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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 ~~the~~ [[Get In Touch|get in touch]].

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 ==

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* '''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;

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=== NixOS Foundation ===

The [https://nixos.org/~~nixos~~/foundation~~.html~~ NixOS Foundation] is ~~the official steward of~~ the [[Nix Ecosystem]]~~, appointing the leadership of the~~ community ~~maintained [[Nixpkgs]] collection - which hosts all [[Nix]] packages and [[NixOS]] modules - as well as [[NixOps]] and [[Hydra]]~~. It also funds the [https://hydra.nixos.org/ official Hydra instance] which builds the Nixpkgs collection.

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.

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

=== Consultants ===

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

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

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

* [https://~~www.enlambda~~.com/ ~~Enlambda~~]

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

* [https://~~nixos.mayflower.consulting/ Mayflower]~~

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

* [https://nixcloud.io/main/en/ nixcloud]

* [https://www.numtide.com/ ~~NumTide~~]

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

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

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* [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]

* [~~http~~://www.~~logicblox~~.com/ ~~LogicBlox~~]

* [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.

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

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

=== Podcasts ===

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

== Contribute ==

~~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]].~~

Development of the wiki and other community initiatives happens at at the [https://github.com/nix-community nix-community Github repository]. The [https://matrix.to/#/#nixos-wiki:utzutzutz.net #nixos-wiki channel on Matrix] is available for questions.

There is also a [[nixpkgs-dev-ml|Maillinglist]] where you can submit patches if you prefer to submit patches via email. These will then be forwarded to [[Nixpkgs]] as a pull request by someone on the ML.

[[Category:~~Discussion~~]]

[[Category:Pedias]]

[[Category:Community]]

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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 the [[Get In Touch|get in touch]].
+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 ==
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 * '''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;
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 === NixOS Foundation ===
-The [https://nixos.org/nixos/foundation.html NixOS Foundation] is the official steward of the [[Nix Ecosystem]], appointing the leadership of the community maintained [[Nixpkgs]] collection - which hosts all [[Nix]] packages and [[NixOS]] modules - as well as [[NixOps]] and [[Hydra]]. It also funds the [https://hydra.nixos.org/ official Hydra instance] which builds the Nixpkgs collection.
+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.
+The ecosystem is developed and maintained by many individuals and self-organised [https://nixos.org/community/#governance-teams community teams].
 === Consultants ===
-There are a several qualified consultants that can provide support for Nix-based systems:
+There are several qualified consultants that can provide support for Nix-based systems:
 * [https://determinate.systems/ Determinate Systems]
-* [https://www.enlambda.com/ Enlambda]
+* [https://nixcademy.com/ Nixcademy]
-* [https://nixos.mayflower.consulting/ Mayflower]
+* [https://numtide.com/ Numtide]
-* [https://nixcloud.io/main/en/ nixcloud]
-* [https://www.numtide.com/ NumTide]
 * [https://obsidian.systems/ Obsidian Systems]
 * [https://serokell.io/ Serokell]
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 * [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]
-* [http://www.logicblox.com/ LogicBlox]
+* [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.
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 * [https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/ Human Brain Project]
 * [https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/ Blue Brain Project]
+=== Podcasts ===
+- [https://fulltimenix.com/ Full Time Nix]
 == Contribute ==
-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]].
+{{main|Contributing}}
-Development of the wiki and other community initiatives happens at at the [https://github.com/nix-community nix-community Github repository]. The [https://matrix.to/#/#nixos-wiki:utzutzutz.net #nixos-wiki channel on Matrix] is available for questions.
-There is also a [[nixpkgs-dev-ml|Maillinglist]] where you can submit patches if you prefer to submit patches via email. These will then be forwarded to [[Nixpkgs]] as a pull request by someone on the ML.
-[[Category:Discussion]]
+[[Category:Pedias]]
 [[Category:Community]]