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This section is a brief introduction to Devbox. It will cover the basics of
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Devbox, such as adding packages and starting a shell.
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### How is this compared to Nix?
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Keen observers might notice that Devbox uses Nix under the hood. The main
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advantage with using Devbox over Nix Shell/Flake is that **Devbox does not
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require you to know Nix, nor does it require any Nix files**.
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You get all the benefits of Nix, such as reproducibility and isolation, without
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needing to learn Nix. This makes Devbox a great tool for teams that aren't
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interested in getting into Nix or simply want to get up and running quickly.
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### Adding Packages
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Within the Devbox shell, we get access to the `devbox` CLI, which provides us

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