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

in the following format:

<url> <name>
...