yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scorpi786:
Stock Rom with xposed and gravity box. TWRP recovery.

Tried pa 4.4.4 but thought it was a step back compared to my original setup.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedMaio:
Stock with Xposed, gravitybox, a module for heads-up notification and one for the L navbar :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scorpi786:
Gravity box comes with its own heads up now it's in the status bar settings.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boonyard:
When you guys say 'stock', it would if you could say if it's stock with extras like dalvik patch etc or just the proper stock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedMaio:
Well, there was in fact an update I did't check for :D

Thank you!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xBabyfaceKingx:
Carbon Rom 4.4.4 with ElementalX 1.00. Gonna be trying out Android L pretty soon.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroKcm:
Proper stock only...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pomponio2196:
Purity 4.4.4 with codeblue r183exp
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lfbuccat:
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Just recently updated to PA 4.41, Franco Kernel r55 and TWRP. No complaints.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FCDHBubbles:
Android L...rooted..:D:D:D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] William604:
proper stock
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootSU:
Multirom v26 (TWRP), running 4.4.4 as primary, and Android L as secondary, both on ART and rooted..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dperks88:
Pure white 4.4.4 lbyrd L w/ Franco r55 kernel. Fast and stable.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacksome:
Android L stock. Multirom with 4.4.4 rooted, xposed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Rooted stock 4.4.4 elementalX xposed :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trawel:
ATOM (newest version) + elementalx 1.02cm + ART enabled
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamsweeting:
Dev preview of Android L, rooted + busybox
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitjen:
Stock 4.4.4 rooted + xposed gravitybox
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edge330:
Stock 4.4.2 + franco r54 + ART
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juzman:
TWRP

ParanoidAndroid 4.4.4

Franco.Kernel r56

ART

Sound/Gamma mods
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexiuss:
TWRP, CM 11, no xposed

CyanogenMod@Nexus5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vs4vijay:
Carbon Rom

Carbon Rom with Franco Kernel, Also have MultiROM with FirefoxOS, Paranoid Android ROM.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbutt:
Currently proper stock 4.4.4.

Have been really lazy about rerooting & flashing a ROM...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 350Rocket:
I am on a bet as to how long I can leave this phone stock. That's the main reason I haven't rooted yet. As soon as I do though I'm flashing something with a dark theme or cm so I can apply a black theme. I just like that look better.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaylanPHNX:
Slim ROMs for life! SlimKat works quite smoothly with Faux Kernel.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DARTHVAPOR:
sEnT fRoM a dIrTy sLuTTy uNicOrN
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahyl:
I'm still running Cataclysm/ Franco Kernel combo and it is still holding up. GPS is not 100% but other than that I haven't had any issues.

Any reasons to update to something more recent?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DARTHVAPOR:
This
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ieatnoobs:
Running Pure White Ibryd L Odex rom. L Preview running on Kitkat ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danifeb:
CWM Touch, Cataclysm ROM, Stock kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DARTHVAPOR:
This as secondary

sEnT fRoM a dIrTy sLuTTy uNicOrN
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] info[]box1:
Mokee ROM with stock mokee kernel. CWM recovery
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATZ-007:
I'm running Cataclysm with Franco Kernel, however I'm thinking of moving to Purity.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Would be a progressive move. ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahyl:
Please tell me how it goes! Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] In Desolation:
TWRP, Android L, stock kernel.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATZ-007:
I’m on Purity 4.4.4 now.

It’s too early to judge however so far I’m not missing Cataclysm, although few add-ons are not in Purity and there were in Cataclysm. i.e. from top of my hear, call blocker and smart radio.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondBond:
Unitato 2.0 Dev build + EX 1.00
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltenbuchner:
dirty unicorn
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krystyuc:
ParanoidAndroid and ElementalX
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksora145:
Twrp stock rom + Franco r56 test kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herpxmyxderp:
Was running Purity + Franco, got great performance and battery but wanted to try something different. Switched to Cataclysm + ElementalX but had a strange issue with the "swipe down to exit full screen" popping up for half a second when unlocking even after 2 clean installs, also ran into some trouble with the OTA update constantly downloading, just seemed like more work then it was worth. So now I'm running Stock 4.4.4 + twrp + ElementalX + z2 Dalvik and G3 Bionic + Xposed and GravityBox :).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] californicated:
Must be your personal Rom? I've only found the old thread
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondBond:
:D its what im working on, its personal currently cause its so buggy, but once i fix it all up it will be released to public, ;)

Sorry for OT mod :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamer.11:
Stock + Furnace + TWRP
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arief347:
PA 4.42 + franco r55 + twrp
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmbabu:
L w/ Code Blue kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliasretro:
Mahdi + Franco couldn't be happier with my nex5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtEExll:
TWRP + CyanogenMod 11 + ElementalX with UV + ART = Perfect Combo

