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
• Applications / Extended Nix Ecosystem

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

 Where’s the old wiki?

The old wiki can still be accessed on archive.org. Though badly outdated, it can still be helpful. Don’t hesitate to transfer still valid information into this wiki! We also have a write-up on the history of NixOS wikis.

 Special pages

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

 Get in touch

• Community overview
• Get support
• Official Website
• GitHub repository
• Forums
  • Discourse
  • Stack Overflow
  • Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
  • /r/NixOS
• IRC
  • Users: #nixos on Freenode
  • Developers: #nixos-dev on Freenode
  • Wiki: #nixos-wiki on Freenode
• Mailing list: nix-devel ! deprecated - getting moved to discourse
• Workgroups (“Interest Groups”)
  • Workgroup:Container
  • Workgroup:Router
  • Workgroup:DataScience

 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 →