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The new version of NixOS, 23.05, is now available. πΎ Say hello to Stoat
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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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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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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 KoΕΎar for his outstanding work!
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NixOS 24.11 release VicuΓ±a is now available thanks to the contributions of 2669 individuals who committed 49079 changes. Well done! Check out the release notes for highlights and the full details. Announcement:
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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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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:.
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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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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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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π 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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Nixd - Nix language server, based on nix libraries. π Please take a look:.
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NixCon 2024 is kicking off this Friday!. This will be a community-oriented conference and hackcentre for contributors and users of Nix and NixOS. We're excited to meet in Berlin!.
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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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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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ππHappy 20th Anniversary, Nix! ππ. 2οΈβ£0οΈβ£ amazing years of #Nix π₯οΈβ¨. π
Don't miss out on the exciting events at Connect with fellow enthusiasts, learn about the latest updates! π₯³π. Share your favorite #NixMoments! ππ€ #NixTurns20 #NixOSAnniversary.
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We raised a little over 50% (10,199.63EUR ) π€ 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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The Nix Documentation Team has been on a roll lately, with many improvements both behind and on your screen - for example, check out the new tutorials on running your own binary cache at .
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And just like that Nix took over the #scale21x . Thanks to everyone who made NixCon NA such and inspiring event.
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π 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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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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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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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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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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π NixhubΒ - a fresh search engine that enables you to explore past versions of packages from the Nix Packages collection.
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Check out Shoji-nixβan 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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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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π The first-ever #NixCon in North America will take place on March 14th-15th, 2024 in Pasadena, CA. πΊπΈ See the full announcement at
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π Nix 2.18 is out! There are nearly ten new features and improvements that have been added, chack it out and share your feedback! .
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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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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. π Explore the Website Beta.π Report Bugs via GitHub
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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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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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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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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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π 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 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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NixTest: a tiny unit testing framework, written in pure nix. βοΈ You can find all the details here:.
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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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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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Treewide Nixpkgs formatting scheduled for December 10th. Thanks to infinisil and the Formatting Team!
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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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Farid Zakaria set out to build a Nix derivation from scratchβno helpers, just raw JSON! π οΈ After battling errors, missing keys, and hashing surprises, he finally got it working. π. Read the full adventure here:
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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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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 17.09 βHummingbirdβ has been released! Thanks to all our awesome contributors!.
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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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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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With the hard work of a few dozen contributors, Nixpkgs has its first bootstrap tools tarball for aarch64-darwin support. Thanks to @thefloweringash and other contributors!
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βοΈ 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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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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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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Extra capacity is coming for OSX builds, thanks to all the great people that have donated to NixOS Foundation.
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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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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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NixFS π . Access any Nix derivation through filesystem paths with NixFS. Try it out
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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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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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Thank you to #Equinix ( for the sponsorship, since 2017, of our ephemeral ARM+Intel builders for Linux. Your partnership made it possible to build a massive collection of packages and to populate binary caches for them. Thank you.
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Connor Brewster - The Road to Nix at Replit (SoN2022 - public lecture series)
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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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Good news for all #Nix fansβNix 2.27.0 has landed, and itβs bringing some great quality-of-life improvements! .A huge shoutout to the 21 contributors who made this release happen! .Want to upgrade? Get it here .Read the announcement
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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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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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The Nix/NixOS project is a finalist for GitHub Secure Open Source Fund. Looking for 3 people involved with infra, CLI, and Nixpkgs who can participate. Please contact tomberek or Steering Committee if interested. Details at:
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New blog: Matthew Bauer: Static Nix: a command-line swiss army knife
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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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π· nixci - a library to define and build CI for Nix projects anywhere. Try it out:.
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New blog: Tweag I/O: Nix Flakes, Part 1: An introduction and tutorial
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Noogle just dropped a game-changing update in 2024-01! π Explore all the awesome features; check it out now:
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Everything ready for #NixCon Paris 2022. π. Note to self: HDMI cables can be unidirectional. π
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Flakelight - writing flakes simpler with less boilerplate. Check out this not yet another flake framework.
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Weβre excited to finally announce #NixCon2024 - Berlin!. This event is created by the community, for the community. π 25-27th October 2024.π bUm Berlin.π Buy your ticket here: π€ Please consider submitting a talk or workshop:
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Two new episodes of the tutorial series: 'Creating shell environments' and 'Packaging existing software' are available. Read more for details:.
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π NixCon, September 08 β 10, 2023 Darmstadt, Germany. π 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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A thing about Nix for new users: flakes make dependency management less⦠flakey. *A flake is just a repo with a flake.nix file.*It enforces structure & manages dependencies.*Flake references use a URL-like syntax and can be locked for reproducibility.More
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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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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-shell, a tool that spawns lightweight nixos vms, now supports flakes:.
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New blog: Tweag I/O: Long-term reproducibility with Nix and Software Heritage
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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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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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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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