Here are some key concepts and components of the Nix ecosystem:
- Nix: a purely functional package manager that provides a declarative approach to managing software dependencies and configurations.
- Nixpkgs: the default package repository for Nix, which contains thousands of pre-built packages for various programming languages, libraries, and tools.
- Flakes: a new feature in Nix that allows you to manage Nix configurations as code, with versioned and reproducible dependencies.
- Home Manager: a tool built on top of Nix that allows you to manage your personal configurations, including shell settings, editor configurations, and other user-specific settings.