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Guix System


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC

Guix System (formerly Guix System Distribution, or GuixSD) is a Linux-based, stateless operating system that is built around the GNU Guix package manager. The operating system provides advanced package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language.

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Average visitor rating: 9.1/10 from 14 review(s).

Guix System Summary
Distribution Guix System (previously GuixSD)
Home Page https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
Mailing Lists http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/ • http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/
Bug Tracker https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix
Related Websites
Reviews 1.0.x: DistroWatch
0.15.0: DistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://guix.gnu.org/en/donate/ •

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-12-20: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.4.0
 • 2021-05-12: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.3.0
 • 2020-11-24: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.2.0
 • 2020-04-15: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.1.0
 • 2019-05-02: Distribution Release: Guix System 1.0.0
 • 2018-12-06: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.16.0
 • 2018-07-06: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.15.0
 • 2017-05-22: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.13.0
 • 2016-12-25: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.12.0
 • 2016-08-03: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.11.0
 • 2016-03-29: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.10.0
 • More Guix System releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-04-27 Guix moves toward full source builds
 • 2019-05-20 Guix releases fix for PATH issue
 • More Guix System headlines...

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Feature 2056389 1.4.0 1.3.0 1.2.0 1.0.1
Release Date 2025-05-04 2022-12-19 2021-05-12 2020-11-23 2019-05-19
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1100-1200 700-900 600-700 400-500 200-300
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop          
Package Management Guix Guix Guix Guix Guix
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4
Multilingual Yes en en en en
Asian Language Support          
Full Package List 2056389 1.4.0 1.3.0 1.2.0 1.0.1

