NixOS Product policy

NixOS is tracked by BlackTree as an operating system or system software product. Its lifecycle page separates release identity, maintenance and security boundaries using the publisher's registered source.

Evidence status

This record passed BlackTree's automatic primary-source checks with a confidence score of 96. It is returned for operational research without requiring routine manual approval. Confirm edition and deployment applicability before acting.

Product overview

Main capabilities

Application and workload execution
Hardware, networking and storage management
Security updates and platform maintenance

Typical use

Used on endpoints, servers, appliances, virtual machines or cloud instances.

Deployment

Installed on physical or virtual systems, or delivered as an appliance or cloud image.

This category-level context is generated from the registered product identity. Confirm exact product capabilities on the publisher's page .

Collected lifecycle data

Product	NixOS
Release	Product policy
End of Support	30 June 2025
Date precision	Day

Known exploited vulnerabilities

Catalogue updated 11 Sep 2026

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No CISA known-exploited entries currently match this mapped product family.

This does not mean the product has no vulnerabilities.

Package vulnerability advisories

OSV advisories are matched through the registered package URL. A package-family match does not prove that the installed release is affected. Check the affected and fixed versions before remediation.

No package advisories have been linked for this product identity.

This is not evidence that the product has no vulnerabilities.

Source evidence

PRIMARYManual

nix official lifecycle source

The NixOS logo was originally designed by Simon Frankau for Haskell as part of the 2009 Haskell logo contest. Simon kindly gave permission for the design to be used by the NixOS project, and it was made official in November 2009. In 2015, a new version of the logo with a "hexagon design" was created by Tim Cuthbertson and added to the homepage. In March of 2017, it officially superseded the previous logo and was added to the nixos-artwork repository. Over the years, there have been many updates to the logo and repository, including: Converting the logotype to paths, removing the dependency on users having the designated font installed.... | NixOS 25.05 released | Published on Fri May 23 2025 | 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 Linux distribution. Its underlying package repository Nixpkgs can also be used on other Linux systems and macOS with the Nix package manager. This release will receive bugfixes and security updates for seven months (up until 2025-12-31). The old release 24.11 "Vicuña" is now officially deprecated and will reach its end-of-life and stop receiving security updates after 2025-06-30. NixOS Release Notes ... | NixOS 25.11 released | Published on Sun Nov 30 2025 | 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 distribution. Its underlying package repository Nixpkgs can also be used on other Linux systems and macOS with the Nix package manager. This release will receive bugfixes and security updates for seven months (up until 2026-06-30). The old release 25.05 "Warbler" is now officially deprecated and will reach its end-of-life and stop receiving security updates after 2025-12-31. NixOS Release Notes ...

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First collected 29 Aug 2026 · Last collected 12 Sep 2026 · Review state accepted

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