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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]


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


There is an official Nix chat presence on Matrix.  There is a [https://matrix.to/#/#community:nixos.org NixOS Community Space] containing rooms on many Nix topics.  Matrix Spaces are a beta feature, not supported by all clients or homeservers.  The main Nix Matrix room is [https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org #nix:nixos.org].
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.


==== IRC ====
=== Github ===


There is a Nix presence on [https://libera.chat/ the Libera.Chat IRC network]; the primary user channel is [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos #nixos], and the development channel is [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-dev #nixos-dev].
* [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!


Previously, the Nix channels were on Freenode, a different IRC network.  There are [https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/ public logs] from the Freenode versions of these channels.  There is no logging set up on the Libera.Chat versions (yet).
=== Forums ===
* [https://discourse.nixos.org/ Official Discourse forum] - Ask for help here!


{|class=table
=== Chats ===
|+Nix and NixOS channels
|-
! Channel
! Description
|-
! [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos/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/nixos-aarch64 #nixos-aarch64]
| NixOS on ARM (64 bits)
|-
! [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-borg #nixos-borg]
| The <tt>ofborg</tt> development channel.
|-
! [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-chat #nixos-chat]
| An informal channel for chit-chatting when going off-topic on 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-gm #nixos-gm]
| A social channel for gender minorities in the NixOS community.  This is an invite only channel. Introduce yourself in [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-gm-invites #nixos-gm-invites] and someone will invite you.
|-
! [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-on-your-router #nixos-on-your-router]
| Using NixOS on/as a router
|-
! [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-wiki #nixos-wiki]
| Wiki coordination channel
|-
! [ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/nixos-emacs #nixos-emacs]
| Nix Emacs discussions
|}


{|class=table
==== Matrix ====
|+Regional channels
|-
! Channel
! Description
|-
! [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 irc network] (webchat version: https://webirc.hackint.org)
|-
|}
 
==== Discord ====


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_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
|-
|}


=== Discourse forum ===
==== Zulip ====


For a free-form discussion forum, checkout the [https://discourse.nixos.org/ official NixOS Discourse] or the [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ NixOS subreddit]. 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://nixpkgs.zulipchat.com/#recent NixOS Governance Discussion] - Ongoing NixOS Governance discussions occurring here. Requires contribution to nixpkgs to participate.


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


NixCon has an official Fediverse presence, [https://conf.tube/accounts/nixcon/video-channels @nixcon@conf.tube], where talk videos are published.
== Officially Maintained ==
''Unmoderated'' spaces maintained by the moderation team.


You can also find [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nixos a variety of talks and demos of Nix-related material], including videos from older NixCons, on YouTube.
==== [https://chaos.social/@nixos_org Mastodon] ====


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


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.linkedin.com/company/nixos-foundation/ LinkedIn] ====


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


* [https://www.twitch.tv/peti343 Peti] - Weekly Haskell packaging
=== Forums ===
* [https://zimbatm.com/NixFriday/ NixFriday] - Weekly Nix teaching sessions


=== Mailing list (no longer used) ===
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ r/NixOS] on Reddit (>25k members)


There was previously an official mailing list related to NixOS, [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nix-devel nix-devel]. It has been [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nix-devel/rosQdK40mas replaced by the NixOS Discourse forum], see above.
* [https://programming.dev/c/nix !nix@programming.dev] on Lemmy (>1k subscribers)


== Events ==
* [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)


=== Meetups ===
=== Chats ===


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.
==== Discord ====


==== Europe ====
* [https://discord.gg/Vs4SWzFnWz Nix/NixOS (Unoffical)]
* [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://discourse.nixos.org/t/german-casual-mumble-meetup-every-thursday-19-00-23-00-cest/7941 German mumble meetup]
==== IRC ====
* [https://www.meetup.com/Berlin-NixOS-Meetup/ Berlin, Germany]
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/NixOS-London/ London, UK]
* [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 ====
* [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


* [https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Nix-NixOS-User-Group/ Bay Area, California]
===== Regional IRC =====
* [https://www.meetup.com/Nova-Nix-NixOS-NixOps-Meetup/ Reston, Virginia]


==== Asia ====
* [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])


* [https://www.meetup.com/Tokyo-NixOS-Meetup/ Tokyo, Japan]
==== Regional Telegram ====
* [https://www.meetup.com/Singapore-NixOS-Nix-User-Group/ Singapore, Singapore]
There are some regional Telegram groups dedicated to NixOS:
 
=== NixCon ===


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://2020.nixcon.org/ NixCon 2020]
== References ==
* [https://2019.nixcon.org/ NixCon 2019]
[[Category:Community]]
* [http://nixcon2018.org/ NixCon 2018]
* [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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