diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48f6893..a1e3462 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ A native and a cross platform guide for BQN array programming language.
 > cargo run --release
 ```
 
+Alternatively, a nix flake is provided:
+
+``` console
+$ git clone https://github.com/x86y/beacon
+$ cd beacon
+$ nix run   # Alternatively: nix develop -c cargo run --release
+```
+
 ## Windows instructions
 ```sh
 > git clone https://github.com/x86y/beacon
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25a19de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "crane": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1701220101,
+        "narHash": "sha256-EBuCZ/Vjp3ovx8ZvfALfuUk4/76Ey/6cJmzmeXBRmDk=",
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "rev": "514cd663e5af505a244e55ad013733638574aff9",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694529238,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1701068326,
+        "narHash": "sha256-vmMceA+q6hG1yrjb+MP8T0YFDQIrW3bl45e7z24IEts=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "8cfef6986adfb599ba379ae53c9f5631ecd2fd9c",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "crane": "crane",
+        "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 0000000..52f554b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    crane = {
+      url = "github:ipetkov/crane";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, crane, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+
+        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          cbqn
+          xorg.libX11 xorg.libXcursor xorg.libXi xorg.libXrandr
+        ];
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs;
+
+        beacon = crane.lib.${system}.buildPackage {
+          inherit buildInputs;
+          src = pkgs.lib.cleanSourceWith {
+            src    = ./.;
+            filter = path: type:
+              (pkgs.lib.hasInfix "/src/" path)
+              || (crane.lib.${system}.filterCargoSources path type);
+          };
+        };
+      in
+        with pkgs; {
+
+          # nix build, nix run, …
+          packages = {
+            inherit beacon;
+            default = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+              name = "beacon";
+              paths = [ beacon ];
+              buildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+              postBuild = ''
+                wrapProgram $out/bin/beacon \
+                  --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+              '';
+              cargoExtraArgs = "--release";
+            };
+          };
+
+          # nix develop
+          devShells.default = mkShell {
+            inherit LD_LIBRARY_PATH;
+            buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ cargo rustc rust-analyzer ];
+          };
+        }
+    );
+}