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      You’re technically right, if you count duplicate packages. However, NixOS has fewer unique packages.

      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”.

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        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.

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

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              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.