Channels

Channels

A directory containing symlinks to Nix channels, managed by nix-channel:

• $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/channels for regular users
• $NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels for root

nix-channel uses a profile to store channels. This profile contains symlinks to the contents of those channels.

Subscribed channels

The list of subscribed channels is stored in

• ~/.nix-channels
• $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels if use-xdg-base-directories is set to true

in the following format:

<url> <name>
...