diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
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+{
+  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { },
+  rustPlatform ? pkgs.rustPlatform,
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "pile";
+  version = "0.0.1";
+  src = ./.;
+
+  cargoLock.lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgs.pdfium-binaries
+    pkgs.openssl
+  ]
+  ++ pkgs.lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [
+    pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
+    pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.SystemConfiguration
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgs.pkg-config
+    pkgs.makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/pile \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.pdfium-binaries ]}
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "pile - flexible file indexing";
+    mainProgram = "pile";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "pile - personal data indexer";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, rust-overlay, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ];
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system overlays; };
+
+        rustToolchain = pkgs.rust-bin.stable."1.94.0".default;
+
+        rustPlatform = pkgs.makeRustPlatform {
+          cargo = rustToolchain;
+          rustc = rustToolchain;
+        };
+
+      in {
+        packages.default = import ./default.nix { inherit pkgs rustPlatform; };
+
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = [
+            rustToolchain
+            pkgs.pdfium-binaries
+            pkgs.openssl
+            pkgs.pkg-config
+          ];
+
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.pdfium-binaries ];
+        };
+      });
+}