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This article provides an overview of various ways of engaging the Nix community. See the [[Nix Community]] article to learn more about who we are, and the [https://nixos.org/nixos/community.html official NixOS community page] for more information.
This article extends [https://nixos.org/community.html nixos.org/community] for how to get in touch and lists additional platforms to meet community members.


== Online ==
See the [[Nix Community]] article to learn more about who we are.


=== Chat ===
== Official Spaces ==
These are spaces are moderated by the [https://nixos.org/community/teams/moderation/ NixOS Moderation Team]


==== IRC on Freenode ====
=== Events ===
See the [[Events]] page for past and upcoming events!


Nix community chat channels are hosted on [http://freenode.net/ the Freenode IRC network]; the primary official user channel is [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos #nixos]<sup>[https://botbot.me/freenode/nixos/ logs]</sup>, the development channel is [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-dev #nixos-dev] and the wiki channel is [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-wiki #nixos-wiki]<sup>[https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-wiki/ logs]</sup>.
See also the [https://conf.tube/accounts/nixcon/video-channels NixCon Fediverse] or [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nixos YouTube] sites for past NixCon recordings.


{|class=table
=== Github ===
|+Nix and NixOS channels
|-
! Channel
! Description
! Log
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos #nixos]
| General NixOS and Nix help
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nix-darwin #nix-darwin]
| Nix on macOS
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nix-darwin/ logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-aarch64 #nixos-aarch64]
| NixOS on ARM (64 bits)
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-aarch64/ logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos #nixos-borg]
| The <tt>ofborg</tt> development channel.
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-borg/ logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos #nixos-chat]
| An informal channel for chit-chatting when going off-topic on the main channel.
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-chat/ logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-dev #nixos-dev]
| Nix and NixOS development (#nixos for questions)
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-dev/ logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-on-your-router #nixos-on-your-router]
| Using NixOS on/as a router
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-on-your-router/ logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-wiki #nixos-wiki]
| Wiki coordination channel
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-wiki/ logs]
|}


{|class=table
* [https://github.com/NixOS/ NixOS] - Official Nix Org
|+Regional channels
** Contribute packages on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs nixpkgs]
|-
** Develop the [https://github.com/NixOS/nix nix language]
! Channel
** Participate in [https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs RFC discussions]
! Description
* [https://github.com/nix-community/ Nix-Community] - Explore community projects!
! Log
 
|-
=== Forums ===
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-cs #nixos-cs]
* [https://discourse.nixos.org/ Official Discourse forum] - Ask for help here!
| Czech and Slovak NixOS community
 
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-cs/ logs]
=== Chats ===
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-fr #nixos-fr]
| French NixOS community
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-fr/ logs]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-fr #nixos-de]
| German NixOS community (formerly #krebs)
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-de/ logs]
|-
|}


==== Matrix ====
==== Matrix ====


In addition to these IRC channels there is also the unofficial [https://riot.im/app/#/room/#nix:matrix.org NixOS matrix channel].
The official [https://matrix.to/#/#community:nixos.org NixOS Community Space] has rooms on many Nix topics.
* [https://matrix.to/#/#users:nixos.org #users:nixos.org] - Main Room
* [https://matrix.to/#/#wiki:nixos.org #wiki:nixos.org] - Wiki Contributors


==== Discord ====
Note: If your client doesn't support [https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ Matrix Spaces], see the [[MatrixRooms]] page for list of all rooms.


An unofficial Discord server is available at [https://discord.gg/RbvHtGa discord.gg/RbvHtGa].
==== Zulip ====


=== Telegram ====
* [https://nixpkgs.zulipchat.com/#recent NixOS Governance Discussion] - Ongoing NixOS Governance discussions occurring here. Requires contribution to nixpkgs to participate.
There are some regional telegram groups dedicated to NixOS:
{|class=table
|+Regional Telegram channels
|-
! Channel
! Languages
|-
! [https://t.me/NixOS_zh @NixOS_zh]
| Chinese, English
|-
! [https://t.me/ru_nixos @ru_nixos]
| Russian, English
|-
|}


=== Mailinglist ===
==== Jitsi ====
* [https://meet.jit.si/NixOfficeHours OfficeHours] - Weekly Nix Office Hours (1600-2000 UTC Fridays, more times as mentors are available)


There is currently only one official Mailinglist related to NixOS, [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nix-devel nix-devel]. You don't need to be a developer to use this mailing list, although much of the discussion delves into deeper technical issues. Note that it is currently being [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nix-devel/rosQdK40mas replaced by the NixOS Discourse forum], see below.
== Officially Maintained ==
''Unmoderated'' spaces maintained by the moderation team.


=== Forums ===
==== [https://chaos.social/@nixos_org Mastodon] ====


For a free-form discussion forum, checkout the [https://discourse.nixos.org/ NixOS Discourse] or the [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ NixOS Reddit channel]. For Q&A style discussion of any Nix related issues, check out stack overflow questions tagged  [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nix Nix],[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixos NixOS], [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixops NixOps] and [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixpkgs Nixpkgs].
==== [https://twitter.com/nixos_org Twitter] ====


=== YouTube ===
==== [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nixos-foundation/ LinkedIn] ====


You can find [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nixos a variety of talks and demos of Nix-related material] on YouTube. Of particular note are the [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgknCdxP89ReQzhfKwMYjLdwWsc7us8ns NixCon 2017 Talks] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvH5qU1qBXY&list=PL_IxoDz1Nq2Y7mIxMZ28mVtjRbbnlVdmy NixCon 2015 Videos]
== Unofficial Spaces ==
Spaces maintained by members of the community.


