---
title: "Bye Opam, Hello Nix"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/bye-opam-hello-nix-bgyoevar5
source_url: https://priver.dev/blog/ocaml/bye-opam-hello-nix/
type: article
source: "Lobsters"
published: 2024-05-14T13:10:54.737Z
updated: 2024-05-14T13:10:52.732Z
tags: ["ocaml"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 4
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Bye Opam, Hello Nix

**[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 7 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The author shares their frustrations with Opam as a package manager for OCaml and explains why they decided to switch to Nix. They highlight the challenges of working with different library versions in Opam, the time it takes to release something on the Opam repository, and the installation of non-OCaml libraries. They then discuss how Nix can be used to manage the OCaml development workflow, create reproducible environments, and build projects. The author acknowledges that Nix may not be necessary for small projects and mentions the ongoing efforts to increase the number of libraries installable with Nix Flakes.

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