-`services.mattermost.listenAddress` has been split into {option}`services.mattermost.host` and {option}`services.mattermost.port`. If your `listenAddress` contained a port, you will need to edit your configuration.
- Mattermost now supports peer authentication on both MySQL and Postgres database backends. Updating {option}`system.stateVersion` to 25.05 or later will result in peer authentication being used by default if the Mattermost server would otherwise be connecting to localhost. This is the recommended configuration.
- The Mattermost module will produce eval warnings if a database password would end up in the Nix store, and recommend alternatives such as peer authentication or using the environment file.
- Mattermost's entire test suite is now enabled by default, which will extend build time from sources by up to an hour. A `withoutTests` passthru has been added in case you want to skip it.
- We now support `mmctl` for Mattermost administration if both {option}`services.mattermost.socket.enable` and {option}`services.mattermost.socket.export` are set, which export the Mattermost control socket path into the system environment.
- A new `pkgs.mattermost.buildPlugin` function has been added, which allows plugins to be built from source, including webapp frontends with a supported package-lock.json. See the Mattermost NixOS test and [manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#sec-mattermost-plugins-build) for an example.
- Note that the Mattermost module will create an account _without_ a well-known UID if the username differs from the default (`mattermost`). If you used Mattermost with a nonstandard username, you may want to review the module changes before upgrading.
- [AmneziaVPN](https://amnezia.org/en), an open-source VPN client, with a key feature that enables you to deploy your own VPN server on your server. Available as [programs.amnezia-vpn](#opt-programs.amnezia-vpn.enable).
- [Bonsai](https://git.sr.ht/~stacyharper/bonsai), a general-purpose event mapper/state machine primarily used to create complex key shortcuts, and as part of the [SXMO](https://sxmo.org/) desktop environment. Available as [services.bonsaid](#opt-services.bonsaid.enable).
- [Omnom](https://github.com/asciimoo/omnom), a webpage bookmarking and snapshotting service. Available as [services.omnom](options.html#opt-services.omnom.enable).
- [Yggdrasil-Jumper](https://github.com/one-d-wide/yggdrasil-jumper) is an independent project that aims to transparently reduce latency of a connection over Yggdrasil network, utilizing NAT traversal to automatically bypass intermediary nodes.
- [Zenoh](https://zenoh.io/), a pub/sub/query protocol with low overhead. The Zenoh router daemon is available as [services.zenohd](options.html#opt-services.zenohd.enable)
- [ytdl-sub](https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub), a tool that downloads media via yt-dlp and prepares it for your favorite media player, including Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, and modern music players. Available as [services.ytdl-sub](options.html#opt-services.ytdl-sub.instances).
- [MaryTTS](https://github.com/marytts/marytts), an open-source, multilingual text-to-speech synthesis system written in pure Java. Available as [services.marytts](options.html#opt-services.marytts).
- [networking.modemmanager](options.html#opt-networking.modemmanager) has been split out of [networking.networkmanager](options.html#opt-networking.networkmanager). NetworkManager still enables ModemManager by default, but options exist now to run NetworkManager without ModemManager.
- [doh-server](https://github.com/m13253/dns-over-https), a high performance DNS over HTTPS server. Available as [services.doh-server](options.html#opt-services.doh-server.enable).
- [ncps](https://github.com/kalbasit/ncps), a Nix binary cache proxy service implemented in Go using [go-nix](https://github.com/nix-community/go-nix). Available as [services.ncps](options.html#opt-services.ncps.enable).
- [Conduwuit](https://conduwuit.puppyirl.gay/), a federated chat server implementing the Matrix protocol, forked from Conduit. Available as [services.conduwuit](#opt-services.conduwuit.enable).
- [Schroot](https://codeberg.org/shelter/reschroot), a lightweight virtualisation tool. Securely enter a chroot and run a command or login shell. Available as [programs.schroot](#opt-programs.schroot.enable).
- [crab-hole](https://github.com/LuckyTurtleDev/crab-hole), a cross platform Pi-hole clone written in Rust using hickory-dns/trust-dns. Available as [services.crab-hole](#opt-services.crab-hole.enable).
- [zwave-js-ui](https://zwave-js.github.io/zwave-js-ui/), a full featured Z-Wave Control Panel and MQTT Gateway. Available as [services.zwave-js-ui](#opt-services.zwave-js-ui.enable).
- [Amazon CloudWatch Agent](https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent), the official telemetry collector for AWS CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray. Available as [services.amazon-cloudwatch-agent](options.html#opt-services.amazon-cloudwatch-agent.enable).
- [µStreamer](https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer), a lightweight MJPEG-HTTP streamer. Available as [services.ustreamer](options.html#opt-services.ustreamer).
