# Will the Cosmic Desktop appear in the next NixOS installation?
**URL:** https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865
**Category:** NixOS Releases
**Created:** [November 11, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865 "2024-11-11T10:22:32Z")
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### Author:  [@mystic](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/u/mystic)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865/1 "2024-11-11T10:22:33Z")
Hi all,
Am new here. Will the Cosmic Desktop appear in the next NixOS installation?
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### Author:  [@Atemu](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/u/Atemu)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865/2 "2024-11-11T11:28:25Z")
The packages are in Nixpkgs already but NixOS integration is not done yet. [[Super WIP] cosmic desktop environment by Aleksanaa · Pull Request #344397 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/344397)
There’s this upstream-NixOS-independent project by @lilyinstarlight though which also claims to support NixOS stable:
> **[GitHub - lilyinstarlight/nixos-cosmic: Flake for using COSMIC on NixOS](https://github.com/lilyinstarlight/nixos-cosmic)**
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> Flake for using COSMIC on NixOS. Contribute to lilyinstarlight/nixos-cosmic development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@tapirawa](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/u/tapirawa)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865/3 "2024-12-22T17:47:07Z")
I do wish that NixOS have ISO for Cosmic Desktop Environment as one of the option.
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### Author:  [@drakon](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/u/drakon)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865/4 "2024-12-22T18:14:33Z")
I have a daily build of a NixOS COSMIC Live ISO available at [GitHub - drakon64/nixos-cosmic-iso: NixOS Unstable Live ISO with COSMIC Desktop Environment](https://github.com/drakon64/nixos-cosmic-iso) if you want to try it out without installing
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### Author:  [@drakon](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/u/drakon)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865/5 "2024-12-22T18:14:53Z")
> [@Atemu](#):
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> There’s this upstream-NixOS-independent project by @lilyinstarlight though which also claims to support NixOS stable:
Happy to confirm that it works fine on Stable
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### Author:  [@tapirawa](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/u/tapirawa)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865/6 "2024-12-23T02:56:45Z")
I was expecting as default version (pre-install).
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### Author:  [@tapirawa](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/u/tapirawa)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.nixosstag.fcio.net/t/will-the-cosmic-desktop-appear-in-the-next-nixos-installation/55865/7 "2024-12-23T03:32:12Z")
I am hoping for that.