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[![CI](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-src/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-src/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
This repository houses the source for [**Determinate Nix**][det-nix], a downstream distribution of [Nix][upstream] created and maintained by [Determinate Systems][detsys].
Nix is a powerful language, package manager, and CLI for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.
Nix is a powerful [language], [package manager][package-management], and [CLI] for [macOS](#macos), [Linux](linux), and other Unix systems that enables you to create fully reproducible [development environments][envs], to build [packages] in sandboxed environments, to build entire Linux systems using [NixOS], and much more.
Determinate Nix is
[Determinate]
[FlakeHub]
Determinate Nix is part of the [Determinate platform][determinate], which also includes [FlakeHub], a secure flake repository with features like [FlakeHub Cache][cache], [private flakes][private-flakes], and [semantic versioning][semver] (SemVer) for [flakes].
## Installing Determinate
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### Linux
On Linux, including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), we recommend installing Determinate using [Determinate Nix Installer][installer]:
On Linux, including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), we recommend installing Determinate Nix using [Determinate Nix Installer][installer]:
```shell
curl -fsSL https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install --determinate
```
### NixOS
---
On [NixOS], we recommend following our [dedicated installation guide][nixos-install].
## Installation and first steps
## Other resources
Visit [nix.dev](https://nix.dev) for [installation instructions](https://nix.dev/tutorials/install-nix) and [beginner tutorials](https://nix.dev/tutorials/first-steps).
Nix was created by [Eelco Dolstra][eelco] and developed as the subject of his 2006 PhD thesis, [The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model][thesis].
Today, a worldwide developer community contributes to Nix and the ecosystem that has grown around it.
Full reference documentation can be found in the [Nix manual](https://nix.dev/reference/nix-manual).
- [Zero to Nix][z2n], Determinate Systems' guide to Nix and [flakes] for beginners
- [Nixpkgs], a collection of well over 100,000 software packages that you can build and manage using Nix
- [NixOS] is a Linux distribution that can be configured fully declaratively
- The Nix, Nixpkgs, and NixOS community on [nixos.org][website]
## Building and developing
## Reference
Follow instructions in the Nix reference manual to [set up a development environment and build Nix from source](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/development/development/building.html).
You can find full reference documentation in the [Determinate Nix manual][manual].
This resource is a work in progress.
## License
[Upstream Nix][upstream] is released under the [LGPL v2.1][license] license.
[Determinate Nix][det-nix] is also released under LGPL v2.1 in accordance with the terms of the upstream license.
## Contributing
Check the [contributing guide][contributing] if you want to get involved with developing Nix.
## Additional resources
Nix was created by [Eelco Dolstra][eelco] and developed as the subject of his 2006 PhD thesis, [The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model](https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf).
Today, a world-wide developer community contributes to Nix and the ecosystem that has grown around it.
- [The Nix, Nixpkgs, NixOS Community on nixos.org][website]
- [Nixpkgs], a collection of well over 100,000 software packages that can be built and managed using Nix
- [Official documentation on nix.dev][nix.dev]
- [NixOS] is a Linux distribution that can be configured fully declaratively
## License
[Upstream Nix][upstream] is released under the [LGPL v2.1][license] license.
[Determinate Nix][det-nix] is also released under LGPL v2.1 based on the terms of that license.
[cache]: https://docs.determinate.systems/flakehub/cache
[cli]: https://manual.determinate.systems/command-ref/new-cli/nix.html
[contributing]: ./CONTRIBUTING.md
[det-nix]: https://docs.determinate.systems/determinate-nix
[determinate]: https://docs.determinate.systems
[detsys]: https://determinate.systems
[dnixd]: https://docs.determinate.systems/determinate-nix#determinate-nixd
[eelco]: https://determinate.systems/people/eelco-dolstra
[envs]: https://zero-to-nix.com/concepts/dev-env
[flakehub]: https://flakehub.com
[flakes]: https://zero-to-nix.com/concepts/flakes
[gui]: https://install.determinate.systems/determinate-pkg/stable/Universal
[language]: https://zero-to-nix.com/concepts/nix-language
[license]: ./COPYING
[nix.dev]: https://nix.dev
[manual]: https://manual.determinate.systems
[nixpkgs]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
[nixos]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos
[nixos-install]: https://docs.determinate.systems/guides/advanced-installation#nixos
[packages]: https://zero-to-nix.com/concepts/packages
[package-management]: https://zero-to-nix.com/concepts/package-management
[private-flakes]: https://docs.determinate.systems/flakehub/private-flakes
[semver]: https://docs.determinate.systems/flakehub/concepts/semver
[thesis]: https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf
[upstream]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix
[website]: https://nixos.org
[z2n]: https://zero-to-nix.com