- [Whoogle Search](https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search), a self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine. Available as [services.whoogle-search](options.html#opt-services.whoogle-search.enable).
- [autobrr](https://autobrr.com), a modern download automation tool for torrents and usenets. Available as [services.autobrr](#opt-services.autobrr.enable).
- [agorakit](https://github.com/agorakit/agorakit), an organization tool for citizens' collectives. Available with [services.agorakit](options.html#opt-services.agorakit.enable).
- [waagent](https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent), the Microsoft Azure Linux Agent (waagent) manages Linux provisioning and VM interaction with the Azure Fabric Controller. Available with [services.waagent](options.html#opt-services.waagent.enable).
- [nostr-rs-relay](https://git.sr.ht/~gheartsfield/nostr-rs-relay/), This is a nostr relay, written in Rust. Available as [services.nostr-rs-relay](options.html#opt-services.nostr-rs-relay.enable).
- [immich-public-proxy](https://github.com/alangrainger/immich-public-proxy), a proxy for sharing Immich albums without exposing the Immich API. Available as [services.immich-public-proxy](#opt-services.immich-public-proxy.enable).
- [Zipline](https://zipline.diced.sh/), a ShareX/file upload server that is easy to use, packed with features, and with an easy setup. Available as [services.zipline](#opt-services.zipline.enable).
- [Stash](https://github.com/stashapp/stash), An organizer for your adult videos/images, written in Go. Available as [services.stash](#opt-services.stash.enable).
- [PDS](https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds), Personal Data Server for [bsky](https://bsky.social/). Available as [services.pds](option.html#opt-services.pds).
- [mqtt-exporter](https://github.com/kpetremann/mqtt-exporter/), a Prometheus exporter for exposing messages from MQTT. Available as [services.prometheus.exporters.mqtt](#opt-services.prometheus.exporters.mqtt.enable).
- [nvidia-gpu](https://github.com/utkuozdemir/nvidia_gpu_exporter), a Prometheus exporter that scrapes `nvidia-smi` for GPU metrics. Available as [services.prometheus.exporters.nvidia-gpu](#opt-services.prometheus.exporters.nvidia-gpu.enable).
- [OpenGamepadUI](https://github.com/ShadowBlip/OpenGamepadUI/), an open source gamepad-native game launcher and overlay for Linux. Available as [programs.opengamepadui](#opt-programs.opengamepadui.enable).
- [InputPlumber](https://github.com/ShadowBlip/InputPlumber/), an open source input router and remapper daemon for Linux. Available as [services.inputplumber](#opt-services.inputplumber.enable).
- [PowerStation](https://github.com/ShadowBlip/PowerStation/), an open source TDP control and performance daemon with DBus interface for Linux. Available as [services.powerstation](#opt-services.powerstation.enable).
- [echoip](https://github.com/mpolden/echoip), a simple service for looking up your IP address. Available as [services.echoip](#opt-services.echoip.enable).
- [Buffyboard](https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/buffybox/-/tree/master/buffyboard), a framebuffer on-screen keyboard. Available as [services.buffyboard](option.html#opt-services.buffyboard).
- [KanBoard](https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard), a project management tool that focuses on the Kanban methodology. Available as [services.kanboard](#opt-services.kanboard.enable).
- [git-worktree-switcher](https://github.com/mateusauler/git-worktree-switcher), switch between git worktrees with speed. Available as [programs.git-worktree-switcher](#opt-programs.git-worktree-switcher.enable)
-`ast-grep` remove `sg` command to prevent conflict with `sg` command from shadow-utils. If you need legacy sg command compatibility with old code, you can use `ast-grep.override { enableLegacySg = true; }`
-`buildGoModule` now passes environment variables via the `env` attribute. `CGO_ENABLED` should now be specified with `env.CGO_ENABLED` when passing to buildGoModule. Direct specification of `CGO_ENABLED` is now redirected by a compatibility layer with a warning, but will become an error in future releases.
Go-related environment variables previously shadowed by `buildGoModule` now results in errors when specified directly. Such variables include `GOOS` and `GOARCH`.
Third-party projects supporting both stable and unstable channels could detect this change through the absence of the `CGO_ENABLED` function argument in `buildGoModule` (`!((lib.functionArgs buildGoModule) ? CGO_ENABLED)`).
-`buildGoPackage` has been removed. Use `buildGoModule` instead. See the [Go section in the nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#sec-language-go) for details.
- The `services.locate` module does no longer support findutil's `locate` due to its inferior performance compared to `mlocate` and `plocate`. The new default is `plocate`.
As the `service.locate.localuser` option only applied when using findutil's `locate`, it has also been removed.
