os/doc/api-reference-channels.md

# Channels API Container

Configure your channels that you can use throughout your configurations.

> #### ⚠ Gotcha ⚠
>
> Devshell & (non-host-specific) Home-Manager `pkgs` instances are rendered off the
> `nixos.hostDefaults.channelName` (default) channel.

## channels

nixpkgs channels to create

_*Type*_:
attribute set of submodules or path convertible to it

_*Default*_

```
{}
```

## channels.\<name\>.config

nixpkgs config for this channel

_*Type*_:
attribute set or path convertible to it

_*Default*_

```
{}
```

## channels.\<name\>.input

nixpkgs flake input to use for this channel

_*Type*_:
nix flake

_*Default*_

```
"self.inputs.<name>"
```

## channels.\<name\>.overlays

overlays to apply to this channel
these will get exported under the 'overlays' flake output
as \<channel\>/\<name\> and any overlay pulled from \<inputs\>
will be filtered out

_*Type*_:
list of valid Nixpkgs overlay or path convertible to its or anything convertible to it or path convertible to it

_*Default*_

```
[]
```

## channels.\<name\>.patches

patches to apply to this channel

_*Type*_:
list of paths

_*Default*_

```
[]
```