# Development of Nixpkgs {#part-development}

This section shows you how Nixpkgs is developed and how you can interact with the contributors and the latest updates.
If you are interested in contributing yourself, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

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