Channels - Lix Reference Manual

## 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>
    ...