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Determinate Systems

@DeterminateSys

Bringing Nix ❄️ to the enterprise to empower fearless software delivery 💪

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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Jan 13
Today we're thrilled to announce the launch of our newest offering: Determinate Secure Packages. A drop-in replacement for Nixpkgs, it offers secure, signed, auditable Nix packages for the enterprise, including CVE monitoring and SLA-backed remediation, per-release SBOMs,
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Sep 6, 2022
We're thrilled to announce the initial release of Riff, a Nix-powered CLI tool that automatically provides external dependencies for software projects. Riff supports Rust projects out the gate but we plan to support additional languages in the near future:
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Introducing Riff
Riff is a tool that automatically provides external dependencies for Rust projects.
Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Jan 23, 2023
We’re thrilled to announce Zero to Nix, a new learning resource for Nix 👍! It's built to be beginner friendly 🧑‍🔬 and to generate those shining "a-ha!" moments that make technology stick ✅. zero-to-nix.com Read more in our announcement post: determinate.systems/posts/zero-to-…
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Feb 20, 2023
Is Nix a package manager? yes yes yesyes yesyes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes yes yes yesye yes yes yes yes yesyes
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Aug 5, 2025
It's here, folks. Determinate Nix version 3.8.4 introduces a native Linux builder for macOS based on Apple's Virtualization framework. Building Docker images, NixOS systems, and more with no extra setup means cross-platform Nix like never before. Link in thread 🔗🧵👇
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Jun 26, 2023
We're extremely excited to introduce the Magic Nix Cache, a GitHub Action that will dramatically speed up your Nix workflow runs with a single line of YAML. No signup, SaaS membership, or additional Nix config required.
Introducing the Magic Nix Cache
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Sep 2, 2022
Determinate Systems seeks to make Nix (@nixos_org) and its many wonderful capabilities more accessible than ever. In this new blog post we lay out our core mission, discuss a specific problem we're trying to solve, and tease some of our future plans.
We want to make Nix better
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Feb 27, 2023
Introducing the Determinate Nix Installer, an opinionated alternative to the official #Nix install scripts for #Linux & macOS 🔍 Review a calculated install plan ❄️ Installs with nix-command & flakes enabled 📄 Stores a receipt for uninstalling
Introducing the Determinate Nix Installer
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Nov 8, 2023
A million Nix installations ago, we ditched Bash and debuted the Determinate Nix Installer — written in Rust for maintainability and reliability. To celebrate installing Nix over a million times, we looked at some lessons we've learned along the way. buff.ly/3QtNQP5
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
May 15, 2025
Lazy trees have landed in Determinate Nix 3.5! This is quite possibly the most consequential thing we've shipped yet. Evaluation times down by 3x and reductions in disk usage of 20x—or more. The result: a snappier Nix across the board (especially in large repos). ⬇️
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Sep 26, 2022
We've been exploring what a @nixos_org installer written in @rustlang would look like. We'd like to explore: * More maintainable cross platform support * Easy uninstalling * Reverting a failed install * Faster 🏎️ Here's an early preview of installing:
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Apr 22, 2021
Nix is the real deal: Today it helped the National Archives recover some data from a very old database. They used a recent and up to date machine with Nix, and software from the NixOS 13.10 channel. Closures and isolation work.
Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Aug 22, 2023
FlakeHub.com is a new home for #Nix flakes ❄️ ❄️Semantic Versioning, including match modifiers ❄️Automatic publishing via GitHub Actions ❄️Central place to explore and discover flakes Publish a flake.nix to FlakeHub.com in seconds: determinate.systems/posts/introduc…
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Determinate Systems
@DeterminateSys
Oct 13, 2022
Living up to his moniker, @linux_hackerman describes how he made NixOS's test framework 10x faster with a patch to QEMU:
Make your QEMU 10 times faster with this one weird trick
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