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~~Next to the~~ [https://nixos.org~~/nixos~~/community.html ~~''Contributing to NixOS'' section at the ''NixOS~~ community~~'' page on the official NixOS website~~] ~~we want~~ to ~~additionally describe how you can~~ get ~~involved~~ in ~~the NixOS ecosystem~~.

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.

~~== Development ==~~

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

Development of [[Nix Package Manager|Nix]] and [[NixOS]] happens primarily on [[Nixpkgs]]. You can contribute by helping reporting, diagnosing and closing issues, by creating, testing and reviewing pull-requests, and by ~~becoming a maintainer of packages and modules hosted on~~ the ~~repository~~. ~~For more information, see [[Nixpkgs#Contributing|the contributing section of the Nixpkgs article~~]].

== Official Spaces ==

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

== ~~Communication~~ ==

=== Events ===

See the [[Events]] page for past and upcoming events!

~~=== Join~~ the ~~mailinglist ==~~=

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.

~~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 nix-devel.~~

=== Github ===

~~=== Join~~ the ~~chat ===~~

* [https://github.com/NixOS/ NixOS] - Official Nix Org

** Contribute packages on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs nixpkgs]

** Develop the [https://github.com/NixOS/nix nix language]

** Participate in [https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs RFC discussions]

* [https://github.com/nix-community/ Nix-Community] - Explore community projects!

~~The official NixOS channel resides on~~ [https://~~webchat~~.~~freenode.net/ irc.freenode~~.org~~] in <code>#nixos</code> ([https://botbot.me~~/~~freenode/nixos/ searchable Log~~]~~) and the wiki channel is at <code>#nixos~~-~~wiki</code~~>.

=== Forums ===

* [https://discourse.nixos.org/ Official Discourse forum] - Ask for help here! (>14k users)

~~In addition to that there is also the unofficial [https://riot.im/app/#/room/#nix:matrix.org NixOS matrix channel]~~

=== Chats ===

=== ~~Join the forums~~ ===

==== Matrix ====

~~Check out~~ the [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ NixOS Reddit ~~channel~~] ~~and help answering~~ questions on Stack Overflow ~~for~~ [https://~~stackoverflow~~.com/questions/tagged/nixos NixOS] and [https://~~stackoverflow~~.com/~~questions~~/~~tagged~~/nix nix].

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)

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

==== Zulip ====

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

==== Jitsi ====

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

== Officially Maintained ==

''Unmoderated'' spaces maintained by the moderation team.

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

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

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

== Unofficial Spaces ==

Spaces maintained by members of the community.

=== Forums ===

* [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ r/NixOS] on Reddit (>35k members)

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

* [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)

=== Chats ===

==== Discord ====

* [https://discord.gg/Vs4SWzFnWz Nix/NixOS (Unoffical)] (>12k members)

* [https://discord.gg/zaz3H6UsYk Nix/NixOS Community] (>300 members)<ref>https://discourse.nixos.org/t/new-discord-to-discuss-nix-nixos-and-the-wider-ecosystem/51953</ref>

==== 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.

* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos #nixos] - General NixOS and Nix help

* [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

===== Regional IRC =====

* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-cs #nixos-cs] - Czech and Slovak NixOS community

* [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])

==== Regional Telegram ====

There are some regional Telegram groups dedicated to NixOS:

* [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

==== Signal ====

* [https://signal.group/#CjQKIOJMxvGvEgIsYgjVrhCDDvNaMWg5u6QvbxTZVvFLXxP9EhCZ62ghyNi1mUZJIinAlpqi Nix / NixOS] - General nix and NixOS signal group

== References ==

[[Category:Community]]

