About nix.tools

nix.tools is an unofficial Nix documentation site and contains guides on how to enhance your Nix experience. It aims to supplement nix.dev with more tutorials and guides on more specific subjects. nix.tools aims to be to the Nix ecosystem what baeldung.com is to the Java community: Well-researched guides to specific subjects, and generally educational.

An alternative to the NixOS wikis

There are two competing NixOS wikis: nixos.wiki and wiki.nixos.org that currently diverge on content because the maintainers cannot agree to keep them in sync. Before that, the wiki was predictably: outdated, sometimes questionable, and irreplaceable at the same time.

While the NixOS wikis do not have the same standard as the Arch Wiki, nix.tools aims to be a curated list of high-quality articles on subjects related to Nix, but also stretching towards how to bootstrap software via Nix.

Wikis serve the purpose of offloading newly found experience in a very specific domain without needing to own a blog, or meet an editorial standard.

The motivation behind nix.tools was to keep the spirit of the wikis, to ensure high quality, and to avoid the confusion.

nix.tools is not just another personal blog: It welcomes articles from anyone who might be interested.

Copyleft (CC0)

When you publish an article on nix.tools, you agree to release it under the CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) license. This means your content enters the public domain and can be freely used, modified, and distributed by anyone without the need for attribution. Read more »

Articles on nix.tools are licensed under CC0 in the interest of maximizing the potential for learning Nix. This includes feeding content to AI, and allowing individuals or organisations to charge money for teaching based on this content. We believe that unrestricted access to learning material is the best course of action for a greater adoption of Nix.