NixOS Wiki
Welcome to the unofficial user's wiki
This wiki is user-maintained. Take a look at the about page for more information.
Newcomers are encouraged to read the Nix Ecosystem and Resources overview articles to get a comprehensive orientation. For more specific introductions, see:
- On desktop, with NixOS as a desktop
- On ARM, with NixOS on ARM
- In the cloud, with NixOS friendly hosters
First stop should be Resources, which serves as a gateway to the most important documentation. Some highlights below.
Primary reference material:
Major page categories:
See also:
The old wiki can still be accessed on archive.org. Though badly outdated, it can still be helpful. Don’t hesitate to transfer still valid information into this wiki! We also have a write-up on the history of NixOS wikis.
- Community overview
- Get support
- Official Website
- GitHub repository
- Forums
- Chat
- Email
- admin-team@nixos.wiki for contacting nixos.wiki regarding any nixos.wiki operational topics or requests
- Events
- Workgroups (“Interest Groups”)
We are halfway between releases right now. Porcupine for the holidays. Some highlights of Nix around the web this month:
The visibility of nixos.wiki pages in Google search results drastically dropped around 21st of May. The reason is still unknown.
Login links now work as they previously did. They are found both in the header and the footer.
Edit button now shows combined with actions and is available in the footer.
We activated the theme proposed by samueldr (issue #7)
Login links can be found in the footer
We are still working out some kinks. If you encounter any errors please contact User:Fadenb