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-Next to the [https://nixos.org/nixos/community.html ''Contributing to NixOS'' section at the ''NixOS community'' page on the official NixOS website] we want to additionally describe how you can get involved in the NixOS ecosystem.
+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.
-== Development ==
+See the [[Nix Community]] article to learn more about who we are.
-Development of [[Nix Package Manager|Nix]] and [[NixOS]] happens primarily on [[Nixpkgs]]. You can contribute by helping reporting, diagnosing  and closing issues, by creating, testing and reviewing pull-requests, and by becoming a maintainer of packages and modules hosted on the repository. For more information, see [[Nixpkgs#Contributing|the contributing section of the Nixpkgs article]].
+== Official Spaces ==
+These are spaces are moderated by the [https://nixos.org/community/teams/moderation/ NixOS Moderation Team]
-== Communication ==
+=== Events ===
+See the [[Events]] page for past and upcoming events!
-=== Join the mailinglist ===
+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.
-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 nix-devel.
+=== Github ===
-=== Join the chat ===
+* [https://github.com/NixOS/ NixOS] - Official Nix Org
+** Contribute packages on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs nixpkgs]
+** Develop the [https://github.com/NixOS/nix nix language]
+** Participate in [https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs RFC discussions]
+* [https://github.com/nix-community/ Nix-Community] - Explore community projects!
-The official NixOS channel resides on [https://webchat.freenode.net/ irc.freenode.org] in <code>#nixos</code> ([https://botbot.me/freenode/nixos/ searchable Log]) and the wiki channel is at  <code>#nixos-wiki</code>.
+=== Forums ===
+* [https://discourse.nixos.org/ Official Discourse forum] - Ask for help here! (>14k users)
-In addition to that there is also the unofficial [https://riot.im/app/#/room/#nix:matrix.org NixOS matrix channel]
+=== Chats ===
-=== Join the forums ===
+==== Matrix ====
-Check out the [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ NixOS Reddit channel] and help answering questions on Stack Overflow for [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixos NixOS] and [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nix nix].
+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)
+Note: If your client doesn't support [https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ Matrix Spaces], see the [[MatrixRooms]] page for list of all rooms.
+==== Zulip ====
+* [https://nixpkgs.zulipchat.com/#recent NixOS Governance Discussion]  - Ongoing NixOS Governance discussions occurring here. Requires contribution to nixpkgs to participate.
+==== Jitsi ====
+* [https://meet.jit.si/NixOfficeHours OfficeHours] - Weekly Nix Office Hours (1600-2000 UTC Fridays, more times as mentors are available)
+== Officially Maintained ==
+''Unmoderated'' spaces maintained by the moderation team.
+==== [https://chaos.social/@nixos_org Mastodon] ====
+==== [https://twitter.com/nixos_org Twitter] ====
+==== [https://www.linkedin.com/company/nixos-foundation/ LinkedIn] ====
+== Unofficial Spaces ==
+Spaces maintained by members of the community.
+=== Forums ===
+* [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ r/NixOS] on Reddit (>35k members)
+* [https://programming.dev/c/nix !nix@programming.dev] on Lemmy (>1k subscribers)
+* [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)
+=== Chats ===
+==== Discord ====
+* [https://discord.gg/Vs4SWzFnWz Nix/NixOS (Unoffical)] (>12k members)
+* [https://discord.gg/zaz3H6UsYk Nix/NixOS Community] (>300 members)<ref>https://discourse.nixos.org/t/new-discord-to-discuss-nix-nixos-and-the-wider-ecosystem/51953</ref>
+==== 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.
+* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos #nixos] - General NixOS and Nix help
+* [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
+===== Regional IRC =====
+* [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-cs #nixos-cs] - Czech and Slovak NixOS community
+* [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])
+==== Regional Telegram ====
+There are some regional Telegram groups dedicated to NixOS:
+* [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
+==== Signal ====
+* [https://signal.group/#CjQKIOJMxvGvEgIsYgjVrhCDDvNaMWg5u6QvbxTZVvFLXxP9EhCZ62ghyNi1mUZJIinAlpqi Nix / NixOS] - General nix and NixOS signal group
+== References ==
+[[Category:Community]]