diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1766651565,
+        "narHash": "sha256-QEhk0eXgyIqTpJ/ehZKg9IKS7EtlWxF3N7DXy42zPfU=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "3e2499d5539c16d0d173ba53552a4ff8547f4539",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "Development environment for Sharkey";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            nodejs
+            pnpm_9
+
+            pkg-config
+            python3
+            makeWrapper
+
+            cairo
+            pango
+            pixman
+            vips
+            ffmpeg-headless
+            jemalloc
+
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = ''            
+            export NODE_ENV=development
+            export npm_config_nodedir=${pkgs.nodejs}
+          '';
+
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [
+            pkgs.ffmpeg-headless
+            pkgs.jemalloc
+            pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc
+            pkgs.cairo
+            pkgs.pango
+            pkgs.pixman
+            pkgs.vips
+          ];
+
+          PKG_CONFIG_PATH = "${pkgs.cairo}/lib/pkgconfig:${pkgs.pango}/lib/pkgconfig:${pkgs.pixman}/lib/pkgconfig:${pkgs.vips}/lib/pkgconfig";
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}