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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-gm #nixos-gm]
| A social channel for gender minorities in the NixOS community. This is an invite only channel, please join [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-gm-invites #nixos-gm-invites] to ask to join the channel.
| not logged
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-ruby #nixos-ruby]
| Ruby ecosystem in NixOS
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-ruby/ 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]
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-emacs #nixos-emacs]
| Nix Emacs discussions
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-emacs/ 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
|-
! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-cs #nixos-cs]
| Czech and Slovak NixOS community
| [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-cs/ logs]
|-
! [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 ====
=== Forums ===
* [https://discourse.nixos.org/ Official Discourse forum] - Ask for help here!


In addition to these IRC channels being bridged, there is also the unofficial [https://riot.im/app/#/room/#nix:matrix.org NixOS matrix channel].
=== Chats ===


==== Discord ====
==== Matrix ====


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


==== Telegram ====
Note: If your client doesn't support [https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ Matrix Spaces], see the [[MatrixRooms]] page for list of all rooms.
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
|-
! [https://t.me/nixos_en @nixos_en]
| English
|-
|}


=== Mailinglist ===
==== Zulip ====


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.
* [https://nixpkgs.zulipchat.com/#recent NixOS Governance Discussion]  - Ongoing NixOS Governance discussions occurring here. Requires contribution to nixpkgs to participate.


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


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].
== Officially Maintained ==
''Unmoderated'' spaces maintained by the moderation team.


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


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]
==== [https://twitter.com/nixos_org Twitter] ====


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


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).
== Unofficial Spaces ==
Spaces maintained by members of the community.


=== Streaming ===
=== Forums ===


* [https://github.com/worldofpeace/events/tree/master/office-hours NixOS Office Hours] - Bi-weekly discussions
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ r/NixOS] on Reddit (>25k members)
* [https://www.twitch.tv/peti343 Peti] - Weekly Haskell packaging
* [https://zimbatm.com/NixFriday/ NixFriday] - Weekly Nix teaching sessions


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


=== Meetups ===
* [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)


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.
=== Chats ===


==== Europe ====
==== Discord ====


* [https://www.meetup.com/Berlin-NixOS-Meetup/ Berlin, Germany]
* [https://discord.gg/Vs4SWzFnWz Nix/NixOS (Unoffical)]
* [https://www.meetup.com/NixOS-London/ London, UK]
* [https://discord.gg/zaz3H6UsYk Nix/NixOS Community]<ref>https://discourse.nixos.org/t/new-discord-to-discuss-nix-nixos-and-the-wider-ecosystem/51953</ref>
* [https://www.meetup.com/Munich-NixOS-Meetup/ Munich, Germany]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Nix-Meetup/ Amsterdam, the Netherlands]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Meetup-NixOS-Montpellier/ Montpellier, France]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Suisse-Romande-NixOS-User-Group/ Romandie, Switzerland]


==== 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


* [https://2019.nixcon.org/ NixCon 2019]
== References ==
* [http://nixcon2018.org/ NixCon 2018]
[[Category:Community]]
* [http://nixcon2017.org/ NixCon 2017]
* [https://nixos.github.io/nixcon/2015/index.html NixCon 2015]

Latest revision as of 01:00, 14 September 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:

References

  1. ↑ https://discourse.nixos.org/t/new-discord-to-discuss-nix-nixos-and-the-wider-ecosystem/51953
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