If you're considering it for a Homebrew alternative, the main thing is to make a list of all the packages you must have, and then all the ones you would like to

If you're considering it for a Homebrew alternative, the main thing is to make a list of all the packages you must have, and then all the ones you would like to have, and then check if they're in Nix. Decide whether you can live with that or not. Besides that, it's great. The about page sums its features up nicely: http://nixos.org/nix/about.html http://nixos.org/nix/about.html