1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Quick Start
  3. 3. Installation
    1. 3.1. Supported Platforms
    2. 3.2. Installing a Binary Distribution
    3. 3.3. Installing Nix from Source
      1. 3.3.1. Prerequisites
      2. 3.3.2. Obtaining a Source Distribution
      3. 3.3.3. Building Nix from Source
    4. 3.4. Using Nix within Docker
    5. 3.5. Security
      1. 3.5.1. Single-User Mode
      2. 3.5.2. Multi-User Mode
    6. 3.6. Environment Variables
    7. 3.7. Upgrading Nix
    8. 3.8. Uninstalling Nix
  4. 4. Nix Store
    1. 4.1. File System Object
    2. 4.2. Store Object
    3. 4.3. Store Path
    4. 4.4. Store Types
      1. 4.4.1. Dummy Store
      2. 4.4.2. Experimental Local Overlay Store
      3. 4.4.3. Experimental SSH Store
      4. 4.4.4. Experimental SSH Store with filesytem mounted
      5. 4.4.5. HTTP Binary Cache Store
      6. 4.4.6. Local Binary Cache Store
      7. 4.4.7. Local Daemon Store
      8. 4.4.8. Local Store
      9. 4.4.9. S3 Binary Cache Store
      10. 4.4.10. SSH Store
  5. 5. Nix Language
    1. 5.1. Data Types
    2. 5.2. Language Constructs
      1. 5.2.1. String interpolation
      2. 5.2.2. Lookup path
    3. 5.3. Operators
    4. 5.4. Derivations
      1. 5.4.1. Advanced Attributes
      2. 5.4.2. Import From Derivation
    5. 5.5. Built-in Constants
    6. 5.6. Built-in Functions
  6. 6. Package Management
    1. 6.1. Profiles
    2. 6.2. Garbage Collection
      1. 6.2.1. Garbage Collector Roots
  7. 7. Advanced Topics
    1. 7.1. Sharing Packages Between Machines
      1. 7.1.1. Serving a Nix store via HTTP
      2. 7.1.2. Copying Closures via SSH
      3. 7.1.3. Serving a Nix store via SSH
    2. 7.2. Remote Builds
    3. 7.3. Tuning Cores and Jobs
    4. 7.4. Verifying Build Reproducibility
    5. 7.5. Using the post-build-hook
  8. 8. Command Reference
    1. 8.1. Common Options
    2. 8.2. Common Environment Variables
    3. 8.3. Main Commands
      1. 8.3.1. nix-build
      2. 8.3.2. nix-shell
      3. 8.3.3. nix-store
        1. 8.3.3.1. nix-store --add-fixed
        2. 8.3.3.2. nix-store --add
        3. 8.3.3.3. nix-store --delete
        4. 8.3.3.4. nix-store --dump-db
        5. 8.3.3.5. nix-store --dump
        6. 8.3.3.6. nix-store --export
        7. 8.3.3.7. nix-store --gc
        8. 8.3.3.8. nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key
        9. 8.3.3.9. nix-store --import
        10. 8.3.3.10. nix-store --load-db
        11. 8.3.3.11. nix-store --optimise
        12. 8.3.3.12. nix-store --print-env
        13. 8.3.3.13. nix-store --query
        14. 8.3.3.14. nix-store --read-log
        15. 8.3.3.15. nix-store --realise
        16. 8.3.3.16. nix-store --repair-path
        17. 8.3.3.17. nix-store --restore
        18. 8.3.3.18. nix-store --serve
        19. 8.3.3.19. nix-store --verify-path
        20. 8.3.3.20. nix-store --verify
      4. 8.3.4. nix-env
        1. 8.3.4.1. nix-env --delete-generations
        2. 8.3.4.2. nix-env --install
        3. 8.3.4.3. nix-env --list-generations
        4. 8.3.4.4. nix-env --query
        5. 8.3.4.5. nix-env --rollback
        6. 8.3.4.6. nix-env --set-flag
        7. 8.3.4.7. nix-env --set
        8. 8.3.4.8. nix-env --switch-generation
