Products

Flox

One environment. Every developer. Every agent.

flox.dev Source★ 738GPL-2.0Software Development / Hosting, Deployment & DevOps

AI Benchmark
Desktop
Mobile
Monthly visits
33.8K
Down37.6%MoMSep 2026
Public revenue
Undisclosed
No public revenue evidence yet
Entry price
$20/mo
Higher than 64% of peersNiche median $11.77/mo
Creators
Ben Futoriansky
No social account linked+1 more creators
Launched
2y ago
2024-06-26 · Est.

Traffic

Monthly visitsData through Sep 2026 · Oct 2026 pending
Events11 changes

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions
  • Launched on Show HN (14 pts)Launch

    Flox – Nvidia CUDA available for the Nix ecosystem — Hey Everyone! Ron here, part of the NixOS Foundation and building Flox. Just coming out of this years NixCon and pretty excited to show hn…

    Sep 10, 2025 · 14mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Product HuntLaunch

    Build & share dev environments from 100k+ software packages

    Jun 26, 2024 · 2y agoLaunch page

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Console.dev
2024-04-18Source
What engineers like:
Creates & manages virtual environments and installs packages into them. Makes it easy to manage devtools, libraries, runtimes without conflicts. Handles dependency management for any installed packages. Easy to share environments with other people. Environments can be defined declaratively in a config file.
Trade-offs & limitations:
Uses Nix behind the scenes which is both great (declarative language for package management), but also quite complex to understand if you want to build your own packages.
Best suited for:
Developers who need to manage virtual environments and packages
Console.dev
2025-07-10Source
What engineers like:
Tooling makes it easy to create reproducible builds. Include runtime dependencies and publish packages that are ready to execute. Everything runs in a sandbox. Package output can include configs, docs, examples, bundled ready to run.
Trade-offs & limitations:
You must specifically build, package, and publish for every system architecture.
Best suited for:
Developers using Nix should consider this tool for creating reproducible builds
Show HN
2025-09-10Source
Post excerpt:
Hey Everyone! Ron here, part of the NixOS Foundation and building Flox. Just coming out of this years NixCon and pretty excited to show hn below :) As of today, NVIDIA officially recognizes Canonical, SUSE, CIQ, and Nix—via Flox—as supported distributors for CUDA. Full blog - https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/developers-can-now-get-cud... This is a huge win

Open Source & Agent Ecosystem

GitHub · MCP / Skill
Last commit 2026-10-30
GitHub Stars
★ 738
Forks
30
License
GPL-2.0
Primary language
Go

Traffic sources

Sep 2026

Traffic breakdown

Channels

  • Social35%
  • Organic Search27%
  • Direct23%
  • AI Assistants10%
  • Other5%

Countries

  • United States18%
  • Cambodia9%
  • Kenya9%
  • Vietnam7%
  • France7%

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2023-02-08

KeywordMonthly volume
streamrip44.7K
flox7,140
nix-containers450
flox company160
de shaw flox150

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Personal
Unknown
3 private FloxHub envs · 5 private packages
Team
$20/mo
Enterprise
Contact sales

Trial: None · 1 paid tier ($20) · Enterprise custom tier · Observed 2026-11-04 · Pricing page

Entry price $20/mo, Higher than 64% of peers; “Hosting, Deployment & DevOps” median is $11.77/mo.View pricing benchmark

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2024-06-26

Key pages

Weekly snapshots
flox.dev/ Snapshot 2026-11-04

Changes

  1. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Homepage headline (H1) changed to “One environment. Every developer. Every agent.”Positioning

    An integrated software fabric for teams.→One environment. Every developer. Every agent.

  2. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Adopted technology: Amazon Web ServicesFeatures

    —→Amazon Web Services

  3. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Google AnalyticsFeatures

    Google Analytics→—

  4. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Google Tag ManagerFeatures

    Google Tag Manager→—

  5. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: HTTP/3Features

    HTTP/3→—

  6. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Linkedin Insight TagFeatures

    Linkedin Insight Tag→—

Design

First-screen visual analysis & :root CSS

Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and code block / terminal / cli visuals.

First-screen preview · click to zoom

First-screen pitch & conversion flow

“One environment. Every developer. Every agent.”

Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and customer / press logo strip.

Conversion path: Split Copy & Visual + Code Block / Terminal / CLI → Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar: Customer / Press Logo Strip

Palette · click to copy

5-D design score7.9 / 10
Typography
8.0
Color & Contrast
8.0
Layout & Spacing
8.0
Craft & Polish
8.0
Distinctiveness
7.0

Structure

Fonts
Inter / JetBrains Mono
Primary visual
Code Block / Terminal / CLI
Conversion CTA
Start Free / Sign Up
Social proof
Customer / Press Logo Strip
Navigation
Full-Width Top Bar
Theme & density
Light · Airy
Corners & depth
Large Radius · With shadow
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome (with Dark Developer)

Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.

## Design Tokens

```css
:root {
  --background: #ffffff;
  --surface: #161616;
  --foreground: #111111;
  --muted-foreground: #6b7280;
  --accent: #a855f7;
  --radius: 16px;
  --font-heading: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-mono: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
}
```

Color area ratio: Background #FFFFFF (~62%) · Surface #161616 (~16%) · Text #111111 (~10%) · Muted Text #6B7280 (~7%) · Accent #A855F7 (~5%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.

## Layout & Conversion Structure

- Hero layout: Split Copy & Visual
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Airy
- Border radius & elevation: Large Radius; use elevation shadows to separate layers
- Primary visual medium: Code Block / Terminal / CLI
- Conversion CTA: Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar uses Customer / Press Logo Strip
- Headline hook: Target Audience Callout
- Hero components: Code & Terminal, Customer Logo Wall
- Spatial layout notes: Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and customer / press logo strip.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring split copy & visual layout and code block / terminal / cli visuals.

## Avoid

- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color

Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.

Questions & evidence

How much does Flox cost?
Personal: Unknown; Team: $20/mo; Enterprise: Contact sales. Observed 2026-11-04. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
How much website traffic does Flox get?
Vaneform estimates 33.8K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
What is Flox and what platforms does it support?
Flox is catalogued under Hosting, Deployment & DevOps: One environment. Every developer. Every agent.. Supported platforms: CLI / SDK.
Is Flox open source?
Flox has a public repository (https://github.com/flox/flox) under the GPL-2.0 license, recording 738 GitHub stars.Source

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