--- title: Determinate Nix Action | daily.dev description: Determinate Systems has released a new GitHub Action called determinate-nix-action, dedicated to installing Determinate Nix with version numbers synced to the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/determinate-nix-action-xzhuwg4st twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Determinate Nix Action | daily.dev og:description: Determinate Systems has released a new GitHub Action called determinate-nix-action, dedicated to installing Determinate Nix with version numbers synced to the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/determinate-nix-action-xzhuwg4st og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xZHuwG4sT.png og:image:alt: Determinate Nix Action og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Determinate Nix Action **[Determinate Systems](https://daily.dev/sources/determinate-systems)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Determinate Systems has released a new GitHub Action called determinate-nix-action, dedicated to installing Determinate Nix with version numbers synced to the Nix release itself. The previous nix-installer-action lacked version synchronization, making it hard to target specific Determinate Nix versions in CI. The new action installs Determinate Nix by default and allows pinning to specific versions (e.g., v3.6.1) or Git hashes for security hardening. Most configuration parameters from nix-installer-action carry over, and the old action continues to work unchanged. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#github-actions](https://daily.dev/tags/github-actions) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/determinate-nix-action-xzhuwg4st) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Determinate Nix Action","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/determinate-nix-action-xzhuwg4st","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/determinate-nix-action-xzhuwg4st"},"datePublished":"2026-07-26T07:48:36.753Z","dateModified":"2026-07-26T07:52:29.804Z","description":"Determinate Systems has released a new GitHub Action called determinate-nix-action, dedicated to installing Determinate Nix with version numbers synced to the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cff7eb0f8c0d10ef49203b183ccf0530?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cff7eb0f8c0d10ef49203b183ccf0530?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Determinate Systems","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Determinate Systems","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--E2qrkc9w--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1785052094/logos/determinate-systems?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/determinate-systems"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/determinate-nix-action-xzhuwg4st","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cicd,rust,github-actions","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Determinate Systems","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/determinate-systems"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Determinate Nix Action"}]} ```