It is a more user friendly abstraction on top of Nix. Most people don’t want or need to understand the specifics of Nix or the Nix language. Btw, I say this as

It is a more user friendly abstraction on top of Nix. Most people don’t want or need to understand the specifics of Nix or the Nix language. Btw, I say this as a huge fan and heavy user of both Nix and NixOS.