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VisionNN:
Stock Nexus 5 4.4.4 ROM

ElementalX Kernel

Xposed Framework (Tons of Modules)

G3 Bionic

Z2 Dalvik

TWRP
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitinvaid:
Mahdi ROM as primary and multirom with android L,CM11,and MIUIv5 on my dual scandisk USB otg drive
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geordie Boyo:
Everything is on my sig. :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niv3d:
Do you have any issues at all with multirom?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milan.gadakari:
Rooted and all stock.. I feel as long as the phone works like magic no need to flash custom ROMs.. I feel the freedom nw.. On my old device incredible s every week I used to flash..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitinvaid:
Well no I don't have any
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jitin02:
Using MultiRom:

stock4.4.4

Android L

PA

CM11

InspireOS
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p-d:
using PA
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B@RRY78:
LS KK V3.1

Inspire os

Sent from Nexus 5 using XDA premium and ls kk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Horoscope:
Form page 80 to current this is the approx count suggested by users... Stock rom & Element X kernel clear winners

Kernels

ElementX	21

Franco	14

Code Blue	3

Roms

Stock	32

PA	8

CM	10

Mahdi	4

Cataclysm	3

Purity	4

Carbon	4

Slim	4

Elix R	2

Android L	6

Dirty Unicorn	5

Others	9
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NVardan:
My current setup:

The latest PA ROM with Franco Kernel r56.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smatherlee:
Emilio Unchained and Franco.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teonagode:
Android Ice Cold Project 5.0

Sent from my Nexus 5 running AICP 5.0
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulver:
Lichti's rastakat build with stock kernel.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Koopa777:
LiquidSmooth, ElementalX, F2FS.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bouncingsoul:
+1
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ_Stylers:
Carbon rom and TWRP, SuperSU everything else - stock
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
Currently running Purity+ and Faux 19u, which is giving me really great battery life, performance is a bit hard to judge since the weather here is really hot and the phone therefore gets hot really fast!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] californicated:
Team EOS ROM
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faisaldeus:
htc sense 6 on NEXUS 5

have a look at this port

http://youtu.be/3cfopz7cWCs
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KosherGang:
Mahdi ROM, with code blue kernel! Under clocked and undervolted. The performance is still incredible and battery life is amazing!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerty1208:
Had some issues with my previous Carbon ROM setup lately, so I decided to switch to Elix-R, which I've used before but didn't get along with too well. Missed some stuff from Carbon but this time I use Xposed Framework and it's all good! :)

So:

Elix-R

Bricked Kernel with DT2W

Xposed Framework
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilkidz:
Running cataclysm with code blue r192
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rg400smarttowel:
I'm running stock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Horoscope:
can u pls share the setting ?

and which app u used to change settings ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KosherGang:
Used kernel tweaker to undervolt all frequencies -75 and underclocked so max frequency is 1190400. I know it sounds strange to set it that low, but try it out, the device is still incredibly snappy and smooth!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gansolc:
Cataclysm ROM with franko kernel r30 :good::D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psycho Orange:
Now running Stock+Code_Blue_r198-exp :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sileniusmike:
Android L Preview

Linaro 1048 Beta Kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulver:
OK now it's simpleAOSP.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnyolivares:
I'm running BeanStalk ROM + elementalx
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ieatnoobs:
Running mostly stock KK 4.4.3. I also just discovered Xposed and it's like the greatest thing ever. I downloaded a few modules like L keyboard, L launcher and others so I'm pretty happy now :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parkson:
If you're into xposed, look into the Gravity Box module. Modders heaven
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostdata:
Paranoid ROM and ElementalX Kernel, Currently the best ROM/Kernel combo I have found that works for me. have tried pretty much every ROM and kernel out there but this works the best for me (battery and performance), plus the Hover feature, and Imersive toggle are a plus in Paranoid

I am also running Xposed framework with a few modules like gravity box. and Greenify with xposed addons
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwiftLeeO:
Paranoid Android 4.43 w/ ElementalX 1.0 Kernel w/ Undervolting. I can't say much for battery life because I rarely use my phone other than when I'm flashing it, but I've heard EX is a good kernel for battery life (so long as you keep the sweep features disabled) so it probably does alright. I also use a theme called Herathon which is somewhat of an Android L theme. I would have to say that Paranoid Android is my favorite rom so far. I've tried a handful of roms and I have to say that the simplicity of the rom is what really makes me like it that much more. It adds a few new useful features like Peek (having owned a Moto X before this, I loved the Active Display; Peek is basically that and more), Hover (except for the fact that you cant swipe notifications such as voicemail, which is a pain if it's hovering and your trying to get to your status bar), and all the other goodies.

