docker-nixpkgs/images/nix-unstable-static/README.md

nix-unstable-static

This is a special variant of the nix image that contains no /nix/store. Instead, nix and all the supporting binaries are statically built and copied into /bin.

The main use-case is to be able to run nix in the container, but share the /nix/store with the host.

Using the container with the host store

This folder ships with a complementary script that you can use to run the image as the current user and the host /nix/store.

Usage: docker-nix-user.sh [<command> ...<args>]