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[–] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, Guix is initially a clone of Nix and has still remains of shared code (the build daemon).

Differences:

  • Guix packages are defined in a Scheme dialect called Guile, a nice minimal functional language
  • Guix was created as a GNU project and stresses the importance of free software with strong copyleft
  • strong focus on long-term reproducibility and capability of tracking the sources
  • everything is built from source
  • very good and well organized documentation
  • source
  • parent