# Nix flakes, and how to convert to them

DevFeed: [Nix flakes, and how to convert to them](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nix-flakes-and-how-to-convert-to-them-32403.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://garnix.io/blog/converting-to-flakes>)

Published: 2022-04-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Garnix Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/garnix-blog.md>)

Topics: [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explaining Nix flakes as a standard way to distribute packages, applications, and configurations, and showing how to convert an existing Nix project to flakes.

## Source excerpt

Flakes are a new standard way of distributing nix packages, apps and configurations. This blog post teaches you how they work, by showing you how to convert an existing nix project to flakes.