diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3550a30f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7233b3547..11b57871e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -118,3 +118,6 @@ src/locale/locales/**/*.js
 
 # ogcard assets
 bskyogcard/src/assets/fonts/noto-*
+
+# direnv
+.direnv
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4ef020fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# this doesn't work lol. sad!
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchYarnDeps,
+  yarnConfigHook,
+  yarnBuildHook,
+  yarnInstallHook,
+  nodejs,
+}:
+let
+  package_json = lib.importJSON ./package.json;
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = package_json.name;
+  version = package_json.version;
+
+  src = ./.;
+
+  yarnOfflineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
+    yarnLock = finalAttrs.src + "/yarn.lock";
+    hash = "sha256-nuUPWMN6FKFoHOpI/nbM9Uw3Ng6BKcjXaQ38LBAzN1A=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    yarnConfigHook
+    yarnBuildHook
+    yarnInstallHook
+    nodejs
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    # ...
+  };
+})
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b81f50568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1743583204,
+        "narHash": "sha256-F7n4+KOIfWrwoQjXrL2wD9RhFYLs2/GGe/MQY1sSdlE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "2c8d3f48d33929642c1c12cd243df4cc7d2ce434",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "systems": "systems"
+      }
+    },
+    "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
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7adf892f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
+  };
+
+  outputs =
+    { nixpkgs, systems, ... }:
+    let
+      forAllSystems =
+        function: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs (import systems) (system: function nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+    in
+    {
+      packages = forAllSystems (pkgs: {
+        default = pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix { };
+      });
+      devShells = forAllSystems (pkgs: {
+        default =
+          with pkgs;
+          mkShell {
+            packages = [
+              just
+              fastmod
+              nodejs
+              yarn
+              crowdin-cli
+
+              typescript
+              typescript-language-server
+            ];
+          };
+      });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pages_build.sh b/pages_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..712155ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+yarn intl:build
+yarn build-web