Resources
This article is an overview of resources available both within the NixOS community Wiki and elsewhere. For communication channels, support and information of contributing, see the community menu.
Wiki
The NixOS Wiki's core articles are divided into five categories:
- Pedias, for encyclopedic description
- Guides, for broad hands-on understanding and overviews
- Tutorials, intended to teach a particular process
- Cookbooks, collections of tips and tricks
- Reference, material for the nitty gritty details
They are also divided by the six most prominent components of the Nix Ecosystem: NixOS, Nix, the Nix Language, Nixpkgs, NixOps and Hydra. The core articles of the Wiki correspond to one component and one category:
| Category | NixOS | Nix | Nix Language | Nixpkgs | NixOps | Hydra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedias | NixOS | Nix | Nix Language | Nixpkgs | NixOps | Hydra |
| Guide | NixOS Guide | Nix Guide | Nix Language Guide | Nixpkgs Guide | NixOps Guide | Hydra Guide |
| Tutorial | NixOS Tutorial | Nix Tutorial | Nix Language Tutorial | Nixpkgs Tutorial | NixOps Tutorial | Hydra Tutorial |
| Cookbook | NixOS Cookbook | Nix Cookbook | Nix Language Cookbook | Nixpkgs Cookbook | NixOps Cookbook | Hydra Cookbook |
| Reference | NixOS Reference | Nix Reference | Nix Language Reference | Nixpkgs Reference | NixOps Reference | Hydra Reference |
The goal is to eventually have strong articles for every entry of this table, but initial efforts will target the first row and first column. Also, see Applications for an overview of tools in the extended ecosystem.
Documentation
- Nix Pills - series of blog post about Nix/Nixpkgs internals
- Official nix Manual
- Official NixOS Manual
- Official Nixpkgs Manual
News
- planet.nixos.org - Aggregator for blogs related to nix/nixOS
- NixOS Weekly - A semi-regular Nix email newsletter. Averages about once every three weeks, actually.
- NixOS Discourse
Interactive websites
- NixOS Packages Search - full-text search through all packages of NixOS
- NixOS Option Search - full-text search through all options of NixOS
- NixOS Code Search - full-text search through NixOS related packages
- A tour of nix - interactive Nix tutorial
- Nix Channel Status - when nixpkgs/nixos channels were updated last
- Hydra
Tutorials
- Wil T Nix Guides - A video series in 8 parts, covering the Nix ecosystem from foundations, providing orientation with all available resources, and showing hands on how to get NixOS installed and running (including managing all your configuration through git and using Flakes).
- Tutorial Introduction to Nix - an introduction focused on the use of shell environments, for Python and with links to R versions as well
- Interactive Tour of Nix - an interactive tutorial of the Nix Expression Language by Joachim Schiele and Paul Seitz
- Nix shell workshop
- Scrive workshop - nix language and packaging workshop
Cookbooks
- Domen's Nix Cookbook - A community initiative, by Domen Kožar
Talks
- NixCon 2020 Talks
- NixCon 2019 Talks
- NixCon 2018 Talks
- NixCon 2017 Talks
- NixCon 2015 Talks produced and hosted by the CCC Video Operation Center