nix-prefetch-url

Download URL and insert into store.

NixOS

Last updated: 2026-05-10 Report error

Syntax

$nix-prefetch-url URL

Examples

$nix-prefetch-url https://example.com/file.tar.gz

Examples

$nix-prefetch-url --name custom-name https://...

Typical use cases

Download

nix-prefetch-url https://...

With name

nix-prefetch-url --name name https://...

Note Downloads files and inserts them into Nix store.

Export