# Determinate Nix [](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. Determinate Nix is [Determinate] [FlakeHub] ## Installing Determinate You can install Determinate on [macOS](#macos), non-NixOS [Linux](#linux), and [NixOS](#nixos). ### macOS On macOS, we recommend using the graphical installer from Determinate Systems. Click [here][gui] to download and run it. ### Linux On Linux, including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), we recommend installing Determinate using [Determinate Nix Installer][installer]: ```shell curl -fsSL https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install --determinate ``` --- ## Installation and first steps Visit [nix.dev](https://nix.dev) for [installation instructions](https://nix.dev/tutorials/install-nix) and [beginner tutorials](https://nix.dev/tutorials/first-steps). Full reference documentation can be found in the [Nix manual](https://nix.dev/reference/nix-manual). ## Building and developing 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). ## 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. [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 [flakehub]: https://flakehub.com [gui]: https://install.determinate.systems/determinate-pkg/stable/Universal [license]: ./COPYING [nix.dev]: https://nix.dev [nixpkgs]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs [thesis]: https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf [upstream]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix [website]: https://nixos.org