A guide, not another distribution.
nixos.today introduces NixOS first, then the smaller and more specialised ways to use Nix. It does not ship an installer, run a package repository or provide official project support.
§ 01
Independent, with upstream references.
This is not an official NixOS Foundation website. Logos identify the projects discussed and do not imply endorsement. Technical sections link to the upstream documentation used to check them.
Research checked: 26 September 2026.
§ 02
Credits.
The NixOS logo files are used unmodified under their licence. Text is set in Route 159, the NixOS typeface.
- NixOS logo
- “NixOS Logo” by Simon Frankau, Tim Cuthbertson and Daniel Baker, maintained by the NixOS Marketing Team. Source: NixOS/branding. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Typeface
- Route 159 by Sora Sagano, SIL Open Font License 1.1.
§ 03
Keep the source close to the claim.
Installation steps, supported platforms and experimental projects change. Follow the linked project documentation before making changes to a machine.
NixOS
- NixOS manual
- NixOS manual: declarative package management
- Firefox on the NixOS Wiki
- Git on the NixOS Wiki
- How Nix works
- Nix garbage collection
- NixOS tutorials
- NixOS on ARM
- Official downloads and installation
- AppImage on NixOS
- NixOS virtual machines
- Nixpkgs package search
- Flatpak on NixOS
- VM integration tests
- Secret-management approaches