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

 Get in touch

• Community overview
• Get support
• Official Website
• GitHub repository
• Forums
  • 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
• Workgroups (“Interest Groups”)
  • Workgroup:Container
  • Workgroup:Router

 News

Template:NixOS Wiki:News ... all news articles →

 Special pages

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