1. Introduction
  2. Quick Start
  3. Installation
    1. Installing Nix from Source
      1. Prerequisites
      2. Obtaining a Source Distribution
      3. Building Nix from Source
    3. Using Nix within Docker
    4. Security
    5. Upgrading Nix
    6. Uninstalling Nix
  5. Nix Store
    1. File System Object
      1. Content-Addressing File System Objects
    3. Store Object
      1. Content-Addressing Store Objects
    5. Store Path
    6. Store Derivation and Deriving Path
      1. Derivation Outputs and Types of Derivations
        1. Content-addressing derivation outputs
        2. Input-addressing derivation outputs
    8. Building
    9. Store Types
      1. Dummy Store
      2. Experimental Local Overlay Store
      3. Experimental SSH Store
      4. Experimental SSH Store with filesystem mounted
      5. HTTP Binary Cache Store
      6. Local Binary Cache Store
      7. Local Daemon Store
      8. Local Store
      9. S3 Binary Cache Store
      10. SSH Store
  7. Nix Language
    1. Data Types
      1. String context
    3. Syntax and semantics
      1. Evaluation
      2. Variables
      3. String literals
      4. Identifiers
      5. Scoping rules
      6. String interpolation
      7. Lookup path
    5. Operators
    6. Built-ins
      1. Derivations
        1. Advanced Attributes
        2. Import From Derivation
  9. Package Management
    1. Profiles
    2. Garbage Collection
      1. Garbage Collector Roots
  11. Advanced Topics
    1. Sharing Packages Between Machines
      1. Serving a Nix store via HTTP
      2. Serving a Nix store via SSH
    3. Remote Builds
    4. Tuning Cores and Jobs
    5. Verifying Build Reproducibility
    6. Using the post-build-hook
    7. Evaluation profiler
  13. Command Reference
    1. Common Options
    2. Common Environment Variables
    3. Subcommands
      1. nix
      2. nix build
      3. nix bundle
      4. nix config
      5. nix config check
      6. nix config show
      7. nix copy
      8. nix daemon
      9. nix derivation
      10. nix derivation add
      11. nix derivation show
      12. nix develop
      13. nix edit
      14. nix env
      15. nix env shell
      16. nix eval
      17. nix flake
      18. nix flake archive
      19. nix flake check
      20. nix flake clone
      21. nix flake info
      22. nix flake init
      23. nix flake lock
      24. nix flake metadata
      25. nix flake new
      26. nix flake prefetch
      27. nix flake prefetch-inputs
      28. nix flake show
      29. nix flake update
      30. nix fmt
      31. nix formatter
      32. nix formatter build
      33. nix formatter run
      34. nix hash
      35. nix hash convert
      36. nix hash file
      37. nix hash path
      38. nix hash to-base16
      39. nix hash to-base32
      40. nix hash to-base64
      41. nix hash to-sri
      42. nix help
      43. nix help-stores
      44. nix key
      45. nix key convert-secret-to-public
      46. nix key generate-secret
      47. nix log
      48. nix nar
      49. nix nar cat
      50. nix nar dump-path
      51. nix nar ls
      52. nix nar pack
      53. nix path-info
      54. nix print-dev-env
      55. nix profile
      56. nix profile add
      57. nix profile diff-closures
      58. nix profile history
      59. nix profile list
      60. nix profile remove
      61. nix profile rollback
      62. nix profile upgrade
      63. nix profile wipe-history
      64. nix realisation
      65. nix realisation info
      66. nix registry
      67. nix registry add
      68. nix registry list
      69. nix registry pin
      70. nix registry remove
      71. nix repl
      72. nix run
      73. nix search
      74. nix store
      75. nix store add
      76. nix store add-file
      77. nix store add-path
      78. nix store cat
      79. nix store copy-log
      80. nix store copy-sigs
      81. nix store delete
      82. nix store diff-closures
      83. nix store dump-path
      84. nix store gc
      85. nix store info
      86. nix store ls
      87. nix store make-content-addressed
      88. nix store optimise
      89. nix store path-from-hash-part
      90. nix store prefetch-file
      91. nix store repair
      92. nix store sign
      93. nix store verify
      94. nix upgrade-nix
      95. nix why-depends
    5. Deprecated Commands
      1. nix-build
      2. nix-channel
      3. nix-shell
      4. nix-store
        1. nix-store --add-fixed
        2. nix-store --add
        3. nix-store --delete
        4. nix-store --dump-db
        5. nix-store --dump
        6. nix-store --export
        7. nix-store --gc
        8. nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key
        9. nix-store --import
        10. nix-store --load-db
        11. nix-store --optimise
        12. nix-store --print-env
        13. nix-store --query
        14. nix-store --read-log
        15. nix-store --realise
        16. nix-store --repair-path
        17. nix-store --restore
        18. nix-store --serve
        19. nix-store --verify-path
        20. nix-store --verify
      6. nix-env
        1. nix-env --delete-generations
        2. nix-env --install
        3. nix-env --list-generations
        4. nix-env --query
        5. nix-env --rollback
        6. nix-env --set-flag
        7. nix-env --set
        8. nix-env --switch-generation
        9. nix-env --switch-profile
        10. nix-env --uninstall
        11. nix-env --upgrade
    7. Utilities
      1. nix-collect-garbage
      2. nix-copy-closure
      3. nix-daemon
      4. nix-hash
      5. nix-instantiate
      6. nix-prefetch-url
    9. Files
      1. nix.conf
      2. Profiles
        1. manifest.nix
        2. manifest.json
  15. Architecture and Design
  16. Formats and Protocols
    1. JSON Formats
      1. Store Object Info
      2. Derivation
    3. Serving Tarball Flakes
    4. Store Path Specification
    5. Nix Archive (NAR) Format
    6. Derivation "ATerm" file format
  18. C API
  19. Glossary
  20. Development
    1. Building
    2. Testing
    3. Debugging
    4. Documentation
    5. CLI guideline
    6. JSON guideline
    7. C++ style guide
    8. Experimental Features
    9. Contributing
  22. Determinate Nix Release Notes
    1. Changes between Nix and Determinate Nix
    2. Release 3.8.2 (2025-07-12)
    3. Release 3.8.1 (2025-07-11)
    4. Release 3.8.0 (2025-07-10)
    5. Release 3.7.0 (2025-07-03)
    6. Release 3.6.8 (2025-06-25)
    7. Release 3.6.7 (2025-06-24)
    8. Release 3.6.6 (2025-06-17)
    9. Release 3.6.5 (2025-06-16)
    10. Release 3.6.2 (2025-06-02)
    11. Release 3.6.1 (2025-05-24)
    12. Release 3.6.0 (2025-05-22)
    13. Release 3.5.2 (2025-05-12)
    14. Release 3.5.1 (2025-05-09)
    15. ~~Release 3.5.0 (2025-05-09)~~
    16. Release 3.4.2 (2025-05-05)
    17. Release 3.4.0 (2025-04-25)
    18. Release 3.3.0 (2025-04-11)
    19. Release 3.1.0 (2025-03-27)
    20. Release 3.0.0 (2025-03-04)
  24. Nix Release Notes
    1. Upcoming release
    2. Release 2.30 (2025-07-07)
    3. Release 2.29 (2025-05-14)
    4. Release 2.28 (2025-04-02)
    5. Release 2.27 (2025-03-03)
    6. Release 2.26 (2025-01-22)