Flatpak VS Flox

Flatpak

Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux

Flox

Manage and share development environments with all the frameworks and libraries you need, then publish artifacts anywhere. Harness the power of Nix.

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Flatpak seems to be a lot more popular than Flox. While we know about 84 links to Flatpak, we've tracked only 2 mentions of Flox. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Flatpak mentions (84)

Tools for Linux Distro Hoppers
Hopping from one distro to another with a different package manager might require some time to adapt. Using a package manager that can be installed on most distro is one way to help you get to work faster. Flatpak is one of them; other alternative are Snap, Nix or Homebrew. Flatpak is a good starter, and if you have a bunch of free time, I suggest trying Nix. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago
I cannot get flatpak to find anything on a fresh Debian12 install
The repository that I used is the official one from flathub.org, I literally typed:. Source: 10 months ago
Modern CSV version 2 is now available
It shouldn't be too complicated to create a package from the provided tarball. [1]: https://flatpak.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago
Flutter 3 on Devuan 4: Getting started
Besides, there may be other ways to install them, although there doesn't seem no such Flatpak packages in Flathub. For example, some senerio to use some release channel or Docker / Podman. Additionally, when you use a different Linux distro where systemd is adopted and therefore can do Snaps (Snapd), you have another possibility. - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago
Android Studio on Devuan 4: Install
Besides, there is another way to install Android Studio on Devuan: Flatpak. They have the package. Moreover, when you use a different Linux distro and can use Snaps, there is also the package. - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago

Flox mentions (2)

Show HN: Brioche – A new Nix-like package manager
Flox is the best thing I know of for articulating binary dependencies (language runtimes, etc.), which is probably the sweet spot for nix anyways at the moment. Flox uses nix for its backend, but has a simple TOML syntax and is properly humble about what it can do -- but killer at it -- as opposed to promising the world. https://flox.dev. - Source: Hacker News / 19 days ago
Nix is a better Docker image builder than Docker's image builder
Nix and NixOS are in something like the state git was in before GitHub: the fundamental idea is based on more serious computer science than the status quo (SVN, Docker), the plumbing still has some issues but isn’t worse, and the porcelain and docs are just not there for mainstream adoption. I think that might have changed with the release of flox: https://flox.dev, it’s basically seamless (and that’s not... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago