2019-07-18 08:57:26 +00:00
|
|
|
[](https://opencollective.com/nixos)
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016-05-30 14:17:51 +00:00
|
|
|
Nix, the purely functional package manager
|
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
2017-03-22 14:11:23 +00:00
|
|
|
Nix is a new take on package management that is fairly unique. Because of its
|
2016-05-30 14:17:51 +00:00
|
|
|
purity aspects, a lot of issues found in traditional package managers don't
|
|
|
|
|
appear with Nix.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To find out more about the tool, usage and installation instructions, please
|
|
|
|
|
read the manual, which is available on the Nix website at
|
2020-03-11 18:41:22 +00:00
|
|
|
<https://nixos.org/nix/manual>.
|
2016-05-30 14:17:51 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-07-20 21:17:55 +00:00
|
|
|
## Contributing
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020-03-11 18:41:22 +00:00
|
|
|
Take a look at the [Hacking Section](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-hacking)
|
2016-07-21 09:08:13 +00:00
|
|
|
of the manual. It helps you to get started with building Nix from source.
|
2016-07-20 21:17:55 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2016-05-30 14:17:51 +00:00
|
|
|
## License
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for
|
2020-03-11 18:41:22 +00:00
|
|
|
use in the [OpenSSL Toolkit](https://www.OpenSSL.org/).
|
