# Table of Contents

- [Introduction](introduction.md)
- [Quick Start](quick-start.md)
- [Installation](installation/index.md)
  - [Supported Platforms](installation/supported-platforms.md)
  - [Installing a Binary Distribution](installation/installing-binary.md)
  - [Installing Nix from Source](installation/installing-source.md)
    - [Prerequisites](installation/prerequisites-source.md)
    - [Obtaining a Source Distribution](installation/obtaining-source.md)
    - [Building Nix from Source](installation/building-source.md)
  - [Using Nix within Docker](installation/installing-docker.md)
  - [Security](installation/nix-security.md)
    - [Single-User Mode](installation/single-user.md)
    - [Multi-User Mode](installation/multi-user.md)
  - [Environment Variables](installation/env-variables.md)
  - [Upgrading Nix](installation/upgrading.md)
  - [Uninstalling Nix](installation/uninstall.md)
- [Nix Store](store/index.md)
  - [File System Object](store/file-system-object.md)
    - [Content-Addressing File System Objects](store/file-system-object/content-address.md)
  - [Store Object](store/store-object.md)
    - [Content-Addressing Store Objects](store/store-object/content-address.md)
  - [Store Path](store/store-path.md)
  - [Store Derivation and Deriving Path](store/derivation/index.md)
    - [Derivation Outputs and Types of Derivations](store/derivation/outputs/index.md)
      - [Content-addressing derivation outputs](store/derivation/outputs/content-address.md)
      - [Input-addressing derivation outputs](store/derivation/outputs/input-address.md)
  - [Building](store/building.md)
  - [Store Types](store/types/index.md)
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- [Nix Language](language/index.md)
  - [Data Types](language/types.md)
    - [String context](language/string-context.md)
  - [Syntax and semantics](language/syntax.md)
    - [Variables](language/variables.md)
    - [String literals](language/string-literals.md)
    - [Identifiers](language/identifiers.md)
    - [Scoping rules](language/scope.md)
    - [String interpolation](language/string-interpolation.md)
    - [Lookup path](language/constructs/lookup-path.md)
  - [Operators](language/operators.md)
  - [Built-ins](language/builtins.md)
    - [Derivations](language/derivations.md)
      - [Advanced Attributes](language/advanced-attributes.md)
      - [Import From Derivation](language/import-from-derivation.md)
- [Package Management](package-management/index.md)
  - [Profiles](package-management/profiles.md)
  - [Garbage Collection](package-management/garbage-collection.md)
    - [Garbage Collector Roots](package-management/garbage-collector-roots.md)
- [Advanced Topics](advanced-topics/index.md)
  - [Sharing Packages Between Machines](package-management/sharing-packages.md)
    - [Serving a Nix store via HTTP](package-management/binary-cache-substituter.md)
    - [Serving a Nix store via SSH](package-management/ssh-substituter.md)
  - [Remote Builds](advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md)
  - [Tuning Cores and Jobs](advanced-topics/cores-vs-jobs.md)
  - [Verifying Build Reproducibility](advanced-topics/diff-hook.md)
  - [Using the `post-build-hook`](advanced-topics/post-build-hook.md)
- [Command Reference](command-ref/index.md)
  - [Common Options](command-ref/opt-common.md)
  - [Common Environment Variables](command-ref/env-common.md)
  - [Main Commands](command-ref/main-commands.md)
    - [nix-build](command-ref/nix-build.md)
    - [nix-shell](command-ref/nix-shell.md)
    - [nix-store](command-ref/nix-store.md)
      - [nix-store --add-fixed](command-ref/nix-store/add-fixed.md)
      - [nix-store --add](command-ref/nix-store/add.md)
      - [nix-store --delete](command-ref/nix-store/delete.md)
      - [nix-store --dump-db](command-ref/nix-store/dump-db.md)
