# If you have to choose only one, what is the preferred proprietary package repository, nix, nonguix or flatpak?

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**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/if-you-have-to-choose-only-one-what-is-the-preferred-proprietary-package-repository-nix-nonguix-or-flatpak/1896 "2026-02-17T08:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Folaht](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/folaht/32/1145_2.png) [@Folaht](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/Folaht)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/if-you-have-to-choose-only-one-what-is-the-preferred-proprietary-package-repository-nix-nonguix-or-flatpak/1896/1 "2026-02-17T08:12:06Z")

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I’m asking because I want to limit my search for proprietary packages to the least amount of proprietary repositories as possible.

So far my preference is flatpak, because that’s the one I know.

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**Author:** ![Nebk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/nebk/32/774_2.png) [@Nebk](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/Nebk)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/if-you-have-to-choose-only-one-what-is-the-preferred-proprietary-package-repository-nix-nonguix-or-flatpak/1896/2 "2026-02-18T13:43:40Z")

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I’m basically forced to choose nonguix, since I need it for kernel drivers. If not for that reason, I would probably choose flatpak since that seems to be the official place for  
a) hard to build software (FreeCAD, Kicad, etc).  
b) proprietary software

Full disclosure is that I haven’t ever used nix.