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# Awesome Nix [](https://awesome.re) [<img src="https://nixos.org/logo/nixos-logo-only-hires.png" width="200" align="right" alt="NixOS">](https://nixos.org)
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> A curated list of the best resources in the Nix community.
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[Nix](https://github.com/nixos/nix) is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.
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*Please read the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) before contributing.*
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## Contents
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* [Resources](#resources)
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* [Learning](#learning)
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* [Discovery](#discovery)
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* [Newsletters](#newsletters)
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* [Installation Media](#installation-media)
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* [Channel History](#channel-history)
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* [Deployment Tools](#deployment-tools)
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* [Command-Line Tools](#command-line-tools)
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* [Development](#development)
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* [Programming Languages](#programming-languages)
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* [Arduino](#arduino)
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* [Crystal](#crystal)
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* [Elm](#elm)
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* [Haskell](#haskell)
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* [Node.js](#nodejs)
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* [PHP](#php)
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* [PureScript](#purescript)
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* [Python](#python)
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* [Ruby](#ruby)
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* [Rust](#rust)
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* [Scala](#scala)
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* [NixOS Modules](#nixos-modules)
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* [Overlays](#overlays)
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* [Community](#community)
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## Resources
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### Learning
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* [How to Learn Nix](https://ianthehenry.com/posts/how-to-learn-nix/) - It's like a Let's Play, but for obscure software documentation.
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* [Nix Notes](https://github.com/noteed/nix-notes) - A collection of short notes about Nix, each contributing to the same virtual machine image.
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* [Nix Pills](https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/) - The best way to learn, with examples.
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* [Nix Shorts](https://github.com/justinwoo/nix-shorts/) - A collection of short notes about Nix.
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* [nix.dev](https://nix.dev/) - An opinionated guide for developers about getting things done using the Nix ecosystem.
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* [Tour of Nix](https://nixcloud.io/tour) - An online interactive tutorial on Nix language constructs.
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### Discovery
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* [Hound](https://search.nix.gsc.io) - Handily search across all or selected Nix-related repositories.
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* [Nix Package Versions](https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/) - Find all versions of a package that were available in a channel and the revision you can download it from.
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* [Pkgs on Nix](https://pkgs.on-nix.com/) - A database with Nix packages at all versions, from all channels.
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### Newsletters
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* [NixOS Weekly](https://weekly.nixos.org/) - *The* newsletter to stay informed about community updates.
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## Installation Media
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* [nixos-generators](https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators) - Take a NixOS config and build multiple different images types including VirtualBox VMs, Azure images, and installation ISOs.
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* [nixos-up](https://github.com/samuela/nixos-up) - Super easy NixOS installer that can be used from the installation ISO.
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## Channel History
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* [Channel History](https://channels.nix.gsc.io) - Get historical git commits for Nix channels.
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* [Nix Infra Status](https://status.nixos.org) - Get the age and current git commit of each Nix channel.
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* [nixpkgs PR tracker](https://nixpk.gs/pr-tracker.html) - A tracker for whether a PR has made it into a channel yet.
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## Deployment Tools
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* [Colmena](https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena) - A simple, stateless NixOS deployment tool modeled after NixOps and morph.
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* [deploy-rs](https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs) - A simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool.
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* [krops](https://cgit.krebsco.de/krops/about/) - A lightweight toolkit to deploy NixOS systems, remotely or locally.
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* [KubeNix](https://github.com/xtruder/kubenix) - A Kubernetes resource builder using Nix.
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* [KuberNix](https://github.com/saschagrunert/kubernix) - Single-dependency Kubernetes clusters via Nix packages.
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* [morph](https://github.com/DBCDK/morph) - A tool for managing existing NixOS hosts.
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* [Nixery](https://github.com/google/nixery) - A Docker-compatible container registry which builds images ad-hoc via Nix.
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* [NixOps](https://github.com/NixOS/nixops) - The official Nix deployment tool, compatible with AWS, Hetzner, and more.
