Flox

Flox is ranked #5 of 51 in development environment managers on The Geeks Club. It runs on Browser extension, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/mo.

Flox plans and pricing

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Personal Free Free Flox CLI · Flox Catalog access · unlimited public FloxHub environments · 3 private FloxHub environments · 5 private packages · community support via Slack or Discourse flox.dev · 28 Sept 2026

Team $20/mo $20/seat/month Everything in Personal · team catalog · unlimited package publishing · unlimited team FloxHub environments · platform support · paid consulting with Flox packaging experts flox.dev · 28 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published Custom pricing Everything in Team · custom deployment options · custom base catalog · software policy engine · comprehensive packaging support · paid Nix packaging consulting flox.dev · 28 Sept 2026

Compared on development environment managers

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $20/user/mo
Runtime management: Yes
Dependency locking: Yes
Configuration as code: Yes
Shell integration: Yes
Container support: Yes

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Flox

Purpose: Flox provides reproducible software environments containing the tools and frameworks developers need across the software lifecycle.
Environment definition: Environments define project packages, variables, and shell hooks and can be managed as code.
Cross-platform support: Flox environments are presented as working across macOS, Linux, and WSL2.
Catalog: The Flox Catalog is powered by Nixpkgs and the features page says it contains more than 190,000 packages.
Sharing: FloxHub lets users sync, share, and manage environments, including viewing package lists, previous versions, and change logs.
CI integration: Flox provides GitHub Actions for installing Flox and activating environments in CI workflows.
Editor integration: The download page offers a VS Code extension for managing packages, activating environments, and running services, and says it is also compatible with Cursor.
AI coding tools: Flox Skills are described as helping Claude Code, Codex, and skills.sh agents create environments, services, and builds and onboard repositories.
Supply-chain security: Flox says environments carry a signed, hash-pinned software bill of materials and build provenance.
Certifications: Flox states that it has SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications, and that prospects can request the related documentation.
Enterprise controls: The enterprise platform describes SSO, role-based access controls, private distribution including air-gapped use, audit lineage, and support with an SLA.
Company origin: Flox says it was originally built to help D. E. Shaw group developers adopt Nix at scale.
Founded: 2021
Headquarters: United States
Price from: $20/mo

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