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This article provides an overview of the Nix Community, to give an idea of who we — the users and maintainers of the Nix Ecosystem — are. To find the various ways to reach us, see [[Get In Touch|get in touch]].

== People ==

~~=== Users ===~~

Nix Ecosystem users and contributors are a mixed bunch, ranging from hobbyist to professional, from industry to academia. Typical user groups include:

* '''desktop users''' using Nix and NixOS to make life on their personal machines easier;

* '''power users''' duplicating their environment across their personal and work machines;

* '''gamers''' using NixOS to declaratively configure unbreakable and sharable gaming setups;

* '''developers''' using Nix to reproducibly build their software, and to manage various development environments;

* '''system administrators''' declaratively configuring servers and clusters with NixOS and NixOps;

* '''researchers''' interested in making the computation in their research reproducible.

~~[ Describe the Nix user community (would be handy to have demographics) ]~~

== Institutions ==

=== ~~Developers~~ ===

=== NixOS Foundation ===

[ ~~Describe~~ the Nix ~~developer~~ community ~~(would be handy to have demographics)~~ ]

The [https://nixos.org/community/teams/foundation-board NixOS Foundation] is responsible for providing operational and organizational support to the [[Nix Ecosystem]] and community. It also funds the [https://hydra.nixos.org/ official Hydra instance] which builds the Nixpkgs collection.

~~== Media ==~~

The ecosystem is developed and maintained by many individuals and self-organised [https://nixos.org/community/#governance-teams community teams].

=== ~~GitHub~~ ===

=== Consultants ===

~~=== IRC ===~~

There are several qualified consultants that can provide support for Nix-based systems:

~~=== Mailing List ===~~

* [https://determinate.systems/ Determinate Systems]

* [https://nixcademy.com/ Nixcademy]

* [https://numtide.com/ Numtide]

* [https://obsidian.systems/ Obsidian Systems]

* [https://serokell.io/ Serokell]

* [https://www.tweag.io/ Tweag I/O]

=== ~~YouTube~~ ===

=== Industry ===

~~=== Other Social Media ===~~

Many companies utilize Nix-based systems for various purposes. Prominent examples include:

( ~~Reddit~~ / ~~Twitter~~ / ~~Etc~~. )

* [https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/9473-london-nixos-january-meetup Mozilla] (see also [https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla nixpkgs-mozilla])

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VH945-AaRY Tumblr]

* [https://shopify.engineering/shipit-presents-how-shopify-uses-nix Shopify] also [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4iFgMSK1t5BHs youtube playlist] by @burke

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4DgATIjx9E LumiGuide]

* [https://rhodecode.com/ RhodeCode]

* [https://awakesecurity.com/ Awake Security]

* [https://www.atlassian.com/ Atlassian]

* [https://www.replit.com/ Replit]

* [https://www.magneticinsight.com Magnetic Insight], a medical imaging company.

== ~~Institutions~~ ==

=== Academia ===

=~~== NixOS Foundation ===~~

Nix has its roots in academia; Nix was the result of [https://nixos.org/~eelco/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf Eelco Dolstra's PhD thesis] in the University of Utrecht, and Hydra was developed at the Technical University of Delft. Some academic research continues to develop the Nix Ecosystem further - notably some work is planned on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AED-dgCa9GU incremental builds] by Guillaume Maudoux as part of his PhD.

~~[ Describe~~ the ~~functions and structure of~~ the ~~NixOS foundation ]~~

Nix is also being extensively used to manage powerful computing clusters, since its resolution of dependency problems allows letting users install packages ad-hoc with greatly reduced risk of breaking things. Academic clusters utilizing Nix-based software include some of the biggest clusters in the world:

~~=== Consultants ===~~

* [https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/ Human Brain Project]

* [https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/ Blue Brain Project]

[ ~~Describe Nix specialized consultants~~ ]

~~=== Industry ===~~

~~[ Insert a table of industry players using/developing Nix stuff ]~~

=== Podcasts ===

- [https://fulltimenix.com/ Full Time Nix]

=== ~~Academia~~ ===

~~[ Insert a table of academic players using/developing Nix stuff ]~~

== Contribute ==

[[Category:~~Discussion~~]]

[[Category:Pedias]]

[[Category:Community]]