=== Twitter ===
=== Forums ===
 
The NixOS Foundation has an [https://twitter.com/nixos_org official Twitter account], and the hashtag [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NixOS #NixOS] is handy to find content related to the Nix Ecosystem (#nix is too ambiguous).


== Events ==
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ r/NixOS] on Reddit (>25k members)


=== Meetups ===
* [https://programming.dev/c/nix !nix@programming.dev] on Lemmy (>1k subscribers)


An ever-growing number of Nix and NixOS related meetups can be found [https://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=nixos&radius=Infinity on meetup.com]. In this section, we list regional meetups dedicated to NixOS and the Nix Ecosystem; if you cannot find a meetup near you, try seeking out a functional programming or DevOps meetup in your area, as Nix-related topics can often be discussed in such a context.
* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixos+or+nix+or+nixops+or+nixpkgs Stack Overflow] (>1k questions answered)
* [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/nixos+or+nix+or+nixops+or+nixpkgs Unix & Linux Stack Exchange] (>400 questions answered)


==== Europe ====
=== Chats ===


* [https://www.meetup.com/Berlin-NixOS-Meetup/ Berlin, Germany]
==== [https://discord.gg/Vs4SWzFnWz Discord] ====
* [https://www.meetup.com/NixOS-London/ London, UK]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Munich-NixOS-Meetup/ Munich, Germany]
* [https://www.meetup.com/NixOS-Dublin/ Dublin, Ireland]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Nix-Meetup/ Amsterdam, the Netherlands]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Hamburg-NixOS-Meetup/ Hamburg, Germany]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Meetup-NixOS-Montpellier/ Montpellier, France]
* [https://www.meetup.com/NixOS-Polska/ Wroclaw, Poland]


==== North-America ====
==== IRC ====
Previously hosted on Freenode but was switched to libera.chat. There are [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/ public logs] from the Freenode versions of these channels.


* [https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Nix-NixOS-User-Group/ Bay Area, California]
* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos #nixos] - General NixOS and Nix help
* [https://www.meetup.com/Nova-Nix-NixOS-NixOps-Meetup/ Reston, Virginia]
* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos/nix-darwin #nix-darwin] - Nix on macOS
* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-chat #nixos-chat] - Informal chit-chat channel when going off-topic in the main channel
* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-dev #nixos-dev] - Nix and NixOS development (#nixos for questions)
* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-emacs #nixos-emacs] - Nix Emacs discussion


==== Asia ====
===== Regional IRC =====


* [https://www.meetup.com/Tokyo-NixOS-Meetup/ Tokyo, Japan]
* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-cs #nixos-cs] - Czech and Slovak NixOS community
* [https://www.meetup.com/Singapore-NixOS-Nix-User-Group/ Singapore, Singapore]
* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-fr #nixos-fr] - French NixOS community
* [irc://irc.hackint.org/nixos #nixos] - German NixOS community on [https://hackint.org hackint.org] ([https://webirc.hackint.org webchat])


=== NixCon ===
==== Regional Telegram ====
There are some regional Telegram groups dedicated to NixOS:


NixCon is the official Nix Ecosystem conference, which in the future will occur on a yearly basis. Previous NixCons:
* [https://t.me/NixOS_zhcn @NixOS_zhcn] - Chinese, English
* [https://t.me/ru_nixos @ru_nixos] - Russian, English
* [https://t.me/nixos_en @nixos_en] - English
* [https://t.me/nixosbr @nixosbr] - Portuguese
* [https://t.me/nixosita @nixosita] - Italian


* [http://nixcon2017.org/ NixCon 2017]
[[Category:Community]]
* [https://nixos.github.io/nixcon/2015/index.html NixCon 2015]

Latest revision as of 01:33, 2 July 2024

This article extends nixos.org/community for how to get in touch and lists additional platforms to meet community members.

See the Nix Community article to learn more about who we are.

Official Spaces

These are spaces are moderated by the NixOS Moderation Team

Events

See the Events page for past and upcoming events!

See also the NixCon Fediverse or YouTube sites for past NixCon recordings.

Github

Forums

Chats

Matrix

The official NixOS Community Space has rooms on many Nix topics.

Note: If your client doesn't support Matrix Spaces, see the MatrixRooms page for list of all rooms.

Zulip

Jitsi

  • OfficeHours - Weekly Nix Office Hours (1600-2000 UTC Fridays, more times as mentors are available)

Officially Maintained

Unmoderated spaces maintained by the moderation team.

Mastodon

Twitter

LinkedIn

Unofficial Spaces

Spaces maintained by members of the community.

Forums

Chats

Discord

IRC

Previously hosted on Freenode but was switched to libera.chat. There are public logs from the Freenode versions of these channels.

Regional IRC

Regional Telegram

There are some regional Telegram groups dedicated to NixOS:

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