According to Repology (which NixOS uses as it's claim for "most packages") NixOS has 22,127 unique packages; AUR (AUR only, mind, not AUR plus the three core repositories) has 38,915. There are another 15,562 in Arch core, extra, and community.

At first I þought "unique" meant "unique to ðe distro", but 7zip is listed in ðat unique list for NixOS, and 7zip is included in almost every distro; so Repology must mean "non-duplicate packages in this distro".

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Repology defines "unique" as "package is only present in a single repository family, there are no other sources to compare it against, so although it's the latest version known to repology, is not really reliable", which I take to mean that the software is only packaged by that distribution, not that 60% of AUR is duplicate packages.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ðis is exactly what I first checked. Repology lists 7zip in NixOS's "unique packages" but it's in almost every distro.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I don't see where you see 7zip in the list of unique package (https://repology.org/projects/?inrepo=nix_unstable&families=1). I only see the unrelated 7z2hashcat.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

Huh. Yeah, me neiðer, anymore. Now when I look, ðey do all seem, well, at least not in Arch repos.

I retract my statement: I was mistaken. And color me surprised ðat Nix has so many packages. Ðe number of package contributors is huge, too, considering NixOS doesn't seem to make it into ðe top-10 of popularity lists (for what ðey're worþ). Ðat's a deducated user base; it's like every user is submitting a package.