Contributions Welcome

All kinds of contributions are welcome.

All PRs are checked against the CI. New features should include a test in _example/ci/.

To run tests locally:

nix flake check ./checkmate --override-input target .
nix flake check ./templates/default --override-input den .

Ensure the code is formatted:

nix run ./checkmate#fmt --override-input target .

Hang Out, Say "Hello, Here's a Potato!"

Just share that you are using Den—that will mean a lot to me (vic).

Reporting Bugs

If you have found something that feels odd, be sure to open a discussion.

We use issues for actionable, pending, or planned tasks. Issues are on my (vic's) agenda, so I prefer to have as few as possible; for me, they represent actionable to-dos that I can allocate time to.

Share a bogus Den

We provide a bogus template you can use for sending bug reports. It will mean a lot if you reproduce the bug using our template, because it can save us a lot of time and because your own code can become a test suite in itself.

Use the following commands and share your repository with us:

mkdir bogus && cd bogus
nix flake init -t github:vic/den#bogus
nix flake update den
nix flake check

Become a Patron

Talking about time, I've spent a lot of my own personal time on these libraries because I love Nix (the community—and at times, the technology), and my Dendritic libraries are a way of giving back and trying to achieve something better than what we have now.

Having said that, my time (as is everyone's) is limited on this earth. I love creating tools for people like me—developers, and more specifically, for Nix people.

I have some plans for next year (2026) regarding denful and other Nix-related projects. I'd like to spend more time creating things that are valuable for other people like me.

If you like Den and the effort I'm putting into it and other Dendritic libraries to create high-quality Nix, consider sponsoring vic.