      - [nix-store --dump](command-ref/nix-store/dump.md)
      - [nix-store --export](command-ref/nix-store/export.md)
      - [nix-store --gc](command-ref/nix-store/gc.md)
      - [nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key](command-ref/nix-store/generate-binary-cache-key.md)
      - [nix-store --import](command-ref/nix-store/import.md)
      - [nix-store --load-db](command-ref/nix-store/load-db.md)
      - [nix-store --optimise](command-ref/nix-store/optimise.md)
      - [nix-store --print-env](command-ref/nix-store/print-env.md)
      - [nix-store --query](command-ref/nix-store/query.md)
      - [nix-store --read-log](command-ref/nix-store/read-log.md)
      - [nix-store --realise](command-ref/nix-store/realise.md)
      - [nix-store --repair-path](command-ref/nix-store/repair-path.md)
      - [nix-store --restore](command-ref/nix-store/restore.md)
      - [nix-store --serve](command-ref/nix-store/serve.md)
      - [nix-store --verify-path](command-ref/nix-store/verify-path.md)
      - [nix-store --verify](command-ref/nix-store/verify.md)
    - [nix-env](command-ref/nix-env.md)
      - [nix-env --delete-generations](command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md)
      - [nix-env --install](command-ref/nix-env/install.md)
      - [nix-env --list-generations](command-ref/nix-env/list-generations.md)
      - [nix-env --query](command-ref/nix-env/query.md)
      - [nix-env --rollback](command-ref/nix-env/rollback.md)
      - [nix-env --set-flag](command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md)
      - [nix-env --set](command-ref/nix-env/set.md)
      - [nix-env --switch-generation](command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md)
      - [nix-env --switch-profile](command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md)
      - [nix-env --uninstall](command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md)
      - [nix-env --upgrade](command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md)
  - [Utilities](command-ref/utilities.md)
    - [nix-channel](command-ref/nix-channel.md)
    - [nix-collect-garbage](command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.md)
    - [nix-copy-closure](command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md)
    - [nix-daemon](command-ref/nix-daemon.md)
    - [nix-hash](command-ref/nix-hash.md)
    - [nix-instantiate](command-ref/nix-instantiate.md)
    - [nix-prefetch-url](command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.md)
  - [Experimental Commands](command-ref/experimental-commands.md)
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  - [Files](command-ref/files.md)
    - [nix.conf](command-ref/conf-file.md)
    - [Profiles](command-ref/files/profiles.md)
      - [manifest.nix](command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md)
      - [manifest.json](command-ref/files/manifest.json.md)
    - [Channels](command-ref/files/channels.md)
    - [Default Nix expression](command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md)
- [Architecture and Design](architecture/architecture.md)
- [Formats and Protocols](protocols/index.md)
  - [JSON Formats](protocols/json/index.md)
    - [Store Object Info](protocols/json/store-object-info.md)
    - [Derivation](protocols/json/derivation.md)
  - [Serving Tarball Flakes](protocols/tarball-fetcher.md)
  - [Store Path Specification](protocols/store-path.md)
  - [Nix Archive (NAR) Format](protocols/nix-archive.md)
  - [Derivation "ATerm" file format](protocols/derivation-aterm.md)
- [C API](c-api.md)
- [Glossary](glossary.md)
- [Development](development/index.md)
  - [Building](development/building.md)
  - [Testing](development/testing.md)
  - [Debugging](development/debugging.md)
  - [Documentation](development/documentation.md)
