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# Introduction
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Nixflk is a template which grants a simple way to use, deploy and manage
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[NixOS][nixos] systems for personal and productive use. It does this by
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providing a sane repository structure, integrating several popular projects
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like [home-manager][home-manager], setting clear guidelines, offering useful
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conveniences, and eliminating boilerplate so you can focus on deploying your
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systems.
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## Getting Started
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Check out the [guide](https://flk.nrdxp.dev/doc/start) to get up and running.
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## Motivation
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NixOS provides an amazing abstraction to manage our computers, but that new
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power can sometimes bring feelings of overwhelm and confusion. Having a turing
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complete programming language can add an unlimited potential for complexity if
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we do it wrong. Instead, we should have a community consensus on how to manage
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a NixOS system — consider this a first attempt.
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___The future is declarative! 🎉___
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## Community Profiles
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There are two branches from which to choose: [core][core] and
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[community][community]. The community branch builds on core and includes
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several ready-made profiles for discretionary use.
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Every package and NixOS profile declared in community is uploaded to
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[cachix](./cachix), so everything provided is available without building
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anything. This is especially useful for the packages that are
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[overridden](./overrides) from master, as without the cache, rebuilds are
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quite frequent.
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> #### ⚠ Advisory ⚠
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> Nixflk leverages the [flakes][flakes] feature available via an _experimental_
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> branch of [nix][nix]. Until nix 3.0 is released, this project should be
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> considered unstable.
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# License
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Nixflk is licensed under the [MIT License](https://mit-license.org).
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[nix]: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable
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[nixos]: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable
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[home-manager]: https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager
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[flakes]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes
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[core]: https://github.com/nrdxp/nixflk
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[community]: https://github.com/nrdxp/nixflk/tree/community
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