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license: mit
language:
- en
tags:
- nix
- nixos
size_categories:
- 100M<n<1B
- 1B<n<10B
pretty_name: Nix Cache Dataset
configs:
- config_name: inventory
data_files: datasets/inventory-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet
- config_name: narinfos in the inventory
data_files: datasets/narinfos-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet
- config_name: narinfos in the inventory - nixos images only
data_files: datasets/narinfos-nixos-images-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet
- config_name: store paths affected by the removal of nixos images
data_files: datasets/narinfos-nixos-images-dangling-refs-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet
- config_name: buildstepoutputs
data_files: datasets/buildstepoutputs-2025-12-05-17:38:30Z.csv.zst
- config_name: narinfos in inventory but not in buildstepoutputs
data_files: datasets/inventory-not-in-buildstepoutputs-2025-12-05-17:38:30Z.parquet
---
# Nix Cache Dataset
This repository contains several datasets relating to the contents of https://cache.nixos.org:
## Getting started
To make it easier to explore the datasets, a [Nix] devshell is provided in `shell.nix`. To enter it, run
```console
❯ nix develop -f shell.nix
[brian@saturn:~/Development/com/github/numtide/nix-cache-dataset]$
```
If you are a [Direnv] user, you can also run `direnv allow` to automatically load the devshell:
```console
❯ direnv allow
direnv: loading ~/Development/com/github/numtide/nix-cache-dataset/.envrc
direnv: using nix
direnv: nix-direnv: Using cached dev shell
direnv: export +AR +AS +CC +CONFIG_SHELL +CXX +HOST_PATH +IN_NIX_SHELL +LD +NIX_BINTOOLS +NIX_BINTOOLS_WRAPPER_TARGET_HOST_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu +NIX_BUILD_CORES +NIX_CC +NIX_CC_WRAPPER_TARGET_HOST_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu +NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE +NIX_ENFORCE_NO_NATIVE +NIX_HARDENING_ENABLE +NIX_LDFLAGS +NIX_STORE +NM +OBJCOPY +OBJDUMP +RANLIB +READELF +SIZE +SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH +STRINGS +STRIP +__structuredAttrs +buildInputs +buildPhase +builder +cmakeFlags +configureFlags +depsBuildBuild +depsBuildBuildPropagated +depsBuildTarget +depsBuildTargetPropagated +depsHostHost +depsHostHostPropagated +depsTargetTarget +depsTargetTargetPropagated +doCheck +doInstallCheck +dontAddDisableDepTrack +mesonFlags +name +nativeBuildInputs +out +outputs +patches +phases +preferLocalBuild +propagatedBuildInputs +propagatedNativeBuildInputs +shell +shellHook +stdenv +strictDeps +system ~PATH ~XDG_DATA_DIRS
brian@saturn ~/..../nix-cache-dataset main* ⇡
❯
```
The devshell contains a `duckdb` command which is pre-configured to load some helpful utility functions which reside in
`./duckdb/init.sql`:
* `nixbase32` which converts a fixed-size `byte[20]` column into nixbase32
* `narURL` which recovers the URL of a NAR file from it's `file_hash` and `compression` columns.
Both are necessary when introspecting any of the narinfo related datasets as their schema was optimized to reduce file
sizes.
## Contents
> [!NOTE]
> The primary datasets below were compiled with [Narwal].
