46 gripping dispatches from the Determinate Systems team
It's the Rust-native, Nix-aware companion to FlakeBOM that turns SBOMs from a report on what exists on a system into something you can act on
FlakeHub, our platform providing secure Nix binary caching, private flakes, and more, is now FedRAMP High authorized (Certification Class D under FedRAMP's 2026 Consolidated Rules) and listed in the FedRAMP Marketplace, bringing enterprise Nix to federal agencies and contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information
We're introducing an exportedSchemas output to provide a more intuitive experience.
Making package cooldowns for Nixpkgs available to all Determinate users by default
It's lightning fast, it provides comprehensive metadata coverage, and it's the perfect complement to Determinate Secure Packages
Determinate Nix now uploads crash reports to Sentry, enabling Determinate Systems to catch and fix bugs long before they reach your critical systems.
Determinate Secure Packages 25.11 is now generally available, with security maintenance committed through May 2028.
NixOS AMIs for Determinate are now available in AWS GovCloud and AWS European Sovereign Cloud, providing a better option for teams with strict data residency and regulatory requirements
Determinate Nix now enables you to declare custom flake output types, making flakes more flexible and introspectable than ever
Determinate Nix now supports Wasm functions in Nix expressions, bringing a range of new possibilities to the Nix ecosystem
This updates we're shipping this week are making Determinate Nix a different beast entirely
A secure, signed, SLA-backed variant of Nixpkgs for teams who can't afford supply chain risk
Focusing on our core strength: delivering the best Nix experience we can
Adding a powerful, feature-rich, open source CI/CD system to our roster
A second life for a much-loved freebie
A GitHub Action dedicated to installing Determinate Nix
Business-class Nix for critical infrastructure, complete with a flake stability guarantee
fh fetchLocal builds getting you down? Build in CI and pull bytes over the wire instead.
Deploy NixOS configurations with just two commands
nix-darwin now enables Determinate to manage Nix, a big win for Determinate users on macOS
Speed up Nix deployments, especially on resource-constrained devices, by avoiding the evaluation tax
Some unfortunate decisions by GitHub have forced us to wind down free caching with the Magic Nix Cache by 1 February 2025
Determinate Nix supports loading customer-specified credentials for authenticating with additional caches.
Business-class binary caching and fine-grained access control for flakes enable organizations to seamlessly scale Nix adoption across teams and projects
Determinate Nix is a Nix distribution for teams
Determinate software will no longer support macOS Monterey (version 12), following Apple's dropped support.
Skip the unskippable: eliminate the macOS Full Disk Access approval on AWS EC2 with Determinate.
Determinate solves a key problem with TLS/SSL certificates on macOS.
Nix fully supports the upcoming macOS Sequoia, but you'll have to repair the build users first.
Usage patterns suggest unambiguously that the Determinate Nix Installer no longer needs to support this system type.
Fast, secure, configurable. A bold new take on Nix caching.
NixOS tests, Firecracker VMs, and more, now available to Nix users on GitHub Actions with one line of code.
An even easier way to install Nix on macOS—and trustworthy and ripe for integration to boot.
For years, macOS upgrades have broken Nix. We've updated the Determinate Nix Installer to ensure that this no longer happens, eliminating yet another annoyance for macOS users.
Checking in on FlakeHub one month after launch
fh: the CLI for FlakeHubMake more productive use of the growing FlakeHub platform
Flake schemas enable you to teach Nix about new flake output types.
A new home for your Nix flakes. Semantic versioning, flake exploration, automated publishing using GitHub Actions, and more.
Nix builds at speeds you never thought possible.
A powerful new way to keep your Nix flakes in line with best practices.
How and why I replaced Nix's Bash-based standard environment with a much more powerful and expressive build apparatus.
A fresh new alternative to the official Nix installation scripts.
Introducing a brand new, beginner-friendly learning resource for Nix and the Nix ecosystem.
Riff is a tool that automatically provides external dependencies for Rust projects.
I'm excited to announce Determinate Systems' first open source release: a Terraform provider for managing Hydra projects and jobsets.
