NixOS Wiki

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NixOS Wiki

Welcome to the unofficial user's wiki

This wiki is user-maintained. Take a look at the about page for more information.

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 Getting started

Newcomers are encouraged to read the Nix Ecosystem and Resources overview articles to get a comprehensive orientation. For more specific introductions, see:

• NixOS
• Nix
• Nix Language
• Nixpkgs
• NixOps
• Hydra

Or for more extensive reference, check out:

• NixOS manual
• Nix manual
• Nix Pills
• Nixpkgs manual
• NixOps manual
• Hydra manual

See also:

• FAQ
• Nixpkgs vs other packagers
• Comparison between Ubuntu and NixOS

 Setting up NixOS

• On ARM, with NixOS on ARM
• In the cloud, with NixOS friendly hosters

 Get in touch

• Community overview
• Get support
• Official Website
• GitHub repository
• Forums
  • stack overflow
  • /r/NixOS
• IRC
  • Users: #nixos on freenode
  • Developers: #nixos-dev on freenode
  • Wiki: #nixos-wiki on freenode
• Mailing list: nix-devel

 News

2024-09-02 — Wiki editors use Manual of Style

The Wiki team discussed and put into effect the Manual of Style for editing wiki articles. This is a huge step towards clear and consistent documentation. All editors are encouraged to follow this guide.

2024-08-22 — Wiki editors meeting

All interested wiki editors meet on 22th of August at 21:15 CEST in a Jitsi conference.

Agenda: https://pad.lassul.us/wiki-agenda?view

2024-07-05 — Wiki editors meeting

All interested wiki editors meet on 5th of July at 13:00 CEST in a Jitsi conference.

2024-04-01 — Launch of the wiki

The official NixOS wiki has taken off! If you want to find out why there is a new wiki effort, check out the FAQ.

... all news articles →

 Special pages

• All pages of wiki.nixos.org
• All categories of wiki.nixos.org
• Recent changes of wiki.nixos.org