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Nix Manual

Nix is a package manager which comes in a form of many command line tools. Packages that Nix can build are defined with the Nix Expression Language.
- Installation
- Basic package management
- What is a channel?
- Main command line tools:
  - nix-env — manipulate or query Nix user environments
  - nix-build — build a Nix expression
  - nix-shell — start an interactive shell based on a Nix expression
  - nix-store — manipulate or query the Nix store
- Nix expression language
Full Nix Manual
Nixpkgs Manual

The Nix Packages collection (Nixpkgs) is a set of thousands of packages for the Nix package manager and NixOS Linux distribution.
- Configure nixpkgs
- Customize packages (override packages)
- Extend nixpkgs (via overlays)
- Adding a package to nixpkgs
  - The Standard Environment
  - Fetching sources
  - Building images:
    - Docker
    - Snap
    - AppImage
    - OCI
    - ...
- Integrate Nix with programming languages:
  - Javascript (Node)
  - Python
  - Ruby
  - Java
  - Go
  - Rust
  - R
  - Haskell
  - Elm
  - BEAM Languages (Erlang, Elixir, LFE)
  - Lua
  - Idris
  - Coq
  - Perl
  - OCaml
  - ...
- Integrate Nix with frameworks:
  - Android
  - IOS
  - Titanium
  - Tex Live
  - Qt
  - ...
- Configure your editor with Nix:
  - Vim
  - Emacs
  - Eclipse
  - Kakoune
  - ...
- Contributing to Nixpkgs
Full Nixpkgs Manual
NixOS Manual

NixOS is a Linux distribution based on Nix package manager.
Full NixOS Manual

nix.dev

A collection of opinionated guides to getting things done in the Nix ecosystem.
Get things done
The Nix Hour

A weekly beginner-oriented interactive video lecture on all things Nix. Running since October 2022.
Watch on YouTube
NixOS Wiki

A unofficial, user-maintained wiki for Nix and NixOS.
Check the wiki
Nix Pills

A low-level tutorial on building software packages with Nix, showing in detail how Nixpkgs is constructed.
Take the Pills