diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 6df18b6..b482b2b 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -25,10 +25,28 @@ let
     buildPhase = ''
       make html
     '';
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cp -R build/html/* $out/
-    '';
+    installPhase =
+      let
+        # Various versions of the Nix manuals, grep for (nix-manual)=
+        # FIXME: This requires human interaction to update!
+        # See ./CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
+        releases = [
+          "2.19"
+          "2.18"
+          "2.13"
+        ];
+        inputName = version: pkgs.lib.strings.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] version;
+        src = version: (import inputs."nix_${inputName version}").default.doc;
+        copy = version: ''
+          cp -R ${src version}/share/doc/nix/manual/* $out/manual/nix/${version}
+        '';
+      in
+      with pkgs.lib.strings;
+      ''
+        mkdir -p $out/manual/nix/{${concatStringsSep "," releases}}
+        ${concatStringsSep "\n" (map copy releases)}
+        cp -R build/html/* $out/
+      '';
   };
 
   devmode =
@@ -68,6 +86,7 @@ in
     inputsFrom = [ nix-dev ];
     packages = [
       devmode
+      pkgs.niv
       pkgs.python310.pkgs.black
       pkgs.vale
     ];
diff --git a/nix/sources.json b/nix/sources.json
index 3befd57..fbb593f 100644
--- a/nix/sources.json
+++ b/nix/sources.json
@@ -1,4 +1,40 @@
 {
+    "nix_2-13": {
+        "branch": "2.13-maintenance",
+        "description": "Nix, the purely functional package manager",
+        "homepage": "https://nixos.org/",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nix",
+        "rev": "56eb17906822f14bb348017315cb1ca643da900a",
+        "sha256": "1k0x63l9crkrhdgdclcx8mp6r9mcp4brs67l6hsii1ag8gy2gmj4",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nixos/nix/archive/56eb17906822f14bb348017315cb1ca643da900a.tar.gz",
+        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
+    },
+    "nix_2-18": {
+        "branch": "2.18-maintenance",
+        "description": "Nix, the purely functional package manager",
+        "homepage": "https://nixos.org/",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nix",
+        "rev": "f5f4de6a550327b4b1a06123c2e450f1b92c73b6",
+        "sha256": "1g23sxsh9aj7sard5d3ijqfjqbh4fvlvyr73sj3dcdzcqiys5naq",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nixos/nix/archive/f5f4de6a550327b4b1a06123c2e450f1b92c73b6.tar.gz",
+        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
+    },
+    "nix_2-19": {
+        "branch": "2.19-maintenance",
+        "description": "Nix, the purely functional package manager",
+        "homepage": "https://nixos.org/",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nix",
+        "rev": "33bacbe220b49ceaaeb817354592a0102fbae087",
+        "sha256": "17fjz3mxqcszxfzpj48f8rqzdqavnnpibpi0ssw7vxmyybrqsqly",
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nixos/nix/archive/33bacbe220b49ceaaeb817354592a0102fbae087.tar.gz",
+        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
         "branch": "nixos-23.05",
         "description": "Nix Packages collection & NixOS",
diff --git a/source/conf.py b/source/conf.py
index a53ae29..82117e9 100644
--- a/source/conf.py
+++ b/source/conf.py
@@ -423,6 +423,11 @@ linkcheck_ignore = [
     # Linkcheck fails on anchors in GH browser/file viewer, see https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11484
     r"https://github\.com/.+/.+/blob/.*#.*$",
     r"https://github\.com/.+/.+/tree/.*#.*$",
+    # XXX: we use the web URL to the manuals we host within the build output,
+    # because Sphinx does not have facilities to deploy arbitrary files.
+    # since linkchecking those URLs will fail before actually deploying them,
+    # we ignore them here.
+    r"https://nix.dev/manual/.*$",
 ]
 
 # Anchors are not present in HTML
diff --git a/source/reference/glossary.md b/source/reference/glossary.md
index d04aab4..43e75bf 100644
--- a/source/reference/glossary.md
+++ b/source/reference/glossary.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Nix
     Read /nɪks/ ("Niks").
 
     :::{seealso}
-    - [Nix Reference Manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nix)
+    - [Nix Reference Manual](./nix-manual.md)
     - [Nix source code](https://github.com/NixOS/nix)
     :::
 
diff --git a/source/reference/index.md b/source/reference/index.md
index 00dffe4..f42e487 100644
--- a/source/reference/index.md
+++ b/source/reference/index.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ These sections contains collections of detailed technical descriptions.
 :glob:
 :maxdepth: 2
 
-Nix Reference Manual <https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/>
+./nix-manual.md
 Nixpkgs Manual <https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/>
 NixOS Manual <https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/>
 Recommended support tools <https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix>
diff --git a/source/reference/nix-manual.md b/source/reference/nix-manual.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c05d91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/reference/nix-manual.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+(nix-manual)=
+# Nix reference manual
+
+```{toctree}
+:hidden:
+
+Nix pre-release (development) <https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/build.x86_64-linux/latest/download>
+Nix 2.19 (latest) <https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.19/>
+Nix 2.18 (rolling) <https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.18/>
+Nix 2.13 (stable) <https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.17/>
+```
+
+- [Nix pre-release](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/build.x86_64-linux/latest/download)
+
+  Reference documentation for the latest build from the `master` branch of the [Nix repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nix)
+
+- [Nix 2.19](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.19/)
+
+  Reference documentation for the latest Nix release
+
+- [Nix 2.18](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.18/)
+
+  Reference documentation for the Nix version shipped with the {term}`Nixpkgs` and {term}`NixOS` rolling release
+
+- [Nix 2.13 ](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.13/)
+
+  Reference documentation for the Nix version shipped with the current {term}`Nixpkgs` and {term}`NixOS` stable release