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solnix development happens in the open: mailing lists with public archives, patches by email, and mirrored source repositories. Here's where to read, ask, and contribute.

Mailing lists

Two lists, both with public web archives you can read right now (no account needed). They're hosted with public-inbox, so every message is also available over NNTP and as a git repository.

announce@solnix.io readable

Low-traffic: releases, cache milestones, security notices. Moderated (post-restricted).

Read the archive →

hackers@solnix.io readable

Development discussion and patches — the working list. Open to subscribers.

Read the archive →

Subscribing & posting by email is not open yet. You can read both archives today. Inbound email delivery is being brought up (a provider-side port block is being lifted); until then, subscription and posting aren't available. Follow the news for when it opens. In the meantime, use the issue tracker or the Nix Discourse.

How the archives work

Each list is a public-inbox, so you can consume it however you like:

# read on the web
https://lists.solnix.io/hackers/

# follow over NNTP
nntp://lists.solnix.io/  (groups: announce, hackers)

# clone the list as a git repo (every message is a commit)
git clone https://lists.solnix.io/hackers/git/0.git hackers

Contributing patches

solnix follows the patches-by-email model familiar from the Linux kernel and git itself: send a patch series to hackers@solnix.io, discuss, iterate. The full guide is in the handbook.

Read the contributing guide →

GitGitGadget-style PR bridge send half live · receive planned

For contributors who prefer pull requests over email, a GitGitGadget-style bridge turns a PR into a patch series on hackers@ and relays list replies back. The outbound half (list → email) works today; the inbound half (turning PR comments into list mail) is gated on the same inbound-email bring-up as list subscription above. Until it's live, send patches by email or open an issue.

Source & archives

Repositories live

Primary hosting on Codeberg; a full mirror is kept in the solnix git archive.

Git archive live

An independent read-only mirror of every repo, so history survives even if a host disappears.

git clone https://git.solnix.io/solnix-infra.git

Chat

Real-time chat isn't up yet. Development discussion happens on Nix Discourse and the issue tracker until hackers@ is fully open. planned

Community pulse

Opt-in, privacy-preserving stats on what the community is running and building. No PII — region is derived at the edge and the IP is dropped.

See the community pulse → · How privacy works →