diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tattoy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tattoy/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  pkg-config,
+  libxcb,
+  dbus,
+  bash,
+  procps,
+  nano,
+  watch,
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (attrs: {
+  pname = "tattoy";
+  version = "0.1.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tattoy-org";
+    repo = "tattoy";
+    tag = "tattoy-v${attrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-44rXygZVbwwC/jOB69iHydsjYr/WeVU4Eky3BPqJzyc=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-DJyml8J9XXKD2t1dQz+OrVDFcq6PLMoDlhiLo86D3CM=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    dbus
+    libxcb
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    bash
+    nano
+    procps
+    watch
+  ];
+
+  checkFlags = [
+    # e2e tests currently fail
+    # see https://github.com/tattoy-org/tattoy/pull/104/files for discussion
+    # re-enable after PR merged
+    "--skip e2e"
+    "--skip gpu"
+  ];
+
+  useNextest = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Text-based compositor for modern terminals";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tattoy-org/tattoy";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      DieracDelta
+    ];
+    mainProgram = "tattoy";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})