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 8821d8ce1..fc64bc09a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,3 +78,5 @@ docs/venv
 # docker stuff
 docker-db
 *.iml
+
+.direnv/
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f151cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1689068808,
+        "narHash": "sha256-6ixXo3wt24N/melDWjq70UuHQLxGV8jZvooRanIHXw0=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "919d646de7be200f3bf08cb76ae1f09402b6f9b4",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1690093378,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Wq0wu7Hcgn0BmFytKe8Rr/I0aE3EMHogfcNlfzAOnYY=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "aaa81c17a890939c921fc0a4b7f5349092d068c1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "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
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56ad90a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  description = "Akkoma dev flake";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = {
+    self,
+    nixpkgs,
+    flake-utils,
+  }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs {inherit system;};
+    in {
+      formatter = pkgs.alejandra;
+      devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          file
+        ];
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          elixir
+          cmake
+          libxcrypt
+        ];
+      };
+    });
+}