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Source code of https://nixosbook.com

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/drakerossman/nixos-book
• Owner: drakerossman
• Created: 2024-08-13T11:26:26.000Z (4 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-19T11:46:31.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-28T09:01:19.884Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: book, channel, darwin, flake, flakes, guide, linux, manual, module, nextjs, nix, nixos, overlay, pdf, reactjs, tutorial, wsl
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://nixosbook.com
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• Watchers: 1
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• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
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README

        
This repository contains the source code of [https://nixosbook.com](https://nixosbook.com).

Built using Next.JS.

![NixOS book cover.](/public/book-cover-for-webpage.png)

# The Book of NixOS: The Most Comprehensive Manual About Reproducible Builds and Declarative Configuration

[![](https://dcbadge.limes.pink/api/server/https://discord.gg/3J7bjHnGax)](https://discord.gg/https://discord.gg/3J7bjHnGax)

Pre-order the E-Book at [https://nixosbook.com](https://nixosbook.com).

You can also get early access to the chapters as they are being written via Patreon:



Among the topics covered are:

- "Advanced basics" of the Nix expression language

- What do cryptic vars like `lib`, `config`, etc. mean at the top of a `.nix` file

- Hitchhiker's guide to the Nix ecosystem

- Overview of Nix architecture

- Installing NixOS

- Using Flakes

- Channels vs Overlays vs Overrides

- Binary Caches and Remote Builders

- Nix Modules and writing your own

- Having ecnrypted root volumes

- Adding homemanager and using it for VSCode configuration

- Using NixOS for development environments

- Different development strategies: Rust, TypeScript & Node, Python, Go

- Integrating tooling that you are used to without NixOS: livereload functionality, short compilation times, all the language's packages out there

- Data Science and AI Research environments with Python

- Community-developed tools and utilities for NixOS which would make your life simpler

- Installing pre-compiled binaries as parts of NixOS configuration

- One codebase as single source of truth configuration for different nix-enabled hosts

- Rocking Wayland as daily driver

- Containerizing apps the NixOS way

- Nix-enabled Linux and MacOS with declarative management

- Reducing build times and storage usage

- Hardware drivers that simply just work, incl. CUDA and GPU Pass-through

- Multiple monitor setup

- Gaming, of course