### `datasets/inventory-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet`
This is a complete inventory of the [S3 Bucket] which backs the cache as of `2026-01-06T01:13Z` and provided by the
[S3 Inventory Service]. It has the following schema and is ordered by `key`:
```console
❯ duckdb -c "describe select * from 'datasets/inventory-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet'"
┌────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│ column_name │ column_type │ null │ key │ default │ extra │
│ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┤
│ key │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ size │ BIGINT │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ last_modified_date │ TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ e_tag │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ storage_class │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
└────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
```
Here is the first 10 entries:
```console
❯ duckdb -c "select * from 'datasets/inventory-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet' limit 10"
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┐
│ key │ size │ last_modified_date │ e_tag │ storage_class │
│ varchar │ int64 │ timestamp with time zone │ varchar │ varchar │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ .well-known/pki-validation/gsdv.txt │ 101 │ 2018-09-07 09:35:54+01 │ dcdfef6f1cdfeae2d2c9de7dab84292a │ STANDARD │
│ 000003nzgismzlipaq0jnchpz65d65z7.ls │ 1228 │ 2024-06-21 17:17:36+01 │ bf47b9ab2ea7a795d15107d4dcf64697 │ STANDARD │
│ 000003nzgismzlipaq0jnchpz65d65z7.narinfo │ 1452 │ 2024-06-21 17:17:37+01 │ 34997acded08172170eb1a4cde9456d1 │ STANDARD │
│ 00000c8rdrjqkdxjpm5wrhl6sspapbmn.ls │ 97 │ 2019-11-06 19:35:06+00 │ ae368bafcfb9e5632acc57acf4f2a325 │ STANDARD │
│ 00000c8rdrjqkdxjpm5wrhl6sspapbmn.narinfo │ 905 │ 2019-11-06 19:35:06+00 │ 0bf1c5c76cf15dd07c8c79eca27ebff4 │ STANDARD │
│ 00000in9ndrbpshcibwfgsygx0xq069g.ls │ 329 │ 2025-11-07 18:40:26+00 │ f817f1b476fe0cb82ac2f5dbc19be620 │ STANDARD │
│ 00000in9ndrbpshcibwfgsygx0xq069g.narinfo │ 732 │ 2025-11-07 18:40:28+00 │ 4037fbf8ab5484847756f0839c2c7245 │ STANDARD │
│ 00000jipsrr2nfgn36w04xg2z6hnr7y0.ls │ 323 │ 2024-01-06 07:48:26+00 │ 8a3bad8cb3795080ccd636ef212c1878 │ STANDARD │
│ 00000jipsrr2nfgn36w04xg2z6hnr7y0.narinfo │ 523 │ 2024-01-06 07:48:27+00 │ 997c5c9a6911bfadd7efcb9f845a4082 │ STANDARD │
│ 00000lkv8yz6bsccrp03ppq71mzjdcpv.ls │ 396 │ 2022-05-10 03:33:54+01 │ 3284e9e9e5ae0a2562640e1f20af395d │ STANDARD │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┤
│ 10 rows 5 columns │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
### `datasets/narinfos-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet``
This is a complete download of all `.narinfo` files within the S3 bucket as of `2026-01-06T01:13Z`. It has the following
schema:
```console
❯ duckdb -c "describe select * from 'datasets/narinfos-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet'
┌───────────────────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│ column_name │ column_type │ null │ key │ default │ extra │
│ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │
├───────────────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┤
│ hash │ BLOB │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ pname │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ compression │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ file_hash │ BLOB │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ file_size │ UBIGINT │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ nar_hash │ BLOB │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ nar_size │ UBIGINT │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ references │ BLOB[] │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ deriver │ BLOB │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ deriver_pname │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ system │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ signature_domains │ VARCHAR[] │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ signature_values │ BLOB[] │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ ca_algo │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ ca_hash │ BLOB │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
│ quirk_references_out_of_order │ BOOLEAN │ YES │ NULL │ NULL │ NULL │
├───────────────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┤
│ 16 rows 6 columns │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
The schema is the same as the contents of a `.narinfo` file with some notable differences:
* `StorePath` has been split into `hash` and `pname`, with the `/nix/store/` prefix omitted.
* In addition, `hash` has been decoded from its original 32-byte `nixbase32` format into a 20-byte fixed-size `byte[20]`
column to save space. As mentioned in [Getting Started](#Getting-started), there is a `nixbase32` utility function for
`duckdb` which can be used to convert it back into it's original format.
* `URL` is not included. Instead, it can be recovered from the `file_hash` and `compression` columns using the `narURL`
utility function. Again, this was to save space.
* `quirk_references_out_of_order` indicates whether the `references` column was not canonically sorted as is required by
the narinfo format.
