Nix

Summary

A purely functional package management and system configuration language, primarily designed for the NixOS operating system. It enables reproducible, declarative and reliable systems.

Paradigms

declarative, functional, purely functional

Domains

configuration management, build management, infrastructure as code, DevOps

Key Features

lazy evaluation, pure functions, modules, first-class functions, pattern matching, algebraic data types

Typing

dynamic system, strong typing, runtime checking

Compilation

interpreted

Influenced By

Haskell, OCaml

Ratings

File extensions

nix

External Links

• Nix official site
• Nix jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/NixOS subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories