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1 year
The new version of NixOS, 23.05, is now available. 🐾 Say hello to Stoat
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1 year
The #Nix and #NixOS devroom @FOSDEM is packed!
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4 months
is now live! This new documentation platform is here to support you throughout your NixOS journey. Dive in, utilize its resources, and don't forget to contribute your insights too. Learn more at
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NixOS
3 years
Congratulations to the NixOS Reproducibility team who have made 100% of minimal ISO's store paths reproducible. This is the result of two years of hard work. What a wonderful milestone on the way to a more reproducible package set!
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4 months
Release 1.0 of devenv is here! After a rewrite in Rust, our dev environment boasts exciting new features. Take a look and join us in giving a virtual high five to Domen Kožar for his outstanding work!
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4 years
First 4 Apple M1 Mac Minis arrived for
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11 months
EDIT: Following internal discussion and community feedback, we decided to drop this sponsor. We'll be sure to review our Code of Conduct and sponsorship rules to do better in the future. Original message:
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NixOS
11 months
Anduril develops advanced technology to transform US & allied military capabilities, building pioneering solutions for tomorrow's software-defined conflicts. Thank you for your support as a Gold Partner of @nixcon_org , @anduriltech !
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5 months
We're stoked to share that the NixOS Foundation has been chosen as a mentor organization for Google Summer of Code 2024! Check it out: #GSoC2024 #Nix #NixOS #OpenSource
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3 months
Nix 2.22.0 is here! Dive into the full announcement and release notes to discover the latest enhancements and features:
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NixOS
4 years
NixOS 20.03 Markhor has been released! Come and say hi!
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NixOS
4 years
NixOS 20.09 Nightingale released, get it while it’s hot!
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1 year
🚀 The documentation website has been moved! This is a big step forward to centralize the Nix documentation, and part of the long-term plans of focusing the community efforts to help teach, onboard, and show Nix.
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3 months
We introduce brew-nix, a solution developed by BatteredBunny. It's a #Nix expression designed to automatically package all MacOS casks from Homebrew. Give it a try!
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NixOS
2 years
NixOS 22.11 “Raccoon” Released with GNOME 43 and KDE Plasma 5.26! For more details please read the release announcement: Thank you to everyone (all 1652 contributors) who contributed to this awesome release. #nix #nixos
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NixOS
2 years
Nix 2.8.0 is out!
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NixOS
1 year
20 years ago Nix was created. We've come a long way, but it is good to remember the roots from time to time. Check out initial version of Nix: #nixos
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NixOS
6 months
Nix 2.20.0 has landed! Dive into the latest release, packed with nearly 20 significant changes that enhance your Nix experience. Download now:
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NixOS
1 year
🎉🎈Happy 20th Anniversary, Nix! 🎈🎉 2️⃣0️⃣ amazing years of #Nix 🖥️✨ 📅 Don't miss out on the exciting events at ! Connect with fellow enthusiasts, learn about the latest updates! 🥳🚀 Share your favorite #NixMoments ! 🌟🤗 #NixTurns20 #NixOSAnniversary
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NixOS
1 year
We raised a little over 50% (10,199.63EUR ) 🤗 to improve NixOS documentation. Thank you to everyone who donated so far. But we are only half done. Every small donation helps! DONATE HERE -> READ THE PLAN HERE ->
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NixOS
1 year
🎉 The latest version of Nix, version 2.17, has been released. It comes with more than five new changes. To get more information about these changes, please refer to the release notes.
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NixOS
5 months
And just like that Nix took over the #scale21x ... Thanks to everyone who made NixCon NA such and inspiring event.
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NixOS
8 months
Discover the power of NixThePlanet! This #Nix flake lets you seamlessly run a range of operating systems, from the latest to the classics. Experience macOS, Windows, and more with just one Nix command. Check it out now: #NixOS
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NixOS
3 months
Thanks to the efforts of Dan Baker, the #Nix community now has an official Nix Language Cheat Sheet. Take advantage of it, print and share with others!
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NixOS
4 years
6 M1 Mac Minis are being prepared as builders for as we tweet. Hopefully this will boost the effort of all our excellent community members working to support all of #nixpkgs on the new Apple silicon.
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NixOS
3 years
We are proud to announce a major, paid program called "Summer of Nix" happening between August 2nd and October 15th 2021. More info and how to apply on .
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NixOS
4 months
Mia (bluskript) has developed Nix-Inspect, a ranger-like TUI for inspecting your NixOS config and other arbitrary Nix expressions. If you haven't checked it out yet, you definitely should watch the demo!
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NixOS
6 years
NixOS 18.09 "Jellyfish" has been released, grab it while it's hot!
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NixOS
4 months
Check out Shoji-nix—an experimental SSH Key Management Module for Nix. This module offers a method to encrypt and store SSH keys in your Nix configuration repository. More details available here:
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NixOS
5 months
Comin, a deployment tool operating in pull mode, has just released v0.1.0! It periodically polls Git repositories, deploying the NixOS configuration associated with the machine. Give it a try!