[MENTION=2564730]parkson[/MENTION]:

I have tried Gravity box before, its great. Too bad it can't make my coffee :P
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basi83:
on Carbon ROM with code blue r198. best experience so far in regards to smoothness and battery life.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niv3d:
SlimKat + Code Blue. :) amazing stuff
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yashade2001:
Aospal (my own unofficial build) + bricked kernel (my own unofficial build again)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killerdann11:
I'm running "L kat", its basically stock rom with added things and android L themed things.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Towerdragon:
I have switched around with different ROMs carbon, cyanogenmod, and Vanir but right now I'm running stock 4.4.4 and elementalx Kernal everything is running great
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crytech:
Mahdi+franco

Best combo IMO:p
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotzaDroid:
I'm late to the game as I tried to keep my N5 stock for almost a year now, but... I'm running the latest CM11 nightly with elementalX kernel 1.02. I'm very happy with the setup. Still itching to try PA though. I just don't feel like flashing the factory image first so I can then go to PA. These are the times I miss a SD card to hold all these nandroid backups.... One backup kills my 16gb N5's storage space!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] third son:
Calkulin's 4.4.4 running flawlessly since it came out.....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 350Rocket:
For the people that tried different Roms and went back to stock ROM with or without mods, kernel or xposed etc what were your reasons?

I'm still on stock ROM not rooted, just art enabled and I have zero stability issues with this phone. Much better than I'm used to with HTC phones in the past all running custom Roms. Trying to decide if I want to risk annoying problems again with a custom rom. I spend hours getting my phone set up after a fresh flash.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sharpie24l:
I used a multitude of different Roms but ended up going back to stock with xposed and gravity box. Biggest reason was that through all the roms nothing appealed to me enough. I prefer stock and no ROM gave me enough to not use it. Gravity box and softkeyz work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 350Rocket:
Well for me the things I miss on stock is the cm quick settings tiles that toggle. With stock I have to go click and go into settings to toggle mobile data on or off, WiFi and GPS etc can be toggled with a long press but still extra time compared to cm. That and I like cm theme manager. I may end up trying xposed but I wonder if it affects stability at all plus I did notice a difference with art enabled so I'd like to keep using it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPE926:
CM 11 Nightly (Usually update 1 to 2 times a week) Elemental 1.02 with express settings no tweaks. Usually get about 3 hours sot with pretty heavy use

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalle95:
Now on my Nexus 5 I'm running the L Developer preview! :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kraven001:
Latest "stable" PA. It's has a good amount of features and customization (especially with the new theme engine).

Running a custom kernel (Code Blue in fact) and that was always the way I ran this - using custom kernels no matter that I ran stock or some other rom variation.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DARTHVAPOR:
I felt the same way until I found SOKP and Dirty Unicorns.

Nexus 5 On 28's With Candy Paint
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dubledude:
Purity Rom + Linear Kernel. Nothing Better ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prattham:
mahdi rom + kernel set to elementalX

if someone helped you...don't say thanks just hit the thanks button
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heimdall_:
Madhi / Carbon / Slim with code blue kernel.

Right now i'm on Madhi ROM.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rg400smarttowel:
I'm running Android L preview now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamaral:
Recently switched over to CM, since carbon stopped nighties (since it needs since it can get really buggy) . Pretty happy with it, added Peek from the play store and I'm as happy as a clam.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BruKnowsBest:
but there are so many apps that are not compatible with ART that i am a little skeptical whether i should change to ART or leave it be ...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotzaDroid:
Currently on the latest CM11 nightly (7/21) and chaos kernel 13.1 stable. Couldn't be happier. Smooth as glass, better battery life than stock and more features built in.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 350Rocket:
I haven't found any of the apps I've used not working on art. I was skeptical at first and worried about stability but there hasn't been any problems for me.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsas.69:
I've tried a few different kernals and Roms but always seem to come back to stock with xposed. Of what I've tried stock with Franco kernal worked beat for me.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doctor_droid:
Just flashed android L ..:p good so far
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abeysoft:
N5XPA 2.0 Rom with latest franco kernel:angel:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieranrosevear:
Stock ROM + Z2 Bionic & Dalvik + Elementalx
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parkson:
Vanir with Trinity kernel seems to be a winning combo
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xharos:
Cataclysm + franco kernel on ART
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.b93:
Both my nexus 5 and nexus 7 are as stock as they can be. I'm happy with the way android is now. A year or two ago I flashed to get some extra features but android has come we a long way since then.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtwlbz:
Slimkat art bionic.patch franco
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] japie06:
Stock + gravitybox is all I need.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m3lover1:
Changing roms quite a bit until full PA is back. Have multirom with mahdi and omnirom. Mainly using omnirom. Sometimes will switch back to stock, PA beta. Franco kernel always, ART at the moment, but if not then I have xposed and gravitybox.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamith:
CWM Recovery

Cataclysm ROM Latest

Franco Kernel R31

LG Jishnu's camera port

Jishnu's camera mod

Dalvik and Bionic optimizations

Xposed:

