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title: Language/Framework Specific Builders in Nixpkgs
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# Introduction to Nixpkgs' Language/Framework Specific Builders
This page is an overview of language/framework specific builders in Nixpkgs.
## The Standard Environment (`pkgs.stdenv`)
This is the standard build environment, providing amongst others the default C(++) toolchain.
Resources:
- [Nipkgs manual ](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#part-stdenv )
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- [19th Nix Pill: Fundamentals of Stdenv ](https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/19-fundamentals-of-stdenv.html )
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## Hooks
Hooks augment the stdenv phases (see ["The Standard Environment" ](#the-standard-environment-pkgsstdenv )), e.g. to build with `cmake` .
Resources:
- [Nixpkgs manual ](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-hooks )
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- [20th Nix Pill: Basic Dependencies and Hooks ](https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/20-basic-dependencies-and-hooks )
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## Languages / Frameworks
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Nixpkgs has various specialised alternatives to `mkDerivation` , such as `buildPythonApplication` for python applications, `buildRustPackage` for rust packages and much more.
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Resources:
- [Nixpkgs manual ](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-language-support )
