diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/play/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/play/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "play";
+  version = "0.3.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "paololazzari";
+    repo = "play";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-31naTjYwCytytKXg9tQo2qx0hVoBwBwL7nVeoAV+/go=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-9eP0rhsgpTttYrBG/BNk/ICtaM+zKNBz2H2cHuTSt30=";
+
+  modRoot = ".";
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "version" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "TUI playground for programs like grep, sed and awk";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/paololazzari/play";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/paololazzari/play/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ liberodark ];
+    mainProgram = "play";
+  };
+}