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Nix Ecosystem users and contributors are a mixed bunch, ranging from hobbyist to professional, from industry to academia. Typical user groups include: | 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; | * '''desktop users''' using Nix and NixOS to make life on their personal machines easier; | ||
* ''developers'' using Nix to reproducibly build their software, and to manage various development environments; | * '''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; | * '''system administrators''' declaratively configuring servers and clusters with NixOS and NixOps; | ||
* ''power users'' duplicating their environment across their personal and work machines. | * '''power users''' duplicating their environment across their personal and work machines. | ||
== Institutions == | == Institutions == | ||
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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.
People
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;
- 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;
- power users duplicating their environment across their personal and work machines.
Institutions
NixOS Foundation
The NixOS Foundation is the official steward of the Nix Ecosystem, responsible for maintaining Nixpkgs - which hosts all Nix packages and NixOS modules - as well as NixOps and Hydra. It also funds the official Hydra instance which builds the Nixpkgs collection.
Consultants
There are a several qualified consultants that can provide support for Nix-based systems:
Industry
Many companies utilize Nix-bases systems for various purposes. Prominent examples include:
Academia
Nix has its roots in academia, and while some research continues to develop the Nix Ecosystem further, Nix is also being extensively used to manage powerful computing clusters:
Contribute
Development of 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 the contributing section of the Nixpkgs article.