Awesome Guix

Package manager and distribution of the GNU system with reproducible, transactional upgrades.

GNU Guix is a functional package manager and a distribution of the GNU operating system. Every package is built in an isolated environment and stored under a hash of all its inputs, so the same definition produces the same result on any machine, and pre-built substitutes can stand in for local builds. Packages, services, home environments and whole operating systems are declared in Guile Scheme. Every change is a transaction: an upgrade either completes or leaves the system untouched, and each generation can be rolled back, down to the boot menu. Guix runs as a standalone package manager on top of any GNU/Linux distribution, or as Guix System, where the entire machine is configured from a single file. The distribution ships only free software and is bootstrapped from a small, auditable binary seed.

Contents

• Docs and Videos
• Tools
• Channels
• Distributions
• Build Servers
• Config Examples
• Misc
• Communities
• Guix on Other Distros

Docs and Videos

• Guix Manual - The reference manual.
• Guix Cookbook - Tutorials and worked examples: packaging, Scheme crash course, system config.
• Guix Reference Card - Must-have cheat sheet.
• Guix Help - Videos, tutorials and where to ask.
• Guix Blog - Announcements, packaging guides and things like Music Production on Guix System.
• PantherX Wiki - Guides for PantherX, most of which apply to Guix System.

Articles and Videos

• pjotrp/guix-notes - Notes on using and packaging with Guix.
• The Guix System Image API - Building disk images with Guix.
• The Guile Hacker Handbook - Learning Guile by building things.
• 5 Reasons to Try GNU Guix in 2022 - The case for Guix, by System Crafters.
• Installing the GNU Guix Package Manager - On Debian, Arch, Fedora and others.
• Guix Gaming Desktop - Building a Linux gaming desktop on Guix.
• A Home Router with GNU Guix - Running a home router on Guix System.
• YouTube Playlist: GNU Guix - By Andrew Tropin.
• YouTube Playlist: Craft Your System with GNU Guix - By System Crafters.
• YouTube: How to Install GNU Guix System (2027 Edition) - Installation walkthrough.
• Shell Examples - Run software that's not available on Guix.
• Build React Native Android Apps on Guix - Android builds without Docker.

Tools

• Guix Packager - Write a package definition in a breeze.
• System Config Generator - Config generator for PantherX OS (similar to Guix).
• guix-install - Guix System installer: libre, nonguix, panther, or enterprise.
• guix-rs - Unofficial GUI for day-to-day Guix usage.
• esquema - Rootless, daemon-free container runtime written in Scheme, integrating with Guix and Shepherd.
• Guix Data Service - Query packages, derivations and lint warnings for any revision of Guix.
• Guix QA - Build status of the team branches queued for merge into master.

Channels

• guix - The primary channel. Legacy repository on GNU Savannah.
• nonguix - Packages that can't be included upstream.
• pantherx - System and packages for PantherX.
• games - Collection of non-free game packages.
• guix-android - Experimental packages for Android development.
• guix-past - Packages from the past.
• guix-hpc - Extensions for high-performance computing.
• guix-hpc-non-free - Non-free HPC software, or free software with non-free dependencies.
• guix-science - Free scientific packages.
• guix-science-nonfree - Non-free scientific packages.
• guix-ost - Software recipes for the HPC-RJ Cluster.
• sops-guix - Secure secret management with Guix.
• gocix - Community managed library of Guix services.
• small-guix - Small Guix.
• guix-cn - Channel of the Guix China community.
• bin-guix - Binary packages.
• rosenthal - Experiments.
• giuliano108/guix-packages - Guix on WSL2, packages and notes.
• guix-wigust - Extra packages.
• guix-rustup - Rustup toolchains on Guix.
• guix-tailscale - Provides tailscale, tailscaled, and tailscale-service-type.
• guixrus - Channel maintained by the whereiseveryone community.
• guix-crypto - Crypto and Blockchain related packages and services.
• gundroid - Android tools packages.
• divya-lambda - Haskell, Rust packages and toolchain, libre audio software, emacs-next, among others.
• guix-cran - All R packages not available in Guix yet.
• guix-bioc - The entire Bioconductor collection, generated like guix-cran.
• saayix - Personal channel for developing and sharing services and packages.
• radix - Personal channel, which contains Free Software only.
• abbe - Many up-to-date Rust and Go apps built with custom nix-like build systems, and more.
• emacs-master - The latest Emacs from the master branch.
• guix-telegram-desktop - Latest version of telegram-desktop.
• asahi-guix/channel - Run the GNU operating system with the Asahi Linux kernel on Apple Silicon devices.
• dariqq/guix-surface - Implementation of linux-surface for GNU Guix.
• kolev/guix-channel - Chromebook audio configuration and SUPDUP.
• ROCKTAKEY/roquix - Roquix Guix channel.
• minkieyume/chiko-guix-channel - Minkie Chiko's Guix channel.
• Jonabron - Provides osu!lazer, Vicinae, Discord, and more.
• guix-eda - Electronic design automation, with pinned versions for specific purposes.
• guix-bitcoin - Bitcoin ecosystem: nodes, wallets, Lightning, indexers and block explorers.
• guix-astro - Astrophysics-adjacent codes which are not yet included upstream.
• guix-discord - Discord, and some Discord related packages.
• aagl-guix - Run an-anime-team launchers on Guix.
• Jasmine - Application and desktop themes.

