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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. |
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| == Online ==
| | See the [[Nix Community]] article to learn more about who we are. |
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| === Chat === | | == Official Spaces == |
| | These are spaces are moderated by the [https://nixos.org/community/teams/moderation/ NixOS Moderation Team] |
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| ==== IRC on Freenode ==== | | === Events === |
| | See the [[Events]] page for past and upcoming events! |
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| 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. |
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| | === Github === |
| |+Nix and NixOS channels
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| ! Description
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| ! Log
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos #nixos]
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| | General NixOS and Nix help
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nix-darwin #nix-darwin]
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| | Nix on macOS
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nix-darwin/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-aarch64 #nixos-aarch64]
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| | NixOS on ARM (64 bits)
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-aarch64/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos #nixos-borg]
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| | The <tt>ofborg</tt> development channel.
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-borg/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos #nixos-chat]
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| | An informal channel for chit-chatting when going off-topic on the main channel.
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-chat/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-dev #nixos-dev]
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| | Nix and NixOS development (#nixos for questions)
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-dev/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-gm #nixos-gm]
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| | A social channel for gender minorities in the NixOS community. This is an invite only channel. Introduce yourself in [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-gm-invites #nixos-gm-invites] and someone will invite you.
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-ruby #nixos-ruby]
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| | Ruby ecosystem in NixOS
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-ruby/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-on-your-router #nixos-on-your-router]
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| | Using NixOS on/as a router
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-on-your-router/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-wiki #nixos-wiki]
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| | Wiki coordination channel
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-wiki/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-emacs #nixos-emacs]
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| | Nix Emacs discussions
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-emacs/ logs]
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| | * [https://github.com/NixOS/ NixOS] - Official Nix Org |
| |+Regional channels
| | ** Contribute packages on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs nixpkgs] |
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| | ** 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! |
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| | === Forums === |
| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-cs #nixos-cs]
| | * [https://discourse.nixos.org/ Official Discourse forum] - Ask for help here! (>14k users) |
| | Czech and Slovak NixOS community
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-cs/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-fr #nixos-fr]
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| | French NixOS community
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-fr/ logs]
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| ! [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-fr #nixos-de]
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| | German NixOS community (formerly #krebs)
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| | [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos-de/ logs]
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| ==== Matrix ==== | | ==== Matrix ==== |
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| In addition to these IRC channels being bridged, there is also the unofficial [https://matrix.to/#/#nix:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de&via=privacytools.io 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 (>4k members) |
| | * [https://matrix.to/#/#wiki:nixos.org #wiki:nixos.org] - Wiki Contributors (>200 members) |
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| ==== Discord ====
| | Note: If your client doesn't support [https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ Matrix Spaces], see the [[MatrixRooms]] page for list of all rooms. |
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| An unofficial Discord server is available at [https://discord.gg/RbvHtGa discord.gg/RbvHtGa].
| | ==== Zulip ==== |
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| ==== 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:
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| ! Languages
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| ! [https://t.me/NixOS_zh @NixOS_zh]
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| ! [https://t.me/ru_nixos @ru_nixos]
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| | Russian, English
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| ! [https://t.me/nixos_en @nixos_en]
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| ! [https://t.me/nixosbr @nixosbr]
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| === Mailinglist === | | ==== Jitsi ==== |
| | * [https://meet.jit.si/NixOfficeHours OfficeHours] - Weekly Nix Office Hours (1600-2000 UTC Fridays, more times as mentors are available) |
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| 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. |
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| === Forums === | | ==== [https://chaos.social/@nixos_org Mastodon] ==== |
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| 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] ==== |
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| === YouTube === | | ==== [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nixos-foundation/ LinkedIn] ==== |
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| 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. |
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| === Twitter === | | === Forums === |
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| 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).
| | * [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ r/NixOS] on Reddit (>35k members) |
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| === Streaming ===
| | * [https://programming.dev/c/nix !nix@programming.dev] on Lemmy (>1k subscribers) |
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| * [https://github.com/worldofpeace/events/tree/master/office-hours NixOS Office Hours] - Bi-weekly discussions | | * [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixos+or+nix+or+nixops+or+nixpkgs Stack Overflow] (>1k questions answered) |
| * [https://www.twitch.tv/peti343 Peti] - Weekly Haskell packaging | | * [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/nixos+or+nix+or+nixops+or+nixpkgs Unix & Linux Stack Exchange] (>400 questions answered) |
| * [https://zimbatm.com/NixFriday/ NixFriday] - Weekly Nix teaching sessions
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| == Events == | | === Chats === |
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| === Meetups === | | ==== Discord ==== |
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| 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://discord.gg/Vs4SWzFnWz Nix/NixOS (Unoffical)] (>12k members) |
| | * [https://discord.gg/zaz3H6UsYk Nix/NixOS Community] (>200 members)<ref>https://discourse.nixos.org/t/new-discord-to-discuss-nix-nixos-and-the-wider-ecosystem/51953</ref> |
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| ==== Europe ==== | | ==== 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. |
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| * [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/german-casual-mumble-meetup-every-thursday-19-00-23-00-cest/7941 German mumble meetup] | | * [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos #nixos] - General NixOS and Nix help |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/Berlin-NixOS-Meetup/ Berlin, Germany] | | * [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos/nix-darwin #nix-darwin] - Nix on macOS |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/NixOS-London/ London, UK] | | * [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-chat #nixos-chat] - Informal chit-chat channel when going off-topic in the main channel |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/Munich-NixOS-Meetup/ Munich, Germany]
| | * [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-dev #nixos-dev] - Nix and NixOS development (#nixos for questions) |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Nix-Meetup/ Amsterdam, the Netherlands]
| | * [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-emacs #nixos-emacs] - Nix Emacs discussion |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/Meetup-NixOS-Montpellier/ Montpellier, France] | |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/Suisse-Romande-NixOS-User-Group/ Romandie, Switzerland] | |
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| ==== North-America ==== | | ===== Regional IRC ===== |
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| * [https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Nix-NixOS-User-Group/ Bay Area, California] | | * [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-cs #nixos-cs] - Czech and Slovak NixOS community |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/Nova-Nix-NixOS-NixOps-Meetup/ Reston, Virginia] | | * [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]) |
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| ==== Asia ==== | | ==== Regional Telegram ==== |
| | There are some regional Telegram groups dedicated to NixOS: |
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| * [https://www.meetup.com/Tokyo-NixOS-Meetup/ Tokyo, Japan] | | * [https://t.me/NixOS_zhcn @NixOS_zhcn] - Chinese, English |
| * [https://www.meetup.com/Singapore-NixOS-Nix-User-Group/ Singapore, Singapore] | | * [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 |
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| === NixCon === | | ==== Signal ==== |
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| NixCon is the official Nix Ecosystem conference, which in the future will occur on a yearly basis. Previous NixCons:
| | * [https://signal.group/#CjQKIOJMxvGvEgIsYgjVrhCDDvNaMWg5u6QvbxTZVvFLXxP9EhCZ62ghyNi1mUZJIinAlpqi Nix / NixOS] - General nix and NixOS signal group |
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| * [https://2020.nixcon.org/ NixCon 2020]
| | == References == |
| * [https://2019.nixcon.org/ NixCon 2019]
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| * [http://nixcon2018.org/ NixCon 2018]
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| * [http://nixcon2017.org/ NixCon 2017]
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| * [https://nixos.github.io/nixcon/2015/index.html NixCon 2015]
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