# NixOS 26.05 released

DevFeed: [NixOS 26.05 released](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nixos-26-05-released-38878.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2026/nixos-2605/>)

Author: NixOS

Published: 2026-05-30T07:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [NixOS Announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nixos-announcements.md>)

Topics: [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Release notes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/release-notes.md>), [systemd](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systemd.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [modules](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modules.md>), [deprecated](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deprecated.md>), [Package manager](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/package-manager.md>)

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## AI overview

NixOS 26.05, named "Yarara," is publicly available as a new Linux distribution release. The announcement covers package, module, configuration, systemd initrd, platform-support, GNOME, and compiler changes, along with support timelines for NixOS 26.05 and the previous 25.11 release.

## Source excerpt

Hey everyone, we are yayayayaka and jopejoe1, the release managers of the newest release of NixOS. We are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 26.05 "Yarara". 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 2026-12-31). The old release 25.11 "Xantusia" is now officially deprecated and will reach its end-of-life and stop receiving security updates after 2026-06-30. NixOS Release Notes Highlights New Modules Backward Incompatibilities Other Notable Changes Nixpkgs Release Notes Highlights Backward Incompatibilities Other Notable Changes Nixpkgs Library Upgrade Instructions ISO Image Downloads The 26.05 release was made possible due to the efforts of 2842 contributors, who authored 59703 commits since the previous release. Highlights Our vast and routinely maintained set of packages has also been updated. This release of Nixpkgs Added 20442 new packages Updated 20641 existing packages Removed 17532 outdated packages, in an effort to keep the package set maintainable and secure. In addition to packages from Nixpkgs, the NixOS Linux distribution also features composable configuration modules and integration tests for distributed systems. This release of NixOS Added 85 new modules and 1547 configuration options Removed 25 outdated modules and 355 configuration options. systemd stage 1 Stage 1 (a.k.a. initrd) is now based on systemd by default, and the old scripted implementation is deprecated and scheduled for removal in 26.11. Deprecation of x86_64-darwin This will be the last release of Nixpkgs to support x86_64-darwin. Platform support will be maintained and binaries built until Nixpkgs 26.05 goes out of support at the end of 2026. For 26.11, due to Apple's deprecation of the platform and limited build infrastructure and developer time, we will no longer build packa