Description:
Manages environments across the software lifecycle
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Type: Cask
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Latest Version: 1.9.0@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
@floxdev |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Developer tools
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Tags:
environment-management
reproducibility
nix
devops
developer-tools
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Install:
brew install --cask flox
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About:
Flox is a universal environment manager that provides declarative, reproducible environments for the entire software lifecycle. It leverages Nix to manage dependencies across development, CI, and production, ensuring consistency from local development to deployment. Flox environments are portable and can be shared across teams and infrastructure without container overhead.
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Key Features:
- Declarative environment management with flox.nix
- Cross-platform support (macOS, Linux) with binary caching
- Shareable and reproducible environments via FloxHub
- Integration with existing workflows (Docker, CI/CD)
- No container runtime required
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Use Cases:
- Creating reproducible development environments that match production
- Sharing consistent toolchains and dependencies across distributed teams
- Managing environment dependencies without containerization overhead
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Alternatives:
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Docker
– Flox provides lighter-weight environments without container runtime overhead while maintaining reproducibility
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Homebrew
– Flox offers isolated, reproducible environments rather than global package installation
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Nix
– Flox provides a simplified, user-friendly layer over Nix with built-in collaboration features
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| Feb 10, 2026 7:09pm |
1.9.0 |
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42e5527b |
| Feb 5, 2026 9:52pm |
1.8.4 |
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d0e915e5 |
| Jan 27, 2026 6:58pm |
1.8.3 |
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d18f6a51 |
| Jan 14, 2026 1:11am |
1.8.2 |
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301365ac |
| Dec 30, 2025 9:51pm |
1.8.1 |
0 |
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74eb0a64 |
| Dec 17, 2025 1:01am |
1.8.0 |
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88456ae1 |
| Sep 16, 2025 4:12pm |
1.7.3 |
0 |
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6231f308 |
| Sep 15, 2025 11:39am |
1.7.2 |
0 |
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8c79032f |
| Aug 19, 2025 9:53pm |
1.7.1 |
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4b1d0bd5 |
| Aug 19, 2025 4:13pm |
1.7.0 |
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9df3a608 |
| Aug 5, 2025 4:03pm |
1.6.1 |
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76c9b2ff |
| Aug 6, 2024 6:40pm |
1.2.3 |
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d37419f5 |
| Jul 24, 2024 9:39pm |
1.2.2 |
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63318e82 |
| Jul 23, 2024 4:03pm |
1.2.1 |
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98d1383d |
| Jul 9, 2024 6:42pm |
1.2.0 |
0 |
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a68db38b |
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