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": 1748693115,
+        "narHash": "sha256-StSrWhklmDuXT93yc3GrTlb0cKSS0agTAxMGjLKAsY8=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "910796cabe436259a29a72e8d3f5e180fc6dfacc",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1744536153,
+        "narHash": "sha256-awS2zRgF4uTwrOKwwiJcByDzDOdo3Q1rPZbiHQg/N38=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "18dd725c29603f582cf1900e0d25f9f1063dbf11",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1748918260,
+        "narHash": "sha256-KhXNXQ5IDLvwwYfJ0pXDjwIuisZ2qM6F7fcXjIGZy/4=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "c9736155bc1eb7c7cf3a925920850e61c07ab22a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "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 = "Nix flake for rv, a reproducible package manager for R, written in rust";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, rust-overlay }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ];
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system overlays;
+        };
+
+        rustToolchain = pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default;
+
+        rvPackage = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+          pname = "rv";
+          version = with builtins; (fromTOML (readFile ./Cargo.toml)).package.version;
+
+          src = ./.;
+
+          cargoLock = {
+            lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+          };
+
+          buildFeatures = [ "cli" ];
+
+          nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
+          buildInputs = [ pkgs.zlib ];
+
+          meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+            description = "A reproducible, fast and declarative package manager for R";
+            homepage = "https://github.com/A2-ai/rv";
+            license = licenses.mit;
+            maintainers = [ ];
+            mainProgram = "rv";
+          };
+        };
+      in {
+        packages.default = rvPackage;
+
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = [
+            rustToolchain
+            # add any tool useful for a dev shell
+          ];
+        };
+      });
+}