Vega
A reproducible-build Nix binary cache, at the edge. Verify it; do not just trust it.
Every existing Nix cache asks for trust. cache.nixos.org means trusting Hydra; Cachix means trusting the cache owner. Vega's guarantee is the opposite: trust is derived from transparency and independent corroboration.
What Vega does
- Mirrors
cache.nixos.orgat the edge. Mirrored paths keep their upstream signature; Vega signs only its own builds. - Promotes a build into the global shared cache only when enough independent, reputation-weighted tenants agree on the same output.
- Records every attestation in a public, append-only Merkle transparency log with signed tree heads and inclusion and consistency proofs.
Start here
- Configuration: point Nix at the cache.
- Transparency log: audit Vega yourself.
- Reproducibility: how shared promotion works.