From 3ba415740e1e21442118857534163291026e35aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <Mic92@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 02:44:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for using Nix flake (#1103)

Co-authored-by: loverustfs <hello@rustfs.com>
Co-authored-by: 0xdx2 <xuedamon2@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: houseme <housemecn@gmail.com>
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 README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
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@@ -153,6 +153,23 @@ make help-docker                      # Show all Docker-related commands
 
 Follow the instructions in the [Helm Chart README](https://charts.rustfs.com/) to install RustFS on a Kubernetes cluster.
 
+### 5\. Nix Flake (Option 5)
+
+If you have [Nix with flakes enabled](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes#Enable_flakes):
+
+```bash
+# Run directly without installing
+nix run github:rustfs/rustfs
+
+# Build the binary
+nix build github:rustfs/rustfs
+./result/bin/rustfs --help
+
+# Or from a local checkout
+nix build
+nix run
+```
+
 -----
 
 ### Accessing RustFS