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'''Nix flakes''' are an [~~[Experimental Nix~~ features|experimental feature]] first introduced in the 2.4 [[Nix]] release,{{Cite manual|nix|development/experimental-features|number=13.8|title=Experimental Features|subsection=xp-feature-flakes|subtitle=flakes}}{{Cite manual|nix|release-notes/rl-2.4|number=14.27|title=Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)}} aiming to address a number of areas of improvement for the Nix ecosystem: they provide a uniform structure for Nix projects, allow for pinning specific versions of each dependencies, and sharing these dependencies via lock files, and overall make it more convenient to write reproducible Nix expressions.

'''Nix flakes''' are an [https://nix.dev/manual/nix/stable/contributing/experimental-features experimental feature] first introduced in the 2.4 [[Nix]] release,{{Cite manual|nix|development/experimental-features|number=13.8|title=Experimental Features|subsection=xp-feature-flakes|subtitle=flakes}}{{Cite manual|nix|release-notes/rl-2.4|number=14.27|title=Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)}} aiming to address a number of areas of improvement for the Nix ecosystem: they provide a uniform structure for Nix projects, allow for pinning specific versions of each dependencies, and sharing these dependencies via lock files, and overall make it more convenient to write reproducible Nix expressions.

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Minimally, a flake file contains a description of the flake, a set of input dependencies and an output. You can generate a very basic flake file at any time using nix flake init. This will populate the current directory with a file called flake.nix that will contain something akin to:

Minimally, a flake file contains a description of the flake, a set of input dependencies and an output. You can generate a very basic flake file at any time using <code>nix flake init</code>. This will populate the current directory with a file called flake.nix that will contain something akin to:

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{{Note | The [https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer Determinate Nix Installer] enables flakes by default.}}

{{Note | The [https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer Determinate Nix Installer] enables flakes by default, but installs the proprietary Determinate Nix.}}

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-'''Nix flakes''' are an [[Experimental Nix features|experimental feature]] first introduced in the 2.4 [[Nix]] release,{{Cite manual|nix|development/experimental-features|number=13.8|title=Experimental Features|subsection=xp-feature-flakes|subtitle=flakes}}{{Cite manual|nix|release-notes/rl-2.4|number=14.27|title=Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)}} aiming to address a number of areas of improvement for the Nix ecosystem: they provide a uniform structure for Nix projects, allow for pinning specific versions of each dependencies, and sharing these dependencies via lock files, and overall make it more convenient to write reproducible Nix expressions.
+'''Nix flakes''' are an [https://nix.dev/manual/nix/stable/contributing/experimental-features experimental feature] first introduced in the 2.4 [[Nix]] release,{{Cite manual|nix|development/experimental-features|number=13.8|title=Experimental Features|subsection=xp-feature-flakes|subtitle=flakes}}{{Cite manual|nix|release-notes/rl-2.4|number=14.27|title=Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)}} aiming to address a number of areas of improvement for the Nix ecosystem: they provide a uniform structure for Nix projects, allow for pinning specific versions of each dependencies, and sharing these dependencies via lock files, and overall make it more convenient to write reproducible Nix expressions.
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-Minimally, a flake file contains a description of the flake, a set of input dependencies and an output. You can generate a very basic flake file at any time using nix flake init. This will populate the current directory with a file called flake.nix that will contain something akin to:
+Minimally, a flake file contains a description of the flake, a set of input dependencies and an output. You can generate a very basic flake file at any time using <code>nix flake init</code>. This will populate the current directory with a file called flake.nix that will contain something akin to:
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-{{Note | The  [https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer Determinate Nix Installer] enables flakes by default.}}
+{{Note | The  [https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer Determinate Nix Installer] enables flakes by default, but installs the proprietary Determinate Nix.}}
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