        9. 8.3.4.9. nix-env --switch-profile
        10. 8.3.4.10. nix-env --uninstall
        11. 8.3.4.11. nix-env --upgrade
    4. 8.4. Utilities
      1. 8.4.1. nix-channel
      2. 8.4.2. nix-collect-garbage
      3. 8.4.3. nix-copy-closure
      4. 8.4.4. nix-daemon
      5. 8.4.5. nix-hash
      6. 8.4.6. nix-instantiate
      7. 8.4.7. nix-prefetch-url
    5. 8.5. Experimental Commands
      1. 8.5.1. nix
      2. 8.5.2. nix build
      3. 8.5.3. nix bundle
      4. 8.5.4. nix config
      5. 8.5.5. nix config check
      6. 8.5.6. nix config show
      7. 8.5.7. nix copy
      8. 8.5.8. nix daemon
      9. 8.5.9. nix derivation
      10. 8.5.10. nix derivation add
      11. 8.5.11. nix derivation show
      12. 8.5.12. nix develop
      13. 8.5.13. nix edit
      14. 8.5.14. nix eval
      15. 8.5.15. nix flake
      16. 8.5.16. nix flake archive
      17. 8.5.17. nix flake check
      18. 8.5.18. nix flake clone
      19. 8.5.19. nix flake info
      20. 8.5.20. nix flake init
      21. 8.5.21. nix flake lock
      22. 8.5.22. nix flake metadata
      23. 8.5.23. nix flake new
      24. 8.5.24. nix flake prefetch
      25. 8.5.25. nix flake show
      26. 8.5.26. nix flake update
      27. 8.5.27. nix fmt
      28. 8.5.28. nix hash
      29. 8.5.29. nix hash convert
      30. 8.5.30. nix hash file
      31. 8.5.31. nix hash path
      32. 8.5.32. nix hash to-base16
      33. 8.5.33. nix hash to-base32
      34. 8.5.34. nix hash to-base64
      35. 8.5.35. nix hash to-sri
      36. 8.5.36. nix help
      37. 8.5.37. nix help-stores
      38. 8.5.38. nix key
      39. 8.5.39. nix key convert-secret-to-public
      40. 8.5.40. nix key generate-secret
      41. 8.5.41. nix log
      42. 8.5.42. nix nar
      43. 8.5.43. nix nar cat
      44. 8.5.44. nix nar dump-path
      45. 8.5.45. nix nar ls
      46. 8.5.46. nix nar pack
      47. 8.5.47. nix path-info
      48. 8.5.48. nix print-dev-env
      49. 8.5.49. nix profile
      50. 8.5.50. nix profile diff-closures
      51. 8.5.51. nix profile history
      52. 8.5.52. nix profile install
      53. 8.5.53. nix profile list
      54. 8.5.54. nix profile remove
      55. 8.5.55. nix profile rollback
      56. 8.5.56. nix profile upgrade
      57. 8.5.57. nix profile wipe-history
      58. 8.5.58. nix realisation
      59. 8.5.59. nix realisation info
      60. 8.5.60. nix registry
      61. 8.5.61. nix registry add
      62. 8.5.62. nix registry list
      63. 8.5.63. nix registry pin
      64. 8.5.64. nix registry remove
      65. 8.5.65. nix repl
      66. 8.5.66. nix run
      67. 8.5.67. nix search
      68. 8.5.68. nix shell
      69. 8.5.69. nix store
      70. 8.5.70. nix store add
      71. 8.5.71. nix store add-file
      72. 8.5.72. nix store add-path
      73. 8.5.73. nix store cat
      74. 8.5.74. nix store copy-log
      75. 8.5.75. nix store copy-sigs
      76. 8.5.76. nix store delete
      77. 8.5.77. nix store diff-closures
      78. 8.5.78. nix store dump-path
      79. 8.5.79. nix store gc
      80. 8.5.80. nix store info
      81. 8.5.81. nix store ls
      82. 8.5.82. nix store make-content-addressed
      83. 8.5.83. nix store optimise
      84. 8.5.84. nix store path-from-hash-part
