Hydra, the Nix-based continuous build system [maintainers=@dasj,@Ericson2314]

Is NixOS/hydra beginner-friendly?

The maintainers of NixOS/hydra usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 4 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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1.6k
Forks
365
Open beginner issues
4
Indexed issues
345
Avg merge
15h 37m
Merged PRs (30d)
61
Dominant language
PLpgSQL
License
GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push
Oct 27, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
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How to contribute to NixOS/hydra

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's GPL-3.0 license.
  4. Pick one of the 4 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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