1. 1. Introduction
2. 2. Quick Start
3. 3. Installation
4. 1. 3.1. Installing Nix from Source
   2. 1. 3.1.1. Prerequisites
      2. 3.1.2. Obtaining a Source Distribution
      3. 3.1.3. Building Nix from Source
   3. 3.2. Using Nix within Docker
   4. 3.3. Security
   5. 3.4. Upgrading Nix
   6. 3.5. Uninstalling Nix
5. 4. Nix Store
6. 1. 4.1. File System Object
   2. 1. 4.1.1. Content-Addressing File System Objects
   3. 4.2. Store Object
   4. 1. 4.2.1. Content-Addressing Store Objects
   5. 4.3. Store Path
   6. 4.4. Store Derivation and Deriving Path
   7. 1. 4.4.1. Derivation Outputs and Types of Derivations
      2. 1. 4.4.1.1. Content-addressing derivation outputs
         2. 4.4.1.2. Input-addressing derivation outputs
   8. 4.5. Building
   9. 4.6. Store Types
   10. 1. 4.6.1. Dummy Store
       2. 4.6.2. Experimental Local Overlay Store
       3. 4.6.3. Experimental SSH Store
       4. 4.6.4. Experimental SSH Store with filesystem mounted
       5. 4.6.5. HTTP Binary Cache Store
       6. 4.6.6. Local Binary Cache Store
       7. 4.6.7. Local Daemon Store
       8. 4.6.8. Local Store
       9. 4.6.9. S3 Binary Cache Store
       10. 4.6.10. SSH Store
7. 5. Nix Language
8. 1. 5.1. Data Types
   2. 1. 5.1.1. String context
   3. 5.2. Syntax and semantics
   4. 1. 5.2.1. Evaluation
      2. 5.2.2. Variables
      3. 5.2.3. String literals
      4. 5.2.4. Identifiers
      5. 5.2.5. Scoping rules
      6. 5.2.6. String interpolation
      7. 5.2.7. Lookup path
   5. 5.3. Operators
   6. 5.4. Built-ins
   7. 1. 5.4.1. Derivations
      2. 1. 5.4.1.1. Advanced Attributes
         2. 5.4.1.2. Import From Derivation
9. 6. Package Management
10. 1. 6.1. Profiles
    2. 6.2. Garbage Collection
    3. 1. 6.2.1. Garbage Collector Roots
11. 7. Advanced Topics
12. 1. 7.1. Sharing Packages Between Machines
    2. 1. 7.1.1. Serving a Nix store via HTTP
       2. 7.1.2. Serving a Nix store via SSH
    3. 7.2. Remote Builds
    4. 7.3. Tuning Cores and Jobs
    5. 7.4. Verifying Build Reproducibility
    6. 7.5. Using the post-build-hook
13. 8. Command Reference
14. 1. 8.1. Common Options
    2. 8.2. Common Environment Variables
    3. 8.3. Subcommands
    4. 1. 8.3.1. nix
       2. 8.3.2. nix build
       3. 8.3.3. nix bundle
       4. 8.3.4. nix config
       5. 8.3.5. nix config check
       6. 8.3.6. nix config show
       7. 8.3.7. nix copy
       8. 8.3.8. nix daemon
       9. 8.3.9. nix derivation
       10. 8.3.10. nix derivation add
       11. 8.3.11. nix derivation show
       12. 8.3.12. nix develop
       13. 8.3.13. nix edit
       14. 8.3.14. nix env
       15. 8.3.15. nix env shell
       16. 8.3.16. nix eval
       17. 8.3.17. nix flake
       18. 8.3.18. nix flake archive
       19. 8.3.19. nix flake check
       20. 8.3.20. nix flake clone
       21. 8.3.21. nix flake info
       22. 8.3.22. nix flake init
       23. 8.3.23. nix flake lock
       24. 8.3.24. nix flake metadata
       25. 8.3.25. nix flake new
       26. 8.3.26. nix flake prefetch
       27. 8.3.27. nix flake show
       28. 8.3.28. nix flake update
       29. 8.3.29. nix fmt
       30. 8.3.30. nix formatter
       31. 8.3.31. nix formatter build
       32. 8.3.32. nix formatter run
       33. 8.3.33. nix hash
       34. 8.3.34. nix hash convert
       35. 8.3.35. nix hash file
       36. 8.3.36. nix hash path
       37. 8.3.37. nix hash to-base16
       38. 8.3.38. nix hash to-base32
       39. 8.3.39. nix hash to-base64
       40. 8.3.40. nix hash to-sri
       41. 8.3.41. nix help
       42. 8.3.42. nix help-stores
       43. 8.3.43. nix key
       44. 8.3.44. nix key convert-secret-to-public
       45. 8.3.45. nix key generate-secret
       46. 8.3.46. nix log
       47. 8.3.47. nix nar
       48. 8.3.48. nix nar cat
       49. 8.3.49. nix nar dump-path
       50. 8.3.50. nix nar ls
       51. 8.3.51. nix nar pack
       52. 8.3.52. nix path-info
       53. 8.3.53. nix print-dev-env
       54. 8.3.54. nix profile
       55. 8.3.55. nix profile add
       56. 8.3.56. nix profile diff-closures
       57. 8.3.57. nix profile history
       58. 8.3.58. nix profile list
       59. 8.3.59. nix profile remove
       60. 8.3.60. nix profile rollback
       61. 8.3.61. nix profile upgrade
       62. 8.3.62. nix profile wipe-history
       63. 8.3.63. nix realisation
