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+title: Language/Framework Specific Builders in Nixpkgs
+description: 
+published: true
+date: 2024-06-22T15:04:51.666Z
+tags: nix, nixpkgs
+editor: markdown
+dateCreated: 2024-06-22T15:04:51.666Z
+---
+
+# 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)
+
+## 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)
+
+## Languages / Frameworks
+
+Nixpkgs has various specialised alternatives to `mkDerivation`, such as `buildPythonApplication` for python application, `buildRustPackage` for rust packages and much more.
+
+Resources:
+
+- [Nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-language-support)
+