diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..419bb1b435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+
+use flake .
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a26cbf25f..d6d939655d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 /target
 *.snap.new
 /gitu.log
+.direnv
+result
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22584cf8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "crane": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710003968,
+        "narHash": "sha256-g8+K+mLiNG5uch35Oy9oDQBAmGSkCcqrd0Jjme7xiG0=",
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "rev": "10484f86201bb94bd61ecc5335b1496794fedb78",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710159071,
+        "narHash": "sha256-CT0WKgcmlcWZPZL/sSSICN/Vbm4Of0ZDgxc0GFf6sYU=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0fbcc4b2e8571f4af39be41752581ea09dd9ab06",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "crane": "crane",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": [
+          "flake-utils"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710123130,
+        "narHash": "sha256-EoGL/WSM1M2L099Q91mPKO/FRV2iu2ZLOEp3y5sLfiE=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "73aca260afe5d41d3ebce932c8d896399c9d5174",
+        "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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72ed9749a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    crane.url = "github:ipetkov/crane";
+    crane.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs = {
+        nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+        flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+      };
+    };
+
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, crane, rust-overlay, flake-utils, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        craneLib = crane.lib.${system};
+
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ];
+        };
+
+        gitu = craneLib.buildPackage {
+          src = craneLib.cleanCargoSource (craneLib.path ./.);
+          doCheck = false;
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [ openssl ];
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkg-config ];
+        };
+      in {
+        checks = { inherit gitu; };
+
+        packages.default = gitu;
+        apps.default = flake-utils.lib.mkApp { drv = gitu; };
+
+        devShells.default = craneLib.devShell {
+          checks = self.checks.${system};
+          inputsFrom = [ gitu ];
+          packages = with pkgs; [ cargo-insta clippy rust-analyzer rustfmt ];
+        };
+      });
+}