      85. 8.5.85. nix store ping
      86. 8.5.86. nix store prefetch-file
      87. 8.5.87. nix store repair
      88. 8.5.88. nix store sign
      89. 8.5.89. nix store verify
      90. 8.5.90. nix upgrade-nix
      91. 8.5.91. nix why-depends
    6. 8.6. Files
      1. 8.6.1. nix.conf
      2. 8.6.2. Profiles
        1. 8.6.2.1. manifest.nix
        2. 8.6.2.2. manifest.json
      3. 8.6.3. Channels
      4. 8.6.4. Default Nix expression
  9. 9. Architecture and Design
  10. 10. Formats and Protocols
    1. 10.1. JSON Formats
      1. 10.1.1. Store Object Info
      2. 10.1.2. Derivation
    2. 10.2. Serving Tarball Flakes
    3. 10.3. Store Path Specification
    4. 10.4. Nix Archive (NAR) Format
    5. 10.5. Derivation "ATerm" file format
  11. 11. Glossary
  12. 12. Contributing
    1. 12.1. Hacking
    2. 12.2. Testing
    3. 12.3. Documentation
    4. 12.4. Experimental Features
    5. 12.5. CLI guideline
    6. 12.6. C++ style guide
  13. 13. Releases
    1. 13.1. Release 2.22 (2024-04-23)
    2. 13.2. Release 2.21 (2024-03-11)
    3. 13.3. Release 2.20 (2024-01-29)
    4. 13.4. Release 2.19 (2023-11-17)
    5. 13.5. Release 2.18 (2023-09-20)
    6. 13.6. Release 2.17 (2023-07-24)
    7. 13.7. Release 2.16 (2023-05-31)
    8. 13.8. Release 2.15 (2023-04-11)
    9. 13.9. Release 2.14 (2023-02-28)
    10. 13.10. Release 2.13 (2023-01-17)
    11. 13.11. Release 2.12 (2022-12-06)
    12. 13.12. Release 2.11 (2022-08-25)
    13. 13.13. Release 2.10 (2022-07-11)
    14. 13.14. Release 2.9 (2022-05-30)
    15. 13.15. Release 2.8 (2022-04-19)
    16. 13.16. Release 2.7 (2022-03-07)
    17. 13.17. Release 2.6 (2022-01-24)
    18. 13.18. Release 2.5 (2021-12-13)
    19. 13.19. Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)
    20. 13.20. Release 2.3 (2019-09-04)
    21. 13.21. Release 2.2 (2019-01-11)
    22. 13.22. Release 2.1 (2018-09-02)
    23. 13.23. Release 2.0 (2018-02-22)
    24. 13.24. Release 1.11.10 (2017-06-12)
    25. 13.25. Release 1.11 (2016-01-19)
    26. 13.26. Release 1.10 (2015-09-03)
    27. 13.27. Release 1.9 (2015-06-12)
    28. 13.28. Release 1.8 (2014-12-14)
    29. 13.29. Release 1.7 (2014-04-11)
    30. 13.30. Release 1.6.1 (2013-10-28)
    31. 13.31. Release 1.6 (2013-09-10)
    32. 13.32. Release 1.5.2 (2013-05-13)
    33. 13.33. Release 1.5 (2013-02-27)
    34. 13.34. Release 1.4 (2013-02-26)
    35. 13.35. Release 1.3 (2013-01-04)
    36. 13.36. Release 1.2 (2012-12-06)
    37. 13.37. Release 1.1 (2012-07-18)
    38. 13.38. Release 1.0 (2012-05-11)
    39. 13.39. Release 0.16 (2010-08-17)
    40. 13.40. Release 0.15 (2010-03-17)
    41. 13.41. Release 0.14 (2010-02-04)
    42. 13.42. Release 0.13 (2009-11-05)
    43. 13.43. Release 0.12 (2008-11-20)
    44. 13.44. Release 0.11 (2007-12-31)
    45. 13.45. Release 0.10.1 (2006-10-11)
    46. 13.46. Release 0.10 (2006-10-06)
    47. 13.47. Release 0.9.2 (2005-09-21)
    48. 13.48. Release 0.9.1 (2005-09-20)
    49. 13.49. Release 0.9 (2005-09-16)
    50. 13.50. Release 0.8.1 (2005-04-13)
    51. 13.51. Release 0.8 (2005-04-11)
    52. 13.52. Release 0.7 (2005-01-12)
    53. 13.53. Release 0.6 (2004-11-14)
    54. 13.54. Release 0.5 and earlier

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