       64. 8.3.64. nix realisation info
       65. 8.3.65. nix registry
       66. 8.3.66. nix registry add
       67. 8.3.67. nix registry list
       68. 8.3.68. nix registry pin
       69. 8.3.69. nix registry remove
       70. 8.3.70. nix repl
       71. 8.3.71. nix run
       72. 8.3.72. nix search
       73. 8.3.73. nix store
       74. 8.3.74. nix store add
       75. 8.3.75. nix store add-file
       76. 8.3.76. nix store add-path
       77. 8.3.77. nix store cat
       78. 8.3.78. nix store copy-log
       79. 8.3.79. nix store copy-sigs
       80. 8.3.80. nix store delete
       81. 8.3.81. nix store diff-closures
       82. 8.3.82. nix store dump-path
       83. 8.3.83. nix store gc
       84. 8.3.84. nix store info
       85. 8.3.85. nix store ls
       86. 8.3.86. nix store make-content-addressed
       87. 8.3.87. nix store optimise
       88. 8.3.88. nix store path-from-hash-part
       89. 8.3.89. nix store prefetch-file
       90. 8.3.90. nix store repair
       91. 8.3.91. nix store sign
       92. 8.3.92. nix store verify
       93. 8.3.93. nix upgrade-nix
       94. 8.3.94. nix why-depends
    5. 8.4. Deprecated Commands
    6. 1. 8.4.1. nix-build
       2. 8.4.2. nix-channel
       3. 8.4.3. nix-shell
       4. 8.4.4. nix-store
       5. 1. 8.4.4.1. nix-store --add-fixed
          2. 8.4.4.2. nix-store --add
          3. 8.4.4.3. nix-store --delete
          4. 8.4.4.4. nix-store --dump-db
          5. 8.4.4.5. nix-store --dump
          6. 8.4.4.6. nix-store --export
          7. 8.4.4.7. nix-store --gc
          8. 8.4.4.8. nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key
          9. 8.4.4.9. nix-store --import
          10. 8.4.4.10. nix-store --load-db
          11. 8.4.4.11. nix-store --optimise
          12. 8.4.4.12. nix-store --print-env
          13. 8.4.4.13. nix-store --query
          14. 8.4.4.14. nix-store --read-log
          15. 8.4.4.15. nix-store --realise
          16. 8.4.4.16. nix-store --repair-path
          17. 8.4.4.17. nix-store --restore
          18. 8.4.4.18. nix-store --serve
          19. 8.4.4.19. nix-store --verify-path
          20. 8.4.4.20. nix-store --verify
       6. 8.4.5. nix-env
       7. 1. 8.4.5.1. nix-env --delete-generations
          2. 8.4.5.2. nix-env --install
          3. 8.4.5.3. nix-env --list-generations
          4. 8.4.5.4. nix-env --query
          5. 8.4.5.5. nix-env --rollback
          6. 8.4.5.6. nix-env --set-flag
          7. 8.4.5.7. nix-env --set
          8. 8.4.5.8. nix-env --switch-generation
          9. 8.4.5.9. nix-env --switch-profile
          10. 8.4.5.10. nix-env --uninstall
          11. 8.4.5.11. nix-env --upgrade
    7. 8.5. Utilities
    8. 1. 8.5.1. nix-collect-garbage
       2. 8.5.2. nix-copy-closure
       3. 8.5.3. nix-daemon
       4. 8.5.4. nix-hash
       5. 8.5.5. nix-instantiate
       6. 8.5.6. nix-prefetch-url
    9. 8.6. Files
    10. 1. 8.6.1. nix.conf
        2. 8.6.2. Profiles
        3. 1. 8.6.2.1. manifest.nix
           2. 8.6.2.2. manifest.json
15. 9. Architecture and Design
16. 10. Formats and Protocols
17. 1. 10.1. JSON Formats
    2. 1. 10.1.1. Store Object Info
       2. 10.1.2. Derivation
    3. 10.2. Serving Tarball Flakes
    4. 10.3. Store Path Specification
    5. 10.4. Nix Archive (NAR) Format
    6. 10.5. Derivation "ATerm" file format
18. 11. C API
19. 12. Glossary
20. 13. Development
21. 1. 13.1. Building
    2. 13.2. Testing
    3. 13.3. Debugging
    4. 13.4. Documentation
    5. 13.5. CLI guideline
    6. 13.6. JSON guideline
    7. 13.7. C++ style guide
    8. 13.8. Experimental Features
    9. 13.9. Contributing
22. 14. Determinate Nix Release Notes
23. 1. 14.1. Changes between Nix and Determinate Nix
    2. 14.2. Release 3.6.1 (2025-05-24)
    3. 14.3. Release 3.6.0 (2025-05-22)
    4. 14.4. Release 3.5.2 (2025-05-12)
    5. 14.5. Release 3.5.1 (2025-05-09)
    6. 14.6. ~~Release 3.5.0 (2025-05-09)~~
    7. 14.7. Release 3.4.2 (2025-05-05)
    8. 14.8. Release 3.4.0 (2025-04-25)
    9. 14.9. Release 3.3.0 (2025-04-11)
    10. 14.10. Release 3.1.0 (2025-03-27)
    11. 14.11. Release 3.0.0 (2025-03-04)
24. 15. Nix Release Notes
25. 1. 15.1. Upcoming release
    2. 15.2. Release 2.29 (2025-05-14)
    3. 15.3. Release 2.28 (2025-04-02)
    4. 15.4. Release 2.27 (2025-03-03)
    5. 15.5. Release 2.26 (2025-01-22)