https://github.com/rosscomputerguy/zix

Zig, a fork of Nix with the goal to move to Zig.
https://github.com/rosscomputerguy/zix

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Zig, a fork of Nix with the goal to move to Zig.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rosscomputerguy/zix
• Owner: RossComputerGuy
• License: lgpl-2.1
• Created: 2025-02-05T04:46:40.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-02-22T01:38:48.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-09-04T19:34:15.669Z (7 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 107 MB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 19
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Citation: CITATION.cff
  • Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS

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# Zix

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Zix is a fork of the CppNix implementation of the Nix package manager. It's goal is to replace C++ components with a Zig

implementation.

## Installation and first steps

Visit [nix.dev](https://nix.dev) for [installation instructions](https://nix.dev/tutorials/install-nix) and [beginner tutorials](https://nix.dev/tutorials/first-steps).

Full reference documentation can be found in the [Nix manual](https://nix.dev/reference/nix-manual).

## Building and developing

Follow instructions in the Nix reference manual to [set up a development environment and build Nix from source](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/development/development/building.html).

## Contributing

Check the [contributing guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md) if you want to get involved with developing Nix.

## Additional resources

Nix was created by Eelco Dolstra and developed as the subject of his PhD thesis [The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model](https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf), published 2006.

Today, a world-wide developer community contributes to Nix and the ecosystem that has grown around it.

- [The Nix, Nixpkgs, NixOS Community on nixos.org](https://nixos.org/)

- [Official documentation on nix.dev](https://nix.dev)

- [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs) is [the largest, most up-to-date free software repository in the world](https://repology.org/repositories/graphs)

- [NixOS](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos) is a Linux distribution that can be configured fully declaratively

- [Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/)

- [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org)

## License

Nix is released under the [LGPL v2.1](./COPYING).