nurl by nix-community
Generate Nix fetcher calls from URLs [maintainer=@figsoda]
About nurl
From the project's README at github.com/nix-community/nurl. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](https://github.com/nix-community/nurl/releases) [][crate] [](https://deps.rs/repo/github/nix-community/nurl) [](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0) [](https://github.com/nix-community/nurl/actions?query=workflow:ci)
> If you want to generate Nix packages, check out nix-init, > which builds on top of nurl, and includes a lot of features to reduce boilerplate Supported Fetchers builtins.fetchGit fetchCrate fetchFromBitbucket fetchFromGitHub fetchFromGitLab fetchFromGitea fetchFromGitiles fetchFromRepoOrCz fetchFromSourcehut fetchHex fetchPypi fetchgit fetchhg fetchpatch fetchpatch2 fetchsvn fetchurl fetchzip Usage
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 730 | github.com/nix-community/nurl |
| GitHub forks | 12 | github.com/nix-community/nurl |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 45 | nurl |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 3.4 years | since Dec 2022 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 19 | last: 3 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 3 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Replaces these paid SaaS
nurl is one of the open-source alternatives to:
Ready to self-host nurl?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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