Nix and NixOS are built by its community.
The "RFC" (request for comments) process is intended to provide a consistent and controlled path for new features to enter the Nix language, packages and OS, so that all community can be confident about the direction the ecosystem is evolving in.
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Responsible for forming an RFC Shepherd team from the available nominations on each RFC, which is then responsible for accepting or rejecting a specific RFC.
Members & ContactsSecurity is a priority for the NixOS community. In addition to community-sourced developments, NixOS has a dedicated team, to look into privately reported security issues.
Members & ContactsThe responsibility of this team is to provide infrastructure for the Nix and NixOS community.
Members & ContactsA team that twice a year manages a release of NixOS. It is responsible the entire release process from setting the roadmap to uploading the artifacts.
Members & ContactsA team that helps organize NixCon, a conference for the Nix and NixOS community.
Members & ContactsIts main responsibility is this website and the content on it. Apart from the team looks for ways to help and improve general communication of the project.
Members & ContactsThe mission of the foundation is to support the Nix ecosystem's infrastructure, and projects implementing the purely functional deployment model.
In particular, the foundation supports Nix, Nixpkgs, NixOS, and operates:
The NixOS Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation at the Chamber of commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The KvK number is 63520583.
The board members are:
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