Useful tools for working with NixOS

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Online things

• Package search
• Options search
  
• A list of channels, and when they were last updated

Development tooling

• A .drv file parser in JS
• rnix, a Nix (language) parser in Rust

(Reference) documentation

• Nix manual
• A complete list of Nix operators (the list in the official manual is incomplete)
• nixpkgs manual
• NixOS manual
• Official NixOS wiki

Tutorials and examples

• Step-by-step walkthrough of the Nix language
• A shorter primer of the Nix language (probably a better option if you already know another programming language)
• Nix pills (a series of articles about different aspects of Nix; ongoing work on a compact edition can be found here)
• Example configurations
• Hardware configurations (includes configurations for dealing with quirks on specific hardware and models)

Community and support

• The Nix forum
• The Matrix space
  

Miscellaneous notes and troubleshooting

• My Nix and NixOS notes: see the rest of the articles in this chapter!
• My Hydra setup notes