-`kmonad` is now hardened by default using common `systemd` settings.
If KMonad is used to execute shell commands, hardening may make some of them fail. In that case, you can disable hardening using {option}`services.kmonad.keyboards.<name>.enableHardening` option.
-`asusd` has been upgraded to version 6 which supports multiple aura devices. To account for this, the single `auraConfig` configuration option has been replaced with `auraConfigs` which is an attribute set of config options per each device. The config files may also be now specified as either source files or text strings; to account for this you will need to specify that `text` is used for your existing configs, e.g.:
After you run ALTER EXTENSION, you must run [this SQL script](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb-extras/blob/master/utils/2.15.X-fix_hypertable_foreign_keys.sql). For more details, see the following pull requests [#6797](https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/pull/6797).
PostgreSQL 13 is no longer supported in TimescaleDB v2.16.
-`zammad` has had its support for MySQL removed, since it was never working correctly and is now deprecated upstream. Check the [migration guide](https://docs.zammad.org/en/latest/appendix/migrate-to-postgresql.html) for how to convert your database to PostgreSQL.
-`nodePackages.vls` has been deprecated, as the upstream consumer of it, vetur, has been deprecated by upstream. Upstream suggests migrating to Volar for Vue LSP tooling instead.
-`himalaya` has been updated from `v1.0.0-beta.4` to `v1.1.0`, which introduces breaking changes. Check out the [release notes](https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya/releases) for details.
-`minetest` has been renamed to `luanti` to match the upstream name change but aliases have been added. The new name hasn't resulted in many changes as of yet but older references to minetest should be sunset. See the [new name announcement](https://blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/Introducing-Our-New-Name/) for more details.
-`poac` has been renamed to `cabinpkg` to match the upstream name change but an alias has been added. See the [new name announcement](https://github.com/orgs/cabinpkg/discussions/1052) for more details.
-`services.mongodb.initialRootPassword` has been replaced with the more secure option [`services.mongodb.initialRootPasswordFile`](#opt-services.mongodb.initialRootPasswordFile)
-`rofi` has been updated from 1.7.5 to 1.7.6 which introduces some breaking changes to binary plugins, and also contains a lot of new features and bug fixes. This is highlighted because the patch version bump does not indicate the volume of changes by itself. See the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/releases/tag/1.7.6) for the full list of changes.
-`tldr` now uses [`tldr-python-client`](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-python-client) instead of [`tldr-c-client`](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-c-client) which is unmaintained.
-`renovate` was updated to v39. See the [upstream release notes](https://docs.renovatebot.com/release-notes-for-major-versions/#version-39) for breaking changes.
Like upstream's docker images, renovate now runs on NodeJS 22.
- The behavior of the `networking.nat.externalIP` and `networking.nat.externalIPv6` options has been changed. `networking.nat.forwardPorts` now only forwards packets destined for the specified IP addresses.
-`python3Packages.jaeger-client` was removed because it was deprecated upstream. [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io) is the recommended replacement.
- The default version of `z3` has been updated from 4.8 to 4.13. There are still a few packages that need specific older versions; those will continue to be maintained as long as other packages depend on them but may be removed in the future.
- DokuWiki with the Caddy webserver (`services.dokuwiki.webserver = "caddy"`) now sets up sites with Caddy's automatic HTTPS instead of HTTP-only.
To keep the old behavior for a site `example.com`, set `services.caddy.virtualHosts."example.com".hostName = "http://example.com"`.
If you set custom Caddy options for a DokuWiki site, migrate these options by removing `http://` from `services.caddy.virtualHosts."http://example.com"`.
- The behavior of `services.hostapd.radios.<name>.networks.<name>.authentication.enableRecommendedPairwiseCiphers` was changed to not include `CCMP-256` anymore.
Since all configured pairwise ciphers have to be supported by the radio, this caused startup failures on many devices which is hard to debug in hostapd.
-`retroarch` has been refactored and the older `retroarch.override { cores = [ ... ]; }` to create a RetroArch derivation with custom cores doesn't work anymore, use `retroarch.withCores (cores: [ ... ])` instead. If you need more customization (e.g.: custom settings), use `wrapRetroArch` instead.
- The values of `services.borgbackup.jobs.*.extraArgs` and other `extra*Args` options are now represented as Bash arrays. If these arguments were modified using `services.borgbackup.jobs.*.preHook`, they will need to be adjusted to append to these arrays, i.e.
-`matomo-beta` has been removed as the version of the `matomo` package can now be easily overriden through `overrideAttrs` (see [PR #374022](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/374022))
- The ZFS import service now respects `fileSystems.*.options = [ "noauto" ];` and does not add that pool's import service to `zfs-import.target`, meaning it will not be automatically imported at boot.
