# Setting up Nix on macOS

DevFeed: [Setting up Nix on macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/setting-up-nix-on-macos-32441.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nixcademy.com/posts/nix-on-macos/>)

Author: Jacek Galowicz

Published: 2024-01-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Package manager](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/package-manager.md>)

Tags: [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [declarative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/declarative.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [homebrew](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homebrew.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on installing Nix on macOS and bootstrapping a declarative setup. It covers package and system configuration, nix-darwin integration, Linux and Intel Mac compilation, and local Linux builder virtual machines.

## Source excerpt

Explore how to set up Nix on macOS effortlessly and boost your development workflow. Learn using nix-darwin for declarative package mgmt and sys configuration.