Guix is based on Nix. I know that Guix uses Scheme and has only free software in repos.
What are the main differences between them?
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- 4You might be interested in this talk: youtube.com/watch?v=bDGzCXr6VYUVladimír Čunát– Vladimír Čunát2020-10-01 17:26:34 +00:00Commented Oct 1, 2020 at 17:26
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As a Guix user, the primary differences seemingly are:
- Guix does not package proprietary software in the official repo; Nix does.
- Nix use systemd; Guix use GNU Shepherd.
- Nix configuration is in a domain specific language that has taken some inspiration from Haskell, whereas Guix use Guile, a scheme language, for most of the system configuration, including services.
- Nix supports GNU/Linux and MacOS; Guix supports GNU/Linux and Hurd.
- Nix established in 2003, Guix in 2013
- Guix seems more "unexplored"; there are many times when you will encounter issues that you might not be able to find an answer to (more frequently than with Nix).
This video compares the two.
- Great answer, thanks! Worth mentioning the most obvious difference: Guix is an "advanced distribution of the GNU operating system" whereas "Nix is a tool that takes a unique approach to package management and system configuration" and have to be installed on top of other Distributions.StandardNerd– StandardNerd2022-01-26 10:07:47 +00:00Commented Jan 26, 2022 at 10:07
- 6@StandardNerd While there is the Nix, the package manager, NixOS is a distribution in its own right, i.e. you can very well have an "all-Nix" Linux installation.leopold.talirz– leopold.talirz2022-02-09 15:07:07 +00:00Commented Feb 9, 2022 at 15:07