Nix provides the largest collection of software packages on the planet called Nixpkgs which includes QGIS and other geospatial software maintained by Nix Geospatial Team. Nix packages are multi-platform - they run on any Linux distribution and on a Mac as well. Additionally, Nix can be used to build reproducible, per-project isolated environments, container images, run services and provide many other unique features not found anywhere else.

In this presentation, I will outline unique advantages and some potential drawbacks of using the QGIS environment provided by Nix.