Here is an example of using both:
```console
❯ duckdb -c " select nixbase32(hash) as hash, pname, narURL(file_hash, compression) as URL from 'datasets/narinfos-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet' where pname like 'nixos-%.iso' limit 10"
┌──────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ hash │ pname │ URL │
│ varchar │ varchar │ varchar │
├──────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 8s2i888nxl44dvrqkszyhm9wagx21cv8 │ nixos-21.11pre-git-aarch64-linux.iso │ nar/01i2cax5rgfirdnqy3gk0fam1jxjqzydlm6fmydqcr2rppzfgpyc.nar.xz │
│ 8s2nl0q5l0qjwj4mdh47b32abd7dkb37 │ nixos-plasma5-23.11pre525972.ace5093e36ab-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/03wiqhgkgbwr6lz6jlhnq9d4swjahdw32ylixshmpy25wmnhkg83.nar.xz │
│ 8s308z464is6rbnn1wglws37bz5cxhi3 │ nixos-minimal-new-kernel-21.03pre253346.87e9b49fc78-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/1ppngdicfkydg44hbyc6s77f40qk15a8r370a02yg06y4w7fscp3.nar.xz │
│ 8s37vnmdg68z51s81lp7pfclkp0ljl7v │ nixos-plasma5-21.11.335288.3ddd960a3b5-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/04pic41qkjib69bl1yk48w5bdnb0jj4jfzljmfxsx3c9sr966m71.nar.xz │
│ 8s4yq0kgvw7d34jzd6j256n8rhqdncag │ nixos-18.03pre-git-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/11m49i89vpm8mjq2khpiy9p4br3fkvk57nmi6narmxbih9lahg45.nar.xz │
│ 8s4zyq65nl0d5jjd28pvm8rih78khhlx │ nixos-21.03pre-git-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/00ivaz2lwdvqcg7c64l9ikgk0njcphad4h69z2hvih7xrrzvwbb0.nar.xz │
│ 8s5577gfk2makszs3bnpfzf8h477ywwd │ nixos-minimal-17.03.1730.dad3c2231c-i686-linux.iso │ nar/074d9323apli87919s8rr8rfa0javdqvk24r4siclq1ysg67gp38.nar.xz │
│ 8s580im104kqdf873sc1bqanp5x7mvjn │ nixos-18.09pre-git-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/0nw2zmxw3bhn9ixx66n9vfhk81qvr88yh1a3dxyv1qi5xbqv8fgz.nar.xz │
│ 8s5wj1h8hcvhiqxghlgblxnsi8lccrs7 │ nixos-graphical-25.11pre819493.4206c4cb5675-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/0mnwc0lpxf4hllv97gc58rd7m0rkph03cg2b35zmarq1kcd1ihq5.nar.xz │
│ 8s616arfxnpgz8grd3rggm9ahgk5wvn7 │ nixos-minimal-19.09pre174421.b306b4cf1a9-x86_64-linux.iso │ nar/1qxcksrfa9nv10ln5kf2mcx2jndx4hyf34x594779f0lh4rlfw68.nar.xz │
├──────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 10 rows 3 columns │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
### `datasets/narinfos-nixos-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet`
This is a subset of the `narinfos-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet` dataset which is attempting to identify any narinfos related
to NixOS ISOs and other images which have been uploaded to the cache. These are candidates for removal from the cache as
they are stored elsewhere.
It was compiled using `./duckdb/nixos-images.sql`;
### `datasets/narinfos-nixos-images-dangling-refs-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet`
This is a list of store paths which reference one or more of the store paths contained in `datasets/narinfos-nixos-images-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet`,
which will be affected by their removal from https://cache.nixos.org.
It was compiled using `bin/dangling-references.py`.
### `datasets/buildstepoutputs-2025-12-05-17:38:30Z.csv.zst`
This is a dump of the `buildstepoutputs` table taken from [Hydra] on `2025-12-05T17:38:30Z`. It can be thought of as a
record of every output path that [Hydra] has ever built and looks like this:
```console
❯ head datasets/buildstepoutputs-2025-12-05-17:38:30Z.csv
build,stepnr,name,path
684,2,out,/nix/store/mnkbj3aziazk2ijadn23cpwarm6bfmh8-nixos-install
683,5,out,/nix/store/172yppi4bklbs1cyh91wqwpyyfbkvgds-system-path
684,3,out,/nix/store/dxi8ij2la8in64mclyjslgs04nylcsa2-upstart-manual
685,1,out,/nix/store/isaw8s240isvg06pimbr1wj12wxs9glv-hydra-build
684,4,out,/nix/store/qcpb0179capgcyij03xk6fqhlwbafjr0-upstart-jobs
686,1,out,/nix/store/07syvqz4w8n0z3alfm4kg5i46v3wbidx-checkinstall-1.6.1
686,2,out,/nix/store/1g5nks931nirya16hmw2l1lg0jwazmsw-e2fslibs_1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1_amd64.deb
686,3,out,/nix/store/0dgvq0q33sniq77kq9150shj0jqllzh0-file_4.17-5etch3_amd64.deb
686,4,out,/nix/store/7f03xxka0l0h623ydvqsjvqf6w1vvhzv-heimdal-1.0.2.tar.gz
```
### `datasets/inventory-not-in-buildstepoutputs-2025-12-05-17:38:30Z.parquet`
This file contains a list of all the `.narinfo` files within `datasets/inventory-2026-01-06T01-13Z.parquet`
(up to `2025-12-05-17:38:30Z`) which do not have a corresponding entry in
`datasets/buildstepoutputs-2025-12-05-17:38:30Z.csv.zst`.
It was compiled using `./duckdb/inventory-not-in-buildstepoutputs.sql`;
Subsequently, graphs were generated using `bin/graph-inventory-not-in-buildstepoutputs.py` and placed in `./graphs`:
[Nix]: https://nixos.org/
[Direnv]: https://direnv.net/
[S3 Bucket]: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
[S3 Inventory Service]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/storage-inventory.html
[Narwal]: https://github.com/numtide/narwal
[Hydra]: https://hydra.nixos.org/ |