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* [nixos-shell](https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell) - Simple headless VM configuration using Nix (similar to Vagrant).
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* [pushnix](https://github.com/arnarg/pushnix) - Simple cli utility that pushes NixOS configuration and triggers a rebuild using ssh.
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* [terraform-nixos](https://github.com/tweag/terraform-nixos) - A set of Terraform modules designed to deploy NixOS.
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* [terranix](https://terranix.org) - Use Nix and the NixOS module system to write your Terraform code.
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## Command-Line Tools
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* [comma](https://github.com/Shopify/comma) - Quickly run any binary; wraps together `nix run` and `nix-index`.
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* [nixfmt](https://github.com/serokell/nixfmt) - A formatter for Nix code, intended to easily apply a uniform style.
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* [nixpkgs-fmt](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt) - Nix code formatter for nixpkgs.
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* [nixpkgs-hammering](https://github.com/jtojnar/nixpkgs-hammering) - Beat your package expressions into a shape.
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* [nix-alien](https://github.com/thiagokokada/nix-alien) - Run unpatched binaries on Nix/NixOS easily.
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* [nix-diff](https://github.com/Gabriel439/nix-diff) - A tool to explain why two Nix derivations differ.
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* [nix-index](https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index) - Quickly locate Nix packages with specific files.
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* [nix-prefetch](https://github.com/msteen/nix-prefetch) - A universal tool for updating source checksums.
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* [nix-tree](https://github.com/utdemir/nix-tree) - Interactively browse the dependency graph of Nix derivations.
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## Development
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* [Arion](https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion) - Run `docker-compose` with help from Nix/NixOS.
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* [cached-nix-shell](https://github.com/xzfc/cached-nix-shell) - A `nix-shell` replacement that uses caching to open subsequent shells quickly.
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* [Cachix](https://cachix.org/) - Hosted binary cache service; free for open-source projects.
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* [devshell](https://github.com/numtide/devshell) - `mkShell` with extra bits and a toml config option to be able to onboard non-nix users.
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* [flake-utils](https://github.com/numtide/flake-utils) - Pure Nix flake utility functions to help with writing flakes.
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* [gitignore.nix](https://github.com/hercules-ci/gitignore.nix) - The most feature-complete and easy-to-use `.gitignore` integration.
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* [lorri](https://github.com/target/lorri/) - A much better `nix-shell` for development that augments direnv.
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* [niv](https://github.com/nmattia/niv/) - Easy dependency management for Nix projects with package pinning.
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* [nix-direnv](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv) - A fast loader and flake-compliant configuration for the direnv environment auto-loader.
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* [nixpkgs-review](https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review) - The best tool to verify that a pull-request in Nixpkgs is building properly.
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* [pre-commit-hooks.nix](https://github.com/cachix/pre-commit-hooks.nix) - Run linters/formatters at commit time and on your CI.
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## Programming Languages
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### Arduino
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* [nixduino](https://github.com/boredom101/nixduino) - Nix-based tool to help build Arduino sketches.
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### Crystal
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* [crystal2nix](https://github.com/nix-community/crystal2nix) - Convert `shard.lock` into Nix expressions.
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### Elm
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* [elm2nix](https://github.com/hercules-ci/elm2nix) - Convert `elm.json` into Nix expressions.
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### Haskell
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* [cabal2nix](https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix) - Converts a Cabal file into a Nix build expression.
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* [haskell.nix](https://github.com/input-output-hk/haskell.nix) - Alternative Haskell Infrastructure for Nixpkgs.
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* [nix-haskell-mode](https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-haskell-mode) - Automatic Haskell setup in Emacs.
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* [nixkell](https://github.com/pwm/nixkell) - A Haskell project template using Nix and direnv.
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* [stack2nix](https://github.com/input-output-hk/stack2nix) - Generate nix expressions for Haskell projects.
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### Node.js
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* [Napalm](https://github.com/nmattia/napalm) - Support for building npm packages in Nix with a lightweight npm registry.
