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[<img src="https://nixos.org/logo/nixos-hires.png" width="500px" alt="logo" />](https://nixos.org/nixos)
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<p align="center">
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<a href="https://nixos.org/nixos"><img src="https://nixos.org/logo/nixos-hires.png" width="500px" alt="NixOS logo" /></a>
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</p>
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[](https://www.codetriage.com/nixos/nixpkgs)
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[](https://opencollective.com/nixos)
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<p align="center">
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<a href="https://www.codetriage.com/nixos/nixpkgs"><img src="https://www.codetriage.com/nixos/nixpkgs/badges/users.svg" alt="Code Triagers badge" /></a>
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<a href="https://opencollective.com/nixos"><img src="https://opencollective.com/nixos/tiers/supporter/badge.svg?label=Supporter&color=brightgreen" alt="Open Collective supporters" /></a>
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</p>
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Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/) package
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manager. It is periodically built and tested by the [Hydra](https://hydra.nixos.org/)
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build daemon as so-called channels. To get channel information via git, add
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[nixpkgs-channels](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git) as a remote:
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[Nixpkgs](https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs) is a collection of over
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40,000 software packages that can be installed with the
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[Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/) package manager. It also implements
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[NixOS](https://nixos.org/nixos/), a purely-functional Linux distribution.
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```
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% git remote add channels https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
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```
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# Manuals
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For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain
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custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. `nixos-19.03` for the latest
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release and `nixos-unstable` for the latest successful build of master:
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* [NixOS Manual](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual) - how to install, configure, and maintain a purely-functional Linux distribution
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* [Nixpkgs Manual](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/) - contributing to Nixpkgs and using programming-language-specific Nix expressions
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* [Nix Package Manager Manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual) - how to write Nix expresssions (programs), and how to use Nix command line tools
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```
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% git remote update channels
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% git rebase channels/nixos-19.03
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```
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For pull requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs `master`.
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[NixOS](https://nixos.org/nixos/) Linux distribution source code is located inside
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`nixos/` folder.
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* [NixOS installation instructions](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#ch-installation)
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* [Documentation (Nix Expression Language chapter)](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ch-expression-language)
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* [Manual (How to write packages for Nix)](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/)
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* [Manual (NixOS)](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/)
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* [Community maintained wiki](https://nixos.wiki/)
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* [Continuous package builds for unstable/master](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/trunk-combined)
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* [Continuous package builds for 19.03 release](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/release-19.03)
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* [Tests for unstable/master](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/tested#tabs-constituents)
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* [Tests for 19.03 release](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/release-19.03/tested#tabs-constituents)
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Communication:
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# Community
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* [Discourse Forum](https://discourse.nixos.org/)
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* [IRC - #nixos on freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos)
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* [NixOS Weekly](https://weekly.nixos.org/)
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* [Community-maintained wiki](https://nixos.wiki/)
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Note: MIT license does not apply to the packages built by Nixpkgs, merely to
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the package descriptions (Nix expressions, build scripts, and so on). It also
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might not apply to patches included in Nixpkgs, which may be derivative works
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of the packages to which they apply. The aforementioned artifacts are all
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covered by the licenses of the respective packages.
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# Other Project Repositories
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The sources of all offical Nix-related projects are in the [NixOS
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organization on GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/). Here are some of
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the main ones:
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* [Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix) - the purely functional package manager
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* [NixOps](https://github.com/NixOS/nixops) - the tool to remotely deploy NixOS machines
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* [Nix RFCs](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs) - the formal process for making substantial changes to the community
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* [NixOS homepage](https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage) - the [NixOS.org](https://nixos.org) website
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* [hydra](https://github.com/NixOS/hydra) - our continuous integration system
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* [NixOS Artwork](https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork) - NixOS artwork
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# Continuous Integration and Distribution
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Nixpkgs and NixOS are built and tested by our continuous integration
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system, [Hydra](https://hydra.nixos.org/).
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* [Continuous package builds for unstable/master](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/trunk-combined)
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* [Continuous package builds for the NixOS 19.03 release](https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/release-19.03)
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* [Tests for unstable/master](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/tested#tabs-constituents)
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* [Tests for the NixOS 19.03 release](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/release-19.03/tested#tabs-constituents)
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Artifacts successfully built with Hydra are published to cache at
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https://cache.nixos.org/. When successful build and test criteria are
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met, the Nixpkgs expressions are distributed via [Nix
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channels](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-channels). The channels
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are provided via a read-only mirror of the Nixpkgs repository called
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[nixpkgs-channels](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels).
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# Contributing
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Nixpkgs is among the most active projects on GitHub. While thousands
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of open issues and pull requests might seem a lot at first, it helps
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consider it in the context of the scope of the project. Nixpkgs
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describes how to build over 40,000 pieces of software and implements a
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Linux distribution. The [GitHub Insights](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulse)
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page gives a sense of the project activity.
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Community contributions are always welcome through GitHub Issues and
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Pull Requests. When pull requests are made, our tooling automation bot,
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[OfBorg](https://github.com/NixOS/ofborg) will perform various checks
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to help ensure expression quality.
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The *Nixpkgs maintainers* are people who have assigned themselves to
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maintain specific individual packages. We encourage people who care
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about a package to assign themselves as a maintainer. When a pull
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request is made against a package, OfBorg will notify the appropriate
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maintainer(s). The *Nixpkgs committers* are people who have been given
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permission to merge.
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Most contributions are based on and merged into these branches:
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* `master` is the main branch where all small contributions go
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* `staging` is branched from master, changes that have a big impact on
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Hydra builds go to this branch
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* `staging-next` is branched from staging and only fixes to stabilize
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and security fixes with a big impact on Hydra builds should be
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contributed to this branch. This branch is merged into master when
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deemed of sufficiently high quality
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For more information about contributing to the project, please visit
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the [contributing page](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
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# Donations
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The infrastructure for NixOS and related projects is maintained by a
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nonprofit organization, the [NixOS
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Foundation](https://nixos.org/nixos/foundation.html). To ensure the
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continuity and expansion of the NixOS infrastructure, we are looking
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for donations to our organization.
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You can donate to the NixOS foundation by using Open Collective:
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<a href="https://opencollective.com/nixos#support"><img src="https://opencollective.com/nixos/tiers/supporter.svg?width=890" /></a>
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# License
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Nixpkgs is licensed under the [MIT License](COPYING).
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Note: MIT license does not apply to the packages built by Nixpkgs,
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merely to the files in this repository (the Nix expressions, build
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scripts, NixOS modules, etc.). It also might not apply to patches
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included in Nixpkgs, which may be derivative works of the packages to
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which they apply. The aforementioned artifacts are all covered by the
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licenses of the respective packages.
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