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NixOS
8 months
🌎 The first-ever #NixCon in North America will take place on March 14th-15th, 2024 in Pasadena, CA. 🇺🇸 See the full announcement at
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NixOS
5 months
Introducing the nixpkgs-terraform release! This flake unveils a range of Terraform versions as Nix packages, kicking off with version 1.0.0. Get all the juicy details here:
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NixOS
5 months
We're happy to introduce Phase 1 of the Nix(OS) Website Rework! Help us ensure a smooth transition by reporting any regressions/UI glitches and content differences between the current site and the beta version. 👉 Explore the Website Beta 🐞 Report Bugs via GitHub
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NixOS
1 year
As NixOS Documentation team received a rejection from Google Summer of Docs, @floxdevelopment started a fundraising by donating the first 5k EUR. Read more at and for those that can help by donation follow here . #nixos #gsod #docs
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NixOS
5 years
The NixOS Foundation supports the Nix ecosystem's infrastructure, executing 1.25 million builds each month, and providing over 150 TB of pre-built packages in the binary cache. Now we're on @OpenCollect . Support our work and our infrastructure:
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1 year
Nix 2.15 has been released if you didn't have an excuse to download it yet - check out the recent changes and give it a try! RELEASE NOTES ->
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NixOS
2 months
Styx is an alternative binary substitution mechanism for #Nix . It downloads data on-demand, stores common chunks only once to save disk space, and uses differential compression to reduce bandwidth usage. Want to try it? Click here:
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NixOS
11 months
🎉 We are excited to share that Cachix, a hosting solution for Nix binary caches, has become a Gold Partner of @nixcon_org . @cachix_org focuses on infrastructure and education to accelerate Nix adoption. #nixcon
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NixOS
8 months
NixOS 23.11 release is now available thanks to the contributions of 2162 individuals who committed 40024 changes. Check out the release notes for highlights and the full details.
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NixOS
1 year
NixTest: a tiny unit testing framework, written in pure nix. ❄️ You can find all the details here:
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NixOS
3 months
Just give a try to services-flake. This project, freshly open-sourced by Juspay, allows defining and running services in your project flakes and works on both Linux and macOS.
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NixOS
4 months
Catppuccino is a community-driven pastel theme aiming to strike the perfect balance between low and high contrast themes. Thanks to the efforts of Seth (getchoo), it's now available for Nix too! Check it out:
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NixOS
4 years
The 6 new M1 Mac Minis are part of now. Thanks to @RelationalAI for donating 2 of them, and all our supporters via for supporting the Nix project and its infrastructure!
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NixOS
7 years
NixOS 17.09 “Hummingbird” has been released! Thanks to all our awesome contributors!
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NixOS
9 months
A member of the Nix community is currently working on a new project - a web interface for the Nix store. The project is in the early beta stage, which is the perfect time to test it out, suggest changes, and provide feedback. Give Gorgon a try!
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NixOS
4 months
Jake Hamilton has just released the inaugural issue of . Stay in the loop with the latest additions, modules, and fixes. Dive in now for all the updates:
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NixOS
6 months
Works on RFC 0166, with the main aim of establishing an official & standard Nix formatting and formatter, are approaching the finish line. Now it's your turn - the Committee calls Nix-ers to test the Nix formatter before applying it to the entire Nixpkgs.
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NixOS
11 months
FlakeHub simplifies finding, installing, and publishing Nix Flakes. It provides predictable and safe Flake updates for users, while giving developers the freedom to iterate on their API. Try it:
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NixOS
7 years
Extra capacity is coming for OSX builds, thanks to all the great people that have donated to NixOS Foundation.
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4 months
rippkgs is a command-line utility designed for indexing and searching Nix expressions. Its purpose is to significantly speed up the search process within nixpkgs. Check out the announcement blog post:
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NixOS
2 years
A long overdue summary video of last 5 releases. We can not include everything that happen, but we tried our best to select for you. If you think we missed something important please let us know. #nixos #nix
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NixOS
7 months
As the New Year approaches, we extend heartfelt thanks to the incredible organizations & community members who've made nearly 600 financial contributions (situation as at Dec 2023)! Your support empowers the NixOS Foundation to embark on fantastic projects
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1 year
Fleek - User friendly home-manager! All-in-one management system for everything you need to be productive on your computer. Read more:
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NixOS
9 months
❄️ Nix and NixOS are going to have a separate devroom at FOSDEM, which is taking place in Brussels, Belgium on February 4th, 2024. We urge everyone to submit their proposals. The deadline for the CFP is 23:59 CET on December 7th, 2023.
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NixOS
3 years
Nix 2.6.0 was release last week. To see what changed in this release a short video was created: Let us know if you would like to see more video like this. We know we have to improve, be gentle :) #nixos #nix
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NixOS
11 months
Anduril develops advanced technology to transform US & allied military capabilities, building pioneering solutions for tomorrow's software-defined conflicts. Thank you for your support as a Gold Partner of @nixcon_org , @anduriltech !