Full Package List:   Guix System 2056389
  Number of packages: 278 (download as TXT)
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  •  90-kvm.rules
  •  acl-2.3.1
  •  alsa-lib-1.2.11
  •  alsa-topology-conf-1.2.4
  •  alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.11
  •  alsa-utils-1.2.11
  •  argon2-20190702
  •  ath9k-htc-ar7010-firmware-1.4.0
  •  ath9k-htc-ar9271-firmware-1.4.0
  •  attr-2.5.1
  •  avahi-0.8
  •  bash-5.1.16
  •  bash-completion-2.11
  •  bash-minimal-5.1.16
  •  bash-static-5.1.16
  •  bdb-6.2.32
  •  btrfs-progs-6.13
  •  bzip2-1.0.8
  •  cairo-1.18.2
  •  connman-1.43
  •  console-setup-1.212
  •  coreutils-9.1
  •  coreutils-minimal-9.1
  •  crda-4.15
  •  cryptsetup-2.6.1
  •  curl-8.6.0
  •  dbus-1.15.8
  •  ddrescue-1.29.1
  •  debianutils-5.7-0.4
  •  diffutils-3.10
  •  disarchive-0.6.0
  •  dosfstools-4.2
  •  duktape-2.6.0
  •  e2fsprogs-1.47.2
  •  ed-1.20.1
  •  elogind-255.17
  •  etc-polkit-1
  •  eudev-3.2.14
  •  eudev-3.2.14-static
  •  expat-2.5.0
  •  f2fs-tools-1.15.0
  •  file-5.45
  •  findutils-4.9.0
  •  flac-1.4.3
  •  fontconfig-minimal-2.14.0
  •  font-dejavu-2.37
  •  font-gnu-unifont-16.0.02
  •  font-gnu-unifont-16.0.02-psf
  •  freetype-2.13.0
  •  fribidi-1.0.12
  •  fuse-2.9.9
  •  fuse-3.10.5
  •  gawk-5.3.0
  •  gcc-11.4.0
  •  gdbm-1.23
  •  git-minimal-2.49.0
  •  glib-2.82.1
  •  glibc-2.35
  •  glibc-2.39
  •  glibc-utf8-locales-2.39
  •  gmp-6.3.0
  •  gnutls-3.8.3
  •  gpm-1.20.7
  •  gptfdisk-1.0.9
  •  graphite2-1.3.13
  •  grep-3.11
  •  groff-minimal-1.22.4
  •  grub-2.12
  •  guile-3.0.9
  •  guile-avahi-0.4.1
  •  guile-bytestructures-1.0.10
  •  guile-bzip2-0.1.0
  •  guile-colorized-0.1
  •  guile-fibers-1.3.1
  •  guile-gcrypt-0.4.0
  •  guile-git-0.10.0
  •  guile-gnutls-4.0.0
  •  guile-json-3.5.0
  •  guile-json-4.7.3
  •  guile-lib-0.2.8
  •  guile-lzlib-0.3.0
  •  guile-lzma-0.1.1
  •  guile-netlink-1.2.1
  •  guile-newt-0.0.3
  •  guile-parted-0.0.7
  •  guile-readline-3.0.9
  •  guile-semver-0.1.1
  •  guile-sqlite3-0.1.3
  •  guile-ssh-0.18.0
  •  guile-static-initrd-3.0.9
  •  guile-webutils-0.1-1.d309d65
  •  guile-zlib-0.2.2
  •  guile-zstd-0.1.1
  •  guix-1.4.0-36.0772d36
  •  guix-670724e
  •  guix-670724edc
  •  guix-670724edc-modules
  •  guix-daemon-1.4.0-36.0772d36
  •  guix-icons-0.1
  •  gzip-1.13
  •  harfbuzz-8.3.0
  •  http-parser-2.9.4-1.ec8b5ee
  •  icu4c-73.1
  •  inetutils-2.5
  •  info-reader-7.1.1
  •  iproute2-6.4.0
  •  iptables-1.8.8
  •  isc-dhcp-4.4.3-P1
  •  iso3166-territories
  •  iso639-languages
  •  iso-codes-4.17.0
  •  iw-5.19
  •  jfsutils-1.1.15
  •  json-c-0.15
  •  kbd-2.5.1
  •  kexec-tools-2.0.26
  •  kmod-29
  •  kmscon-0.0.0-1.01dd0a2
  •  less-608
  •  libaio-0.3.113
  •  libbsd-0.11.7
  •  libcap-2.64
  •  libcap-ng-0.8.5
  •  libcbor-0.11.0
  •  libdaemon-0.14
  •  libdatrie-0.2.13
  •  libdrm-2.4.124
  •  libedit-20191231-3.1
  •  libevent-2.1.12
  •  libffi-3.4.4
  •  libfido2-1.12.0
  •  libgc-8.2.4
  •  libgcrypt-1.11.0
  •  libgit2-1.9.0
  •  libgpg-error-1.51
  •  libice-1.1.2
  •  libidn2-2.3.4
  •  libinih-57
  •  libmd-1.0.4
  •  libmnl-1.0.5
  •  libnftnl-1.2.3
  •  libnl-3.5.0
  •  libogg-1.3.5
  •  libpcap-1.10.1
  •  libpciaccess-0.18.1
  •  libpipeline-1.5.6
  •  libpng-1.6.39
  •  libpsl-0.21.1
  •  libsamplerate-0.1.9
  •  libseccomp-2.5.4
  •  libsm-1.2.5
  •  libsndfile-1.2.0
  •  libssh-0.11.1
  •  libssh2-1.10.0
  •  libtasn1-4.19.0
  •  libthai-0.1.29
  •  libtsm-0.0.0-1.f70e379
  •  libunistring-1.1
  •  liburcu-0.14.1
  •  libusb-1.0.25
  •  libvorbis-1.3.7
  •  libx11-1.8.10
  •  libxau-1.0.12
  •  libxcb-1.17.0
  •  libxcrypt-4.4.36
  •  libxdmcp-1.1.5
  •  libxext-1.3.6
  •  libxft-2.3.8
  •  libxkbcommon-1.6.0
  •  libxml2-2.9.14
  •  libxmu-1.2.1
  •  libxrender-0.9.12
  •  libxt-1.3.1
  •  linux-libre-6.14.4
  •  linux-libre-headers-5.15.49
  •  linux-pam-1.5.2
  •  locale-2.35
  •  locale-2.39
  •  lvm2-2.03.22
  •  lvm2-static-2.03.22
  •  lz4-1.9.3
  •  lzip-1.23
  •  lzlib-1.13
  •  lzo-2.10
  •  man-db-2.12.0
  •  mdadm-4.2
  •  mg-20240709
  •  mingetty-1.08
  •  mit-krb5-1.20
  •  nano-8.4
  •  ncurses-6.2.20210619
  •  net-base-5.3
  •  nettle-3.9.1
  •  net-tools-1.60-0.479bb4a
  •  newt-0.52.21
  •  nss-certs-3.99
  •  nss-mdns-0.14.1
  •  ntfs-3g-2022.10.3
  •  nvi-1.81.6
  •  openconnect-9.12
  •  openfwwf-firmware-5.2
  •  openresolv-3.13.2
  •  openssh-10.0p1
  •  openssh-sans-x-10.0p1
  •  openssl-3.0.8
  •  openvpn-2.6.12
  •  opus-1.3.1
  •  p11-kit-0.24.1
  •  pango-1.54.0
  •  parted-3.6
  •  patch-2.7.6-0.f144b35
  •  pciutils-3.8.0
  •  pcre2-10.42
  •  perl-5.36.0
  •  pixman-0.42.2
  •  pkg-config-0.29.2
  •  polkit-1
  •  polkit-121
  •  popt-1.18
  •  ppp-2.5.0
  •  procps-4.0.3
  •  psmisc-23.7
  •  readline-8.1.2
  •  screen-5.0.0
  •  sed-4.8
  •  shadow-4.13
  •  shared-mime-info-2.3
  •  shepherd-0.10.5
  •  shepherd-1.0.4
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty1.go
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty1.scm
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty2.go
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty2.scm
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty3.go
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty3.scm
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty4.go
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty4.scm
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty5.go
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty5.scm
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty6.go
  •  shepherd-console-font-tty6.scm
  •  shepherd-term-tty1.go
  •  shepherd-term-tty1.scm
  •  shepherd-term-tty2.go
  •  shepherd-term-tty2.scm
  •  shepherd-term-tty3.go
  •  shepherd-term-tty3.scm
  •  shepherd-term-tty4.go
  •  shepherd-term-tty4.scm
  •  shepherd-term-tty5.go
  •  shepherd-term-tty5.scm
  •  shepherd-term-tty6.go
  •  shepherd-term-tty6.scm
  •  slang-2.3.3
  •  sqlite-3.39.3
  •  sudo-1.9.16
  •  tar-1.34
  •  texinfo-6.8
  •  tzdata-2023d
  •  usbutils-017
  •  util-linux-2.37.4
  •  util-linux-with-udev-2.37.4
  •  v86d-0.1.10
  •  vpnc-0.5.3
  •  vpnc-scripts-20200925.3885f8b
  •  wayland-1.23.1
  •  wget-1.21.4
  •  which-2.21
  •  wireless-regdb-2023.05.03
  •  wireless-tools-30.pre9
  •  wpa-supplicant-2.10
  •  xauth-1.1.3
  •  xfsprogs-6.0.0
  •  xkeyboard-config-2.38
  •  xl2tpd-1.3.17
  •  xz-5.4.5
  •  zlib-1.3
  •  zstd-1.5.2


