Nix is a package manager which comes in a form of many command line tools. Packages that Nix can build are defined with the Nix Expression Language.

• Installation
• Basic package management
• Main command line tools:
  • nix-env — manipulate or query Nix user environments
  • nix-build — build a Nix expression
  • nix-shell — start an interactive shell based on a Nix expression
  • nix-store — manipulate or query the Nix store
  • nix-channel - keep Nix expressions up to date
• Nix expression language
  • Built-in functions
  • Nixpkgs Library Functions
  • Debugging Nix Expressions

The Nix Packages collection (Nixpkgs) is a set of thousands of packages for the Nix package manager and NixOS Linux distribution.

• Configure nixpkgs
• Customize packages (override packages)
• Extend nixpkgs (via overlays)
• Adding a package to nixpkgs
  • The Standard Environment
  • Fetching sources
  • Building images:
    • Docker - Snap - AppImage - OCI - …
• Integrate Nix with programming languages:
  • Javascript (Node) - Python - Ruby - Java - Go - Rust - R - Haskell - Elm - BEAM Languages (Erlang, Elixir, LFE) - Lua - Idris - Coq - Perl - OCaml - …
• Integrate Nix with frameworks:
  • Android - IOS - Titanium - Tex Live - Qt - …
• Configure your editor with Nix:
  • Vim - Emacs - Eclipse - Kakoune - …
• Contributing to Nixpkgs

NixOS is a Linux distribution based on Nix package manager.

• Installing NixOS
• Changing the Configuration
• Upgrading NixOS
• Configuration Syntax
• Package Management
• User Management
• Troubleshooting
• Writing NixOS Modules
• Writing NixOS Documentation
• Writing NixOS Tests
• Building Your Own NixOS CD