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GNU Guix is written in the general purpose programming language Scheme, and many of its features can be accessed and manipulated programmatically. You can use Scheme to generate package definitions, to modify them, to build them, to deploy whole operating systems, etc.
Knowing the basics of how to program in Scheme will unlock many of the advanced features Guix provides — and you don’t even need to be an experienced programmer to use them!
Let’s get started!