​

-greenify

Aviate Launcher

Loopr
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aprophis1987:
TWRP Recovery with MultiRom

DroidKang v17 ROM

Custom Softkey Icons

FirefoxOS (Secondary ROM for testing purposes)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domol:
Had cataclysm with Franco Kernel and ART. Switched over to stock, rooted, xposed + gravity box, and Franco with the dalvik patch. Battery seems a bit better. Only thing I am missing is ART!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballmead:
Completely stock, no root or anything. This phone works great straight out of the box.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NAB4:
I gave in, I was stock for an entire month, lol! Know I'm running Dirty Unicorns on Franco kernel, twrp recovery
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ououououo:
Purity rom with stock kernel, CWM recovery.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbnice:
Cataclysm rom, stock kernel, ready to try the Franco kernel. Just got my Nexus 5 2 wks ago took me 2 days after receving phone to root, and another 2 days of research to decide on using Cataclysm, great rom! Wish I can get quiet time added to the Cataclysm settings! would make this rom a 11 to a already perfect 10 rom!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
I honestly haven't been impressed with Franco kernel so far. My battery life is better with stock, and Franco doesn't use mpdecision which means that the CPU doesn't ramp up as quickly (which makes for a slower / less smooth user experience). Your mileage may vary, but I definitely prefer stock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Stop mpdecision is the first command I run haha.

Like you say, horses for courses and all that.

I don't MIND input boost but you will NOT be boosting my minimum frequency thank you ;)

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pumå:
Cataclysm Rom, CWM Recovery, Kernel still searching for "perfect" one
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazkyl:
Stock ROM , nova launcher prime and franco kernel. Amazing .
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjs2011:
It's funny you say that. I continue to keep coming back to stock as well. I think the only thing I miss about stock+ART is not having a flashlight toggle, but I can work my way around it. I also seem to get very similar performance and battery life on stock compared to customer kernels as well.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirvad:
CM11 M2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
I don't know why I even keep trying different kernels, to be honest. In all the time I've been rooting/flashing phones (12 phones in close to 4 years), there has been exactly one kernel on one phone that worked better for me than stock. That was the Glitch kernel on the Samsung Fascinate, and it was almost shockingly better than the stock kernel on that phone. It actually made it feel like a dual-core device. Other than that, I find that custom kernels are either slower/more stuttery, get worse battery life, or both.

Another "horses for courses" situation, eh [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION]? :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalealex:
Took the plunge

Had been running simply stock 4.4.4 but decided to take the plunge after doing some research and finding that there was no hit to performance, longevity, or battery life (in fact, most posted an improvement on all fronts).

Rooted, stock running Xposed Framework, GravityBox, Unicon, and Blurred System UI. So much more customization and abilities now! If you're on the fence about it, do it. You will not regret it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kEvinErd:
Same set up here! Gravitybox is really awesome.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] P4R:
I'm running cm(art) + ElememtalX (-75mV)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wakamatsu:
Currently: F2FS-all, Rascarlo's Vanilla, the latest UBER Linaro/Faux Sound and Banks' minimal gapps. I think I'll be sticking with this until there's a new factory image. I may play around with different flavours of UBER, though.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandeep.kodeti:
Iam running on mahdi ROM's latest build and Franco kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] and313:
Aicp 5.0 on art (it has most of the modules i use in xposed already included) + faux kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidkoala_uk:
My own AOSP build 4.4.4_r2 with JustArchiV3 optimisations.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IWRH:
Base System:

Stock KTU84P

Franco Kernel

Vomer Tweaks

Updated Gpu Drivers

LG G3 Bionic and Z2 Dalvik

Nexus 5 Sound Mod (One of the Google Play APP)

Cosmetics:

White UI

GravityBox

Xposed Gel Settings

Unicon

Android L Fonts

Thats pretty much it for me :3

Cheers :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noviachen:
PA 4.44
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplyanin:
Mc5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wakamatsu:
To be accurate, the factory image is Android overlayed with a Google skin.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] livevalue:
Pure stock ROM. 4.4.4

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crunozaur:
SlimKat 6.0 ROM + ART runtime + Franco r57 kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scuba4436:
Stock 4.4.4 ROM, Code Blue beta #223 Kernel, TWRP 2.7.1.1, SuperSU 2.0, Xposed with Gravity Box
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jollees123:
Slimkat 6.6 with elementalx kernel, very stable and the best battery life!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flamehell:
EHNDROIX V 14.7.29 - Chaos Kernel.....suuuuuuuper battery!!:good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
neriamarillo's Purity Linaro 7/28/2024 & Code Blue kernel!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] folgrim:
Same here, great combo!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brockkk:
Which version of the kernel?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uylmz:
Do you have any other customizations for better battery life or you just flashed ROM and Kernel with default settings?