Official Nix templates
Templates are there to help you start your Nix project.
$ nix flake init --template templates#full
or
$ nix flake new --template templates#full ./my-new-project
Each template ships with a tutorial (README.md
) which explains in details how
to use it and extend it.
How to contribute
Main purpose of this repository is to collect most common templates to help newcomers learn Nix. For this purpose the collection of templates is limited to provided an opinionated and curated list.
Other templates for more advanced topics can be found in nix-community/templates.
TODO: templates should be also discoverable on search.nixos.org
Opening issues
- Make sure you have a GitHub account
- Make sure there is no open issue on the topic
- Submit a new issue
What is required to submit a template?
Each template needs:
-
name
Folder with the same name should be created and this is a location of the template. An entry with
name
is requred inflake.nix
. -
description
A description that explains the content of the template in one sentence. An entry with
description
is requred inflake.nix
. -
maintainers
Each template needs one of more maintainers with the knowledge of specific area. Each template has an entry in
.github/CODEOWNERS
with maintainers next to them. -
tutorial
Tutorial showing the usage of the template should be placed in
README.md
.
License
Note: contributing implies licensing those contributions under the terms of COPYING, which is the MIT license.