Package Indexes

• toys.whereis.social - JSON API for exploring Guix channels on the internets.
• packages.guix.gnu.org - Packages in guix.
• pantherx.org/packages - Packages in guix, nonguix and pantherx.
• hpc.guix.info/browse - Packages in guix, guix-hpc, guix-past, guix-science and guix-cran.

Wishlist

• Guix/Wishlist - Software that users of GNU Guix would like to see packaged.
• Codeberg/Wishlist - Feature and update requests users would like to see implemented in GNU Guix.

Issue Trackers

• guix - Issues for Guix itself.
• nonguix - Issues for the nonguix channel.
• pantherx - Issues for the PantherX channel.

Distributions

• Guix System - The GNU operating system built on Guix.
• PantherX - Guix-based distribution with its own channel and tooling.
• rde - Developer and power-user environment built on Guix.

Build Servers

Substitutes (aka pre-built software) come from here:

• ci.guix.gnu.org - Official Cuirass build farm.
• bordeaux.guix.gnu.org - Official substitute server.
• berlin.guix.gnu.org - Official substitute server.
• substitutes.nonguix.org - Substitutes for the nonguix channel.
• substitutes.guix.gofranz.com - Substitutes for the PantherX channel.
• guix.tobias.gr - Third-party substitute server.
• cuirass.genenetwork.org - GeneNetwork build farm (public key).

Love the quote, from the last one; though it seems Firefox has fallen into this category too.

Only malware, such as Chromium, will never be distributed.

Want to run your own substitute server? Check out Cuirass.

Config Examples

When you're stuck, it's super helpful to see what others are doing.

• tyreunom/system-configuration - Personal system configuration.
• aurtzy/guix-config - System and home configuration modularized with "mods", an extension to Guix records.
• hiecaq/guix-config - Literate Org configuration covering system, home and channels.
• podiki/dot.me - Guix configuration in literate dotfiles, tangled from Org and linked with GNU Stow.
• anemofilia/zero - Modular system and home environments that keep desktop concerns out of the operating system.
• hako/Testament - Literate Guix System configurations, dotfiles and live CD images, built with BLUE.
• look/misako - Modular system and home configurations, companion to the saayix channel.
• VnPower/rkgk - Lisp-machine-style desktop on Guix System.
• mrh/dotfiles - Per-machine Guix System configurations alongside an Emacs setup.
• franzos/dotfiles - Two-host Guix System configuration with a shared module and system hardening.
• berkeley/guix-config - Hardened, minimal system and home configuration with XMonad, River and Sway desktops.
• fishinthecalculator/guix-deployments - Opinionated operating-system definitions, distributed as a signed channel.
• aartaka/guix-config - System configuration and a large development manifest.

Misc

• guix-vm - Scripts and support necessary to make a GuixSD VirtualBox image.
• DistroWatch - Release history and package versions of Guix System.
• flathub.org/setup - Flatpak on Guix.
• metacall/guix - Docker image for using Guix in a CI/CD environment.
• kristianlm/hetzner.scm - Guix on Hetzner Cloud.

Communities

• Mailing Lists - Official Guix mailing lists, plus IRC on Libera: #guix, #info-guix, #guixcn, #nonguix.
• #guix:matrix.org - Matrix room.
• r/GUIX - Subreddit.
• gnu_guix_en - Telegram group, also in Russian, Portuguese and Chinese.

Guix on Other Distros

• Guix Binary Installation - Install almost anywhere.
• Guix Desktop-Environment Integration - Make Guix-installed applications show up in the host desktop.
• Nix - Guix in nixpkgs.
• Arch - Guix in the AUR.
• Debian - Guix in the Debian archive.
• Ubuntu - Guix in the Ubuntu archive.
• Fedora - Guix via Copr.
• Alpine - Guix in Alpine edge.

Related Lists

• tieong/awesome-guix - Another Guix list.

Footnotes

Unmaintained and archived entries, still useful as references, are listed in unmaintained.md.