Learn
Every module in the guide, in reading order. Each page cites the Flox docs and blog posts it was built from.
LEARN
What Flox is
30-second and 2-minute versions, who it is for, vocabulary
LEARNNix 101 for Flox people
Store paths, closures, derivations, flakes, and what Flox adds on top
LEARNThe architecture
Manifest, lockfile, catalog, activation, FloxHub, the CLI itself
LEARNEnvironments and the manifest
Path, managed and remote environments, every manifest section, layering and composition
LEARNThe Catalog, builds and publishing
Search, versions, package groups, CUDA, flox build and flox publish
LEARNCLI, services, CI and tokens
Everyday commands, services, auto-activation, CI, FloxHub tokens, generations
LEARNLanguages and tools
Python, Node, Go, Rust, Ruby, editors, direnv, secrets, cloud, GPU and ML
LEARNContainers and Kubernetes
flox containerize, Flox versus containers, imageless Kubernetes
LEARNAgents and skills
The flox, floxify and flox-debug skills, sandboxes, deterministic agents
LEARNFloxHub, orgs, plans, compliance
FloxHub, organizations, SSO, pricing tiers, SOC 2 and ISO 27001
LEARNThe company and the Nix world
Where Flox came from, funding, customers, how it sits in the Nix community
WHITEBOARD
Whiteboard fieldcraft
Ask, draw, validate
WHITEBOARDBoard: new hire to first commit
A laptop, a repo, one command, an identical environment
WHITEBOARDBoard: laptop, CI and container
One manifest feeding a laptop, a CI runner and an OCI image
WHITEBOARDBoard: imageless Kubernetes
A pod that references an environment instead of an image
WHITEBOARDBoard: agent sandbox
An agent that gets the same toolchain as the team
EXECUTE
The pitch
One-liner, 30-second and 2-minute versions, discovery, value by persona
EXECUTEObjection handling
Nix is hard, we use Docker, price, lock-in, login, each with a source
EXECUTESupport playbook
Triage, the first five questions, common failures and the docs that fix them
EXECUTESecurity, login gate and reliability
SBOMs, CVE response, supply chain, the Oct 2026 login requirement, what to say about gaps
EXECUTEEconomics
What Flox charges, worked examples, a seat-cost versus drift-cost calculator
EXECUTECompetitive positioning
Docker, Dev Containers, Nix, Devbox, devenv, mise, conda, pixi, uv, Homebrew, Bazel and more
EXECUTECompetitor questions and answers
The questions customers actually ask about the alternatives, answered with sources
EXECUTEScenarios and reference architectures
Six customer situations, what to ask, the Flox answer, the honest risk
EXECUTEPOC and demo scripts
Five demos, success criteria, close-out
REFERENCE
CLI cheat sheet
Every flox command grouped like --help, with flags, examples and safe forms for scripts and agents
REFERENCEFAQ quickfire
One-line answers with sources
REFERENCEGlossary
Terms to use correctly
REFERENCESources
Every Flox and competitor URL, date checked
REFERENCEFlox blog digest
Every flox.dev/blog post with the one fact worth repeating and when to use it with a customer
REFERENCEQuiz and flashcards
Check yourself before the call