  - [CLI guideline](development/cli-guideline.md)
  - [JSON guideline](development/json-guideline.md)
  - [C++ style guide](development/cxx.md)
  - [Experimental Features](development/experimental-features.md)
  - [Contributing](development/contributing.md)
- [Releases](release-notes/index.md)
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  - [Release 2.28 (2025-04-02)](release-notes/rl-2.28.md)
  - [Release 2.27 (2025-03-03)](release-notes/rl-2.27.md)
  - [Release 2.26 (2025-01-22)](release-notes/rl-2.26.md)
  - [Release 2.25 (2024-11-07)](release-notes/rl-2.25.md)
  - [Release 2.24 (2024-07-31)](release-notes/rl-2.24.md)
  - [Release 2.23 (2024-06-03)](release-notes/rl-2.23.md)
  - [Release 2.22 (2024-04-23)](release-notes/rl-2.22.md)
  - [Release 2.21 (2024-03-11)](release-notes/rl-2.21.md)
  - [Release 2.20 (2024-01-29)](release-notes/rl-2.20.md)
  - [Release 2.19 (2023-11-17)](release-notes/rl-2.19.md)
  - [Release 2.18 (2023-09-20)](release-notes/rl-2.18.md)
  - [Release 2.17 (2023-07-24)](release-notes/rl-2.17.md)
  - [Release 2.16 (2023-05-31)](release-notes/rl-2.16.md)
  - [Release 2.15 (2023-04-11)](release-notes/rl-2.15.md)
  - [Release 2.14 (2023-02-28)](release-notes/rl-2.14.md)
  - [Release 2.13 (2023-01-17)](release-notes/rl-2.13.md)
  - [Release 2.12 (2022-12-06)](release-notes/rl-2.12.md)
  - [Release 2.11 (2022-08-25)](release-notes/rl-2.11.md)
  - [Release 2.10 (2022-07-11)](release-notes/rl-2.10.md)
  - [Release 2.9 (2022-05-30)](release-notes/rl-2.9.md)
  - [Release 2.8 (2022-04-19)](release-notes/rl-2.8.md)
  - [Release 2.7 (2022-03-07)](release-notes/rl-2.7.md)
  - [Release 2.6 (2022-01-24)](release-notes/rl-2.6.md)
  - [Release 2.5 (2021-12-13)](release-notes/rl-2.5.md)
  - [Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)](release-notes/rl-2.4.md)
  - [Release 2.3 (2019-09-04)](release-notes/rl-2.3.md)
  - [Release 2.2 (2019-01-11)](release-notes/rl-2.2.md)
  - [Release 2.1 (2018-09-02)](release-notes/rl-2.1.md)
  - [Release 2.0 (2018-02-22)](release-notes/rl-2.0.md)
  - [Release 1.11.10 (2017-06-12)](release-notes/rl-1.11.10.md)
  - [Release 1.11 (2016-01-19)](release-notes/rl-1.11.md)
  - [Release 1.10 (2015-09-03)](release-notes/rl-1.10.md)
  - [Release 1.9 (2015-06-12)](release-notes/rl-1.9.md)
  - [Release 1.8 (2014-12-14)](release-notes/rl-1.8.md)
  - [Release 1.7 (2014-04-11)](release-notes/rl-1.7.md)
  - [Release 1.6.1 (2013-10-28)](release-notes/rl-1.6.1.md)
  - [Release 1.6 (2013-09-10)](release-notes/rl-1.6.md)
  - [Release 1.5.2 (2013-05-13)](release-notes/rl-1.5.2.md)
  - [Release 1.5 (2013-02-27)](release-notes/rl-1.5.md)
  - [Release 1.4 (2013-02-26)](release-notes/rl-1.4.md)
  - [Release 1.3 (2013-01-04)](release-notes/rl-1.3.md)
  - [Release 1.2 (2012-12-06)](release-notes/rl-1.2.md)
  - [Release 1.1 (2012-07-18)](release-notes/rl-1.1.md)
  - [Release 1.0 (2012-05-11)](release-notes/rl-1.0.md)
  - [Release 0.16 (2010-08-17)](release-notes/rl-0.16.md)
  - [Release 0.15 (2010-03-17)](release-notes/rl-0.15.md)
  - [Release 0.14 (2010-02-04)](release-notes/rl-0.14.md)
  - [Release 0.13 (2009-11-05)](release-notes/rl-0.13.md)
  - [Release 0.12 (2008-11-20)](release-notes/rl-0.12.md)
  - [Release 0.11 (2007-12-31)](release-notes/rl-0.11.md)
  - [Release 0.10.1 (2006-10-11)](release-notes/rl-0.10.1.md)
  - [Release 0.10 (2006-10-06)](release-notes/rl-0.10.md)
  - [Release 0.9.2 (2005-09-21)](release-notes/rl-0.9.2.md)
  - [Release 0.9.1 (2005-09-20)](release-notes/rl-0.9.1.md)
  - [Release 0.9 (2005-09-16)](release-notes/rl-0.9.md)
  - [Release 0.8.1 (2005-04-13)](release-notes/rl-0.8.1.md)
  - [Release 0.8 (2005-04-11)](release-notes/rl-0.8.md)
  - [Release 0.7 (2005-01-12)](release-notes/rl-0.7.md)
  - [Release 0.6 (2004-11-14)](release-notes/rl-0.6.md)
  - [Release 0.5 and earlier](release-notes/rl-0.5.md)