-`nodePackages.stackdriver-statsd-backend` has been removed, as the StackDriver service has been discontinued by Google, and therefore the package no longer works.
-`python3Packages.opentracing` has been removed due to being unmaintained upstream. [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) is the recommended replacement.
- Default file names of images generated by several builders in `system.build` have been changed as outlined in the table below.
Names are now known at evaluation time and customizable via the new options `image.baseName`, `image.extension`, `image.fileName` and `image.filePath` with the latter returning a path relative to the derivations out path (e.g. `iso/${image.fileName` for iso images).
| `system.build` Option | Old Filename | New Filename |
-`programs.clash-verge.tunMode` was deprecated and removed because now service mode is neccessary to start program. Without `programs.clash-verge.enable`, clash-verge-rev will refuse to start.
- Cinnamon has been updated to 6.4, please check the [upstream announcement](https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_xia_whatsnew.php) for more details.
- Following [changes in Mint 22](https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupgrade/commit/f239cde908288b8c250f938e7311c7ffbc16bd59) we are no longer overriding Qt application styles. You can still restore the previous default with `qt.style = "gtk2"` and `qt.platformTheme = "gtk2"`.
- Following [changes in Mint 20](https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupgrade-legacy/commit/ce15d946ed9a8cb8444abd25088edd824bfb18f6) we are replacing xplayer with celluloid since xplayer is no longer maintained.
- Pantheon has been updated to 8, please check the [upstream announcement](https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-available-now/) for more details.
- Same as elementary OS, the X11 session is named "Classic Session" and the Wayland session is named "Secure Session".
- The dock has been rewritten, you need to manually migrate the dock items on update. You can check `~/.config/plank/dock1/launchers/` for your previous settings.
- Xfce has been updated to 4.20, please check the [upstream feature tour](https://www.xfce.org/about/tour420) for more details.
- Wayland session is still [experimental](https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap) and requires opt-in using `enableWaylandSession` option.
- Overriding Wayland compositor is possible using `enableWaylandSession` option, but you might need to take care [`xfce4-session`](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/-/merge_requests/49), [`dbus-update-activation-environment`](https://github.com/labwc/labwc/blob/eaf11face68ee1f1bcc7ce1498304ca8c108c8ba/src/config/session.c#L234) and [`systemctl --user import-environment`](https://github.com/labwc/labwc/blob/eaf11face68ee1f1bcc7ce1498304ca8c108c8ba/src/config/session.c#L239) on startup.
- For new Xfce installations, default panel layout has [changed](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/-/merge_requests/158/diffs) to not include external panel plugins by default. You can still add them yourself using the "Panel Preferences" dialog.
- [`services.mongodb`](#opt-services.mongodb.enable) is now compatible with the `mongodb-ce` binary package. To make use of it, set [`services.mongodb.package`](#opt-services.mongodb.package) to `pkgs.mongodb-ce`.
- [`services.jupyter`](#opt-services.jupyter.enable) is now compatible with `Jupyter Notebook 7`. See [the migration guide](https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migrate_to_notebook7.html) for details.
-`networking.wireguard` now has an optional networkd backend. It is enabled by default when `networking.useNetworkd` is enabled, and it can be enabled alongside scripted networking with `networking.wireguard.useNetworkd`. Some `networking.wireguard` options have slightly different behavior with the networkd and script-based backends, documented in each option.
- [`services.mongodb.enableAuth`](#opt-services.mongodb.enableAuth) now uses the newer [mongosh](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongosh) shell instead of the legacy shell to configure the initial superuser. You can configure the mongosh package to use through the [`services.mongodb.mongoshPackage`](#opt-services.mongodb.mongoshPackage) option.
- New options for the declarative configuration of the user space part of ALSA have been introduced under [hardware.alsa](options.html#opt-hardware.alsa.enable), including setting the default capture and playback device, defining sound card aliases and volume controls.
Note: these are intended for users not running a sound server like PulseAudio or PipeWire, but having ALSA as their only sound system.
- Caddy can now be built with plugins by using `caddy.withPlugins`, a `passthru` function that accepts an attribute set as a parameter. The `plugins` argument represents a list of Caddy plugins, with each Caddy plugin being a versioned module. The `hash` argument represents the `vendorHash` of the resulting Caddy source code with the plugins added.
Note that all provided plugins must have versions/tags (string after `@`), even if upstream repo does not tag each release. For untagged plugins, you can either create an empty Go project and run `go get <plugin>` and see changes in `go.mod` to get the pseudo-version number, or provide a commit hash in place of version/tag for the first run, and update the plugin string based on the error output.