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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, Guix is initially a clone of Nix and has still remains of shared code (the build daemon).

Differences:

Guix packages are defined in a Scheme dialect called Guile, a nice minimal functional language
Guix was created as a GNU project and stresses the importance of free software with strong copyleft
strong focus on long-term reproducibility and capability of tracking the sources
everything is built from source
very good and well organized documentation