awesome-nix/README.md

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> A curated list of the best resources in the Nix community

*Please read the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) before contributing.*

## Resources

### Learning

* [Nix Notes](https://github.com/noteed/nix-notes) - A collection of short notes about Nix, each contributing to the same virtual machine image.
* [Nix Pills](https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/) - The best way to learn by examples.
* [Nix Shorts](https://github.com/justinwoo/nix-shorts/) - A collection of short notes about Nix.

### Grokking

* [Hound](https://search.nix.gsc.io) - Handy search across all or selected nix related repos. 

### Newsletters

* [NixOS Weekly](https://weekly.nixos.org/) - The best newsletter to stay informed about community updates.

## Installation Media

* [nixos-generators](https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators) -  Take a nixos config and build multile usage images including VirtualBox, Azure, installation iso among other formats.

## Channel History 

* [HowOldIs](https://howoldis.herokuapp.com) - Get the age/current git commit of all Nix channels.
* [Channel History](https://channels.nix.gsc.io)- Get historical git commits for Nix channels.

## Cloud stuff

* [krops](https://cgit.krebsco.de/krops/about/) - A lightweigt toolkit to deploy NixOS systems, remotely or locally.
* [kubenix](https://github.com/xtruder/kubenix) - Kubernetes resource builder using nix.
* [morph](https://github.com/DBCDK/morph) - A tool for managing existing NixOS hosts.
* [nixery](https://github.com/google/nixery) - Container registry which builds images ad-hoc via Nix
* [nixops](https://github.com/NixOS/nixops) - Deploy using Nix.
* [terraform-nixos](https://github.com/tweag/terraform-nixos) - A set of Terraform modules that are designed to deploy NixOS.
* [terranix](https://terranix.org) - Use Nix and the NixOS module system to write your Terraform code.

## High Performance Computing

* [awesome-nix-hpc](https://github.com/freuk/awesome-nix-hpc) - Nix for High Performance Computing link collection.

## Command-line tools

* [nix-diff](https://github.com/Gabriel439/nix-diff) - 
Explain why two Nix derivations differ.
* [nix-index](https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index) - 
Quickly locate nix packages with specific files.
* [nix-prefetch](https://github.com/msteen/nix-prefetch) - Universal tool to update source checksums

## Development

* [lorri](https://github.com/target/lorri/) - A much better `nix-shell` for development.
* [nix-review](https://github.com/Mic92/nix-review) - The best tool to verify that a pull-request in nixpkgs is building properly.
* [niv](https://github.com/nmattia/niv/) - Easy dependency management for Nix projects.
* [pre-commit-hooks.nix](https://github.com/hercules-ci/pre-commit-hooks.nix) - 
Run linters/formatters at commit time and on your CI
* [gitignore.nix](https://github.com/hercules-ci/gitignore.nix) - 
Most feature complete and easy to use .gitignore integration
* [arion](https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion) -
Run docker-compose with help from Nix/NixOS 
* [Cachix](https://cachix.org/) - Hosted binary cache service

## Programming languages

### Elm

* [Nix Elm Tools](https://github.com/turboMaCk/nix-elm-tools) -
Elm language community tooling for Nix and NixOS users.
* [elm2nix](https://github.com/hercules-ci/elm2nix) - 
Convert elm.json into Nix expressions

### Haskell

* [cabal2nix](https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix) -
Converts a Cabal file into a Nix build expression.
* [snack](https://github.com/nmattia/snack/) -
Nix-based incremental build tool for Haskell projects.
* [stack2nix](https://github.com/input-output-hk/stack2nix) -
Generate nix expressions for Haskell projects.
* [nix-haskell-mode](https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-haskell-mode) - 
Automatic Haskell setup in Emacs
* [haskell.nix](https://github.com/input-output-hk/haskell.nix) - 
Alternative Haskell Infrastructure for Nixpkgs

### NodeJS

* [napalm](https://github.com/nmattia/napalm) -
Support for building npm packages in Nix and lightweight npm registry.
* [yarn2nix](https://github.com/moretea/yarn2nix) -
Generate nix expressions from a yarn.lock file.
* [node2nix](https://github.com/svanderburg/node2nix)

### PureScript

* [easy-purescript-nix](https://github.com/justinwoo/easy-purescript-nix) - Easy PureScript (and other tools) with Nix

### Python

* [pypi2nix](https://github.com/nix-community/pypi2nix) - Generate Nix
  expressions for Python packages

### Ruby

* [bundix](https://github.com/manveru/bundix) -
Generates a Nix expression for your Bundler-managed application.

### Rust

* [naersk](https://github.com/nmattia/naersk) - Build Rust packages directly from Cargo.lock. No conversion step needed.
* [carnix](https://nest.pijul.com/pmeunier/carnix) - Carnix is a compiler from the Cargo.lock files produced by cargo to Nix expressions.

## NixOS modules

* [Musnix](https://github.com/musnix/musnix) - Real-time audio in NixOS.
* [nixcloud-webservices](https://github.com/nixcloud/nixcloud-webservices) - focuses on ease of deployment of web-related technologies
* [Simple Nixos Mailserver](https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver) - A complete mailserver managed with NixOS modules.

## Overlays

* [NUR](https://github.com/nix-community/NUR/) - Nix User Repositories. The mother of all overlays.
* [home-manager](https://github.com/rycee/home-manager) - Manager user configuration just like NixOS.
* [nix-darwin](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin) - Manage macOS configuration just like on NixOS.
* [nixpkgs-mozilla](https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla) - Mozilla's overlay with bleeding Rust and Firefox.
* [nixpkgs-wayland](https://github.com/colemickens/nixpkgs-wayland) - Bleeding edge Wayland packages.
* [nix-bitcoin](https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin) -
Nix packages and nixos modules for Bitcoin nodes with higher layer protocols with an emphasis on security.
* [awesome-nix-hpc](https://github.com/freuk/awesome-nix-hpc) - High Performance Computing package sets

## Community

* [#nix:matrix.org (Unofficial)](https://matrix.to/#/#nix:matrix.org)
* [#nixos on FreeNode](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nixos)
* [Discord - Nix/Nixos (Unofficial)](https://discord.gg/BMUCQx6)
* [Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/) - The best place to get help and discuss nix-related topic.
* [Wiki (Unofficial)](https://nixos.wiki)

## License

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