# Zero to Nix

Zero to Nix is a flake-centric resource for learning Nix created by [Determinate Systems](https://determinate.systems/llms.txt). It takes you on a [learning journey](#start-pages) from installing Nix to exploring Nix development environments to building Nix packages and more. It also offers a series of [concept pages](#concept-pages) covering some of the trickier corners of Nix.

## Start pages

These pages take you on a Nix journey from installing Nix through accomplishing meaningful tasks with Nix:

- Get Nix running on your system
- Run a program with Nix
- Explore Nix development environments
- Build a package using Nix
- Search for Nix packages
- Turn your project into a flake
- Uninstall Nix (if necessary)
- Learn more

## Concept pages

These pages provide a more theoretical take on some of the trickier corners of Nix:

- Caching
- Channels
- Closures
- Declarative programming
- Ecosystem
- Development environments
- Derivations
- Nix flakes
- Hermeticity
- FlakeHub
- The Determinate Nix Installer
- The Nix store
- Incremental builds
- The Nix language
- Nix
- Package management
- Nixpkgs
- NixOS
- Pinning dependencies
- Packages
- Provenance
- Reproducibility
- Realisation
- Sandboxing
- System specificity

## Other formats

For additional LLM-oriented manifests, see also:

- [`llms.txt`](https://zero-to-nix.com/llms.txt) (the main version)
- [`llms-full.txt`](https://zero-to-nix.com/llms-full.txt) (complete content in one file)

## Other Determinate Systems projects

These other projects under the Determinate Systems umbrella have their own LLM-oriented manifests:

- [FlakeHub](https://flakehub.com/llms.txt) (FlakeHub is a platform for publishing and discovering Nix flakes and Nix artifacts, featuring semantic versioning, private flakes with federated, JWT-based authentication, flake discovery via search, labels, and other means, and next-generation Nix binary caching with FlakeHub Cache.)
- [Determinate documentation](https://docs.determinate.systems/llms.txt) (Determinate is Nix for teams: Stop wrestling with binary caches, reinventing deploy scripts, and figuring out access controls. Confidently adopt and scale Nix across teams of any size.)
- [Determinate Systems website](https://determinate.systems/llms.txt) (Our goal for Determinate is to enable fearless innovation by bringing Nix to teams, providing a complete Nix-based workflow from installation through collaboration and CI to deployment.)