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11 months
It's undeniable that there are certain flaws in the present design of Flakes. However, at @nixcon_org this year, together with Linus Heckemann, we will learn how toaddress these gaps in the future without undermining the fundamental objectives of Flakes.
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2 months
Summer of Nix Full Exposure – open mob programming session
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NixOS
6 months
The Google Summer of Code with Nix/Nixpkgs/NixOS program is on the lookout for mentors! Share your expertise and passion with the community, consider volunteering to become a mentor! Let's make this summer a season of knowledge exchange and collaboration!
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2 years
Connor Brewster - The Road to Nix at Replit (SoN2022 - public lecture series)
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1 year
Summer of Nix is a rare opportunity for Nix users of varying skills and interests, to practice Nix remotely, in mob programming format, while contributing to open source and receiving some payment for it. #nix #nixos APPLY HERE 😉 ->
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Framework Community & NixOS Communities Join Forces! If you have a strong track record of active contribution within the NixOS community, maybe that call is for you! Submission deadline is May 13th, 2024. Details:
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NixOS
9 months
No way! Can you really teach Nix in 5 minutes? Let's watch Rok Garbas' talk from #NixCon 2023 and find out
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NixOS
5 years
New blog: Matthew Bauer: Static Nix: a command-line swiss army knife
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NixOS
5 months
RFC 166 will standardise how Nix gets formatted, and it just entered Final Comment Period! Pending any hiccups, it's set to merge on March 5, 2024. Dive into the details:
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2 years
App source + Nix packages + Docker = Image Nixpacks takes a source directory and produces an OCI compliant image that can be deployed anywhere.
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Heroku Buildpacks vs Railway Nixpacks Same codebase Let's. Fucking. GO
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2 years
How we #nixos users prepare our coffee ☕?
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2 years
What your coffee says about the average Linux user ...
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NixOS
4 years
New blog: Tweag I/O: Nix Flakes, Part 1: An introduction and tutorial
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NixOS
1 year
Release 2.16.0 of Nix ❄️ Read the release notes here:
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NixOS
11 months
Two new episodes of the tutorial series: 'Creating shell environments' and 'Packaging existing software' are available. Read more for details:
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NixOS
2 years
Everything ready for #NixCon Paris 2022. 👀 Note to self: HDMI cables can be unidirectional. 😅
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NixOS
7 months
Noogle just dropped a game-changing update in 2024-01! 🚀 Explore all the awesome features; check it out now:
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NixOS
1 year
🎉 NixCon, September 08 – 10, 2023 Darmstadt, Germany 🎊 NixCon is a conference that brings together Nix and NixOS contributors and users. You can submit your talk or save your spot now!
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NixOS
2 years
Nix Flakes: an Introduction (by @theprincessxena ) "Nix flakes define a set of conventions for how software can be build, run and deployed without having to rely on external tools such as Niv or Lorri..."
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NixOS
5 months
When NixOS boots up, the first userspace code that the Linux kernel runs is called "stage 1." At #NixCon NA, Will Fancher will describe the objectives of rewriting stage 1 to utilize systemd during his talk.
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9 months
In Daniel Fullmer's opinion, the NixOS VM Test framework is one of the best things about NixOS. Watch his presentation from NixCon 2023 to find out why:
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NixOS
7 months
A comprehensive guide on using Nix flakes in a non-flake manner! If you're new to Nix, give it a try and enhance your understanding. Check out the insightful article here
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NixOS
6 months
Introducing Typhon: A Nix-based continuous integration software inspired by Hydra. Learn more
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NixOS
5 months
nix-buildproxy offers reproducible HTTP/HTTPS responders in sandboxed Nix builds. The author is eager for your feedback, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts!
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NixOS
3 months
Recently, nixd, a feature-rich Nix language server interoperating with C++, had its 2.0.2 release. Congratulations to Yingchi Long, the maintainer of this project! Many thanks from the grateful community for your hard work!
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NixOS
2 years
GeNix7000: Nix Project Logo Generator Ultimate, parametric and reproducible solution to all your #Nix branding problems! Warning! You might spend to much time playing with it. Announcement:
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NixOS
6 months
Roman Zaynetdinov has developed a tool for comprehending Nix syntax visually. This tool elucidates the function of each language feature. Read the announcement here
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NixOS
7 months
We're thrilled to announce that RFC 140 is one step closer to being fully implemented: pkgs/by-name is soon to be required for new packages!
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NixOS
5 months
Check out nixos-needsreboot, a handy flake by Pratham Patel that determines if you need to reboot your NixOS machine after an upgrade!
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NixOS
5 months
Uncover nearly twenty fixes and improvements in Nix release 2.21.0, now available! Check out the release notes and download it here:
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NixOS
7 months
The inaugural Nix meetup in Bangalore, India, will take place on January 23rd at 4 PM IST. We encourage all local Nix fans to participate in this event:
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2 years
Welcome to #NixCon 2022! Talks started.
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