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Version: 1.4.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-09-27
Votes: 0


 This distro reach an insane level of privacy on it's extremely enclosed environment, they even don't support Firefox, they have their own privacy-focused browser called IceCat, as an extra at least we can get Ungoogled Chromium, their packages are depurated to comply their normatives.

Of course is a good distro, if you looking for the maximum privacy, or... if as me you are passionate exploring technologies, so experimenting with Guix can be a rewarding experience. Definitely i will not use this distro as my daily drive i'm happy with NixOS,, but i agree that it was an interesting experience.




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Version: 2056389
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-11
Votes: 3


 This is the best operating system I have ever encountered, the one that introduced me to the world of Lisp programming languages, and that seems to be the reason why it is so great, because it is designed with a Lisp implementation called guile scheme.
The basic tools are thoughtfully implemented to solve many of the problems of software development and dependencies.
No other environment gives you the same environment for software development as guix, which makes it easy to manage dependency hell.
The ability to compile from source is a snap. If you are obsessed with binaries, keep in mind that guix does not package like traditional methods, and if a package is packaged properly, it makes no difference whether you download it or compile it, you will have what the developer built.
There is a lot more to say, but I think this is enough for now.
Good luck


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Version: 1.4.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-20
Votes: 3


 It's a very unique GNU/Linux distro that doesn't allow non-free software nor does it contain any of it in any of their official repositories. The configuration file is written in scheme and from that one configuration file you can configure your whole system and you can even install Guix System on other computers based on that configuration file which makes you able to reproduce the same install. It's meant for more advanced users but definitely worth learning in my opinion. It even allows you to manage your system from Emacs and has great documentation. I would recommend to everyone looking for a new experience or like the idea of it.


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