Implementation of Nix functional package manager

September 23rd, 2025

The implementation of Nix functional package manager from nixos.org relies on Boost libraries Container, Context, Coroutine, Core, Format, LexicalCast, Unordered and URL.

https://nixos.org/
https://github.com/NixOS/nix
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