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* [node2nix](https://github.com/svanderburg/node2nix) - Generate Nix expression from a `package.json` (or `package-lock.json`) (to be stored as files).
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* [npmlock2nix](https://github.com/tweag/npmlock2nix) - Generate Nix expressions from a `package-lock.json` (in-memory), primarily for web projects.
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* [yarn2nix](https://github.com/nix-community/yarn2nix) - Generate Nix expressions from a `yarn.lock` file.
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### PHP
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* [composer2nix](https://github.com/svanderburg/composer2nix) - Generate Nix expressions to build composer packages.
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* [composition-c4](https://github.com/fossar/composition-c4) - Support for building composer packages from a `composer.lock` (using IFD).
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* [nix-phps](https://github.com/fossar/nix-phps) - Flake containing old and unmaintained PHP versions (intended for CI use).
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### PureScript
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* [Easy PureScript Nix](https://github.com/justinwoo/easy-purescript-nix) - A project to easily use PureScript and other tools with Nix.
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### Python
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* [mach-nix](https://github.com/DavHau/mach-nix) - Tool to create highly reproducible python environments.
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* [poetry2nix](https://github.com/nix-community/poetry2nix) - Build Python packages directly from [Poetry's](https://python-poetry.org/) `poetry.lock`. No conversion step needed.
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* [pypi2nix](https://github.com/nix-community/pypi2nix) - Generate Nix expressions for Python packages.
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### Ruby
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* [Bundix](https://github.com/nix-community/bundix) - Generates a Nix expression for your Bundler-managed application.
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### Rust
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* [fenix](https://github.com/nix-community/fenix) - Rust toolchains and Rust analyzer nightly for nix.
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* [naersk](https://github.com/nmattia/naersk) - Build Rust packages directly from `Cargo.lock`. No conversion step needed.
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* [nix-cargo-integration](https://github.com/yusdacra/nix-cargo-integration) - A library that allows easy and effortless integration for Cargo projects.
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* [nixpkgs-mozilla](https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla) - Mozilla's overlay with Rust toolchains and Firefox.
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* [rust-nix-templater](https://github.com/yusdacra/rust-nix-templater) - Generates Nix build and development files for Rust projects.
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* [rust-overlay](https://github.com/oxalica/rust-overlay) - Pure and reproducible nix overlay of binary distributed Rust toolchains.
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### Scala
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* [sbt-derivation](https://github.com/zaninime/sbt-derivation) - mkDerivation for sbt, similar to buildGoModule.
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* [sbt-nix.g8](https://github.com/gvolpe/sbt-nix.g8) - giter8 template for new Scala projects with Nix support.
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## NixOS Modules
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* [musnix](https://github.com/musnix/musnix) - Do real-time audio work in NixOS.
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* [nixcloud-webservices](https://github.com/nixcloud/nixcloud-webservices) - A Nixpkgs extension with a focus on ease of deployment of web-related technologies.
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* [Simple Nixos Mailserver](https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver) - A complete mailserver, managed with NixOS modules.
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## Overlays
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* [awesome-nix-hpc](https://github.com/freuk/awesome-nix-hpc) - High Performance Computing package sets.
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* [Home Manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager) - Manage your user configuration just like NixOS.
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* [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.
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* [nix-darwin](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin) - Manage macOS configuration just like on NixOS.
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* [nixpkgs-wayland](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-wayland) - Bleeding-edge Wayland packages.
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* [NUR](https://github.com/nix-community/NUR/) - Nix User Repositories. The mother of all overlays, allowing access to user repositories and installing packages via attributes.
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## Community
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* [#nix:nixos.org](https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org)
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* [#nixos on Libera.Chat](https://web.libera.chat/?nick=Guest?#nixos)
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* [Discord - Nix/Nixos (Unofficial)](https://discord.gg/BMUCQx6)
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* [Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/) - The best place to get help and discuss Nix-related topics.
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* [NixCon](https://nixcon.org/) - The annual community conference for contributors and users of Nix and NixOS.
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* [Wiki (Unofficial)](https://nixos.wiki)
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