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This article provides an overview of various ways of engaging the Nix community. See the [[Nix Community]] article to learn more about who we are, and the [https://nixos.org/nixos/community.html official NixOS community page] for more information.
See the [https://nixos.org/community.html nixos.org/community] for how to get in touch.
 
This article lists additional platforms to meet community members.
 
See the [[Nix Community]] article to learn more about who we are.


== Online ==
== Online ==
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==== Matrix ====
==== Matrix ====


There is an official Nix chat presence on Matrix.  There is a [https://matrix.to/#/#community:nixos.org NixOS Community Space] containing rooms on many Nix topics. Matrix Spaces are a beta feature, not supported by all clients or homeservers.  The main Nix Matrix room is [https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org #nix:nixos.org].
The official [https://matrix.to/#/#community:nixos.org NixOS Community Space] has rooms on many Nix topics.
The main Nix Matrix room is [https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org #nix:nixos.org].


Matrix Spaces are a beta feature, not supported by all clients or homeservers. 
If your client doesn't support spaces see [[MatrixRooms]] for a list of rooms.
If your client doesn't support spaces see [[MatrixRooms]] for a list of rooms.


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=== Discourse forum ===
For a free-form discussion forum, checkout the [https://discourse.nixos.org/ official NixOS Discourse] or the [https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/ NixOS subreddit]. For Q&A style discussion of any Nix related issues, check out Stack Overflow questions tagged [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nix Nix],[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixos NixOS], [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixops NixOps] and [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nixpkgs Nixpkgs].


=== Videos ===
=== Videos ===
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You can also find [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nixos a variety of talks and demos of Nix-related material], including videos from older NixCons, on YouTube.
You can also find [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nixos a variety of talks and demos of Nix-related material], including videos from older NixCons, on YouTube.
=== Twitter ===
The NixOS Foundation has an [https://twitter.com/nixos_org official Twitter account], and the hashtag [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NixOS #NixOS] is handy to find content related to the Nix Ecosystem (#nix is too ambiguous).


=== Streaming ===
=== Streaming ===
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== Events ==
== Events ==


=== Meetups ===
An ever-growing number of Nix and NixOS related meetups can be found [https://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=nixos&radius=Infinity on meetup.com]. In this section, we list regional meetups dedicated to NixOS and the Nix Ecosystem; if you cannot find a meetup near you, try seeking out a functional programming or DevOps meetup in your area, as Nix-related topics can often be discussed in such a context.
==== Europe ====
* [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/german-casual-mumble-meetup-every-thursday-19-00-23-00-cest/7941 German mumble meetup]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Berlin-NixOS-Meetup/ Berlin, Germany]
* [https://www.meetup.com/NixOS-London/ London, UK]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Munich-NixOS-Meetup/ Munich, Germany]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Nix-Meetup/ Amsterdam, the Netherlands]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Meetup-NixOS-Montpellier/ Montpellier, France]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Suisse-Romande-NixOS-User-Group/ Romandie, Switzerland]
==== North-America ====
* [https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Nix-NixOS-User-Group/ Bay Area, California]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Nova-Nix-NixOS-NixOps-Meetup/ Reston, Virginia]
==== Asia ====
* [https://www.meetup.com/Tokyo-NixOS-Meetup/ Tokyo, Japan]
* [https://www.meetup.com/Singapore-NixOS-Nix-User-Group/ Singapore, Singapore]
=== NixCon ===
NixCon is the official Nix Ecosystem conference, which in the future will occur on a yearly basis. Previous NixCons:
* [https://2020.nixcon.org/ NixCon 2020]
* [https://2019.nixcon.org/ NixCon 2019]
* [http://nixcon2018.org/ NixCon 2018]
* [http://nixcon2017.org/ NixCon 2017]
* [https://nixos.github.io/nixcon/2015/index.html NixCon 2015]
=== Other ===
* [https://nix.camp/ Nix Camp] "Nix Camp is a 2 week long event from September 12th to September 26th [2021].[...] in the midst of Wales [...]"
* [https://nix.camp/ Nix Camp] "Nix Camp is a 2 week long event from September 12th to September 26th [2021].[...] in the midst of Wales [...]"

Revision as of 22:22, 7 July 2022

See the nixos.org/community for how to get in touch.

This article lists additional platforms to meet community members.

See the Nix Community article to learn more about who we are.

Online

Chat

Matrix

The official NixOS Community Space has rooms on many Nix topics. The main Nix Matrix room is #nix:nixos.org.

Matrix Spaces are a beta feature, not supported by all clients or homeservers. If your client doesn't support spaces see MatrixRooms for a list of rooms.

IRC

There is a Nix presence on the Libera.Chat IRC network; the primary user channel is #nixos, and the development channel is #nixos-dev.

Previously, the Nix channels were on Freenode, a different IRC network. There are public logs from the Freenode versions of these channels. There is no logging set up on the Libera.Chat versions (yet).

Nix and NixOS channels
Channel Description
#nixos General NixOS and Nix help
#nix-darwin Nix on macOS
#nixos-chat An informal channel for chit-chatting when going off-topic on the main channel.
#nixos-dev Nix and NixOS development (#nixos for questions)
#nixos-gm A social channel for gender minorities in the NixOS community. This is an invite only channel. Introduce yourself in #nixos-gm-invites and someone will invite you.
#nixos-emacs Nix Emacs discussions
Regional channels
Channel Description
#nixos-cs Czech and Slovak NixOS community
#nixos-fr French NixOS community
#nixos German NixOS community on hackint.org irc network (webchat version: https://webirc.hackint.org)

Discord

An unofficial Discord server is available at discord.gg/RbvHtGa.

Telegram

There are some regional Telegram groups dedicated to NixOS:

Regional Telegram channels
Channel Languages
@NixOS_zhcn Chinese, English
@ru_nixos Russian, English
@nixos_en English
@nixosbr Portuguese

Videos

NixCon has an official Fediverse presence, @nixcon@conf.tube, where talk videos are published.

You can also find a variety of talks and demos of Nix-related material, including videos from older NixCons, on YouTube.

Streaming

  • Peti - Weekly Haskell packaging
  • OfficeHours - Weekly Nix Office Hours (1600-2000 UTC Fridays, more times as mentors are available)

Mailing list (no longer used)

There was previously an official mailing list related to NixOS, nix-devel. It has been replaced by the NixOS Discourse forum, see above.

Events

  • Nix Camp "Nix Camp is a 2 week long event from September 12th to September 26th [2021].[...] in the midst of Wales [...]"