cff-version: 1.2.0
title: Nix
message: >-
  If you use this software, please cite it using the
  metadata from this file.
type: software
authors:
  - given-names: Eelco
    family-names: Dolstra
    email: edolstra@gmail.com
  - name: The Nix contributors
    website: 'https://github.com/NixOS/nix'
references:
  - title: The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model
    authors:
    - family-names: Dolstra
      given-names: Eelco
    year: 2006
    type: thesis
    thesis-type: PhD thesis
    isbn: 90-393-4130-3
    url: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/7540
    database-provider: Utrecht University Repository
    institution:
      name: Utrecht University
    keywords:
    - configuration management
    - software deployment
    - purely functional
    - component-based software engineering
repository-code: 'https://github.com/NixOS/nix'
url: 'https://nixos.org/'
abstract: >-
  Nix, a purely functional package manager, is a powerful
  package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that
  makes package management reliable and reproducible.
keywords:
  - reproducibility
  - open-source
  - c++
  - functional
license: LGPL-2.1