~~[[Category:Incomplete]]~~

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-{{Expansion|This article is a stub.}}
+This article provides an overview of the Nix Community, to give an idea of who we &mdash; the users and maintainers of the Nix Ecosystem &mdash; are. To find the various ways to reach us, see [[Get In Touch|get in touch]].
 == People ==
-=== Users ===
+Nix Ecosystem users and contributors are a mixed bunch, ranging from hobbyist to professional, from industry to academia. Typical user groups include:
+* '''desktop users''' using Nix and NixOS to make life on their personal machines easier;
+* '''power users''' duplicating their environment across their personal and work machines;
+* '''gamers''' using NixOS to declaratively configure unbreakable and sharable gaming setups;
+* '''developers''' using Nix to reproducibly build their software, and to manage various development environments;
+* '''system administrators''' declaratively configuring servers and clusters with NixOS and NixOps;
+* '''researchers''' interested in making the computation in their research reproducible.
-[ Describe the Nix user community (would be handy to have demographics) ]
+== Institutions ==
-=== Developers ===
+=== NixOS Foundation ===
-[ Describe the Nix developer community (would be handy to have demographics) ]
+The [https://nixos.org/community/teams/foundation-board NixOS Foundation] is responsible for providing operational and organizational support to the [[Nix Ecosystem]] and community. It also funds the [https://hydra.nixos.org/ official Hydra instance] which builds the Nixpkgs collection.
-== Media ==
+The ecosystem is developed and maintained by many individuals and self-organised [https://nixos.org/community/#governance-teams community teams].
-=== GitHub ===
+=== Consultants ===
-=== IRC ===
+There are several qualified consultants that can provide support for Nix-based systems:
-=== Mailing List ===
+* [https://determinate.systems/ Determinate Systems]
+* [https://nixcademy.com/ Nixcademy]
+* [https://numtide.com/ Numtide]
+* [https://obsidian.systems/ Obsidian Systems]
+* [https://serokell.io/ Serokell]
+* [https://www.tweag.io/ Tweag I/O]
-=== YouTube ===
+=== Industry ===
-=== Other Social Media ===
+Many companies utilize Nix-based systems for various purposes. Prominent examples include:
-( Reddit / Twitter / Etc. )
+* [https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/9473-london-nixos-january-meetup Mozilla] (see also [https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla nixpkgs-mozilla])
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VH945-AaRY Tumblr]
+* [https://shopify.engineering/shipit-presents-how-shopify-uses-nix Shopify] also [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4iFgMSK1t5BHs youtube playlist] by @burke
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4DgATIjx9E LumiGuide]
+* [https://rhodecode.com/ RhodeCode]
+* [https://awakesecurity.com/ Awake Security]
+* [https://www.atlassian.com/ Atlassian]
+* [https://www.replit.com/ Replit]
+* [https://www.magneticinsight.com Magnetic Insight], a medical imaging company.
-== Institutions ==
+=== Academia ===
-=== NixOS Foundation ===
+Nix has its roots in academia; Nix was the result of [https://nixos.org/~eelco/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf Eelco Dolstra's PhD thesis] in the University of Utrecht, and Hydra was developed at the Technical University of Delft. Some academic research continues to develop the Nix Ecosystem further - notably some work is planned on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AED-dgCa9GU incremental builds] by Guillaume Maudoux as part of his PhD.
-[ Describe the functions and structure of the NixOS foundation ]
+Nix is also being extensively used to manage powerful computing clusters, since its resolution of dependency problems allows letting users install packages ad-hoc with greatly reduced risk of breaking things. Academic clusters utilizing Nix-based software include some of the biggest clusters in the world:
-=== Consultants ===
+* [https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/ Human Brain Project]
+* [https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/ Blue Brain Project]
-[ Describe Nix specialized consultants ]
-=== Industry ===
-[ Insert a table of industry players using/developing Nix stuff ]
+=== Podcasts ===
+- [https://fulltimenix.com/ Full Time Nix]
-=== Academia ===
-[ Insert a table of academic players using/developing Nix stuff ]
+== Contribute ==
+{{main|Contributing}}
-[[Category:Discussion]]
+[[Category:Pedias]]
 [[Category:Community]]
-[[Category:Incomplete]]