diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2afe1c0b..3563733f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ With the virtual environment loaded, run the python file at "tagstudio/tagstudio
 
 Run the "TagStudio.sh" script, and the program should launch! (Make sure that the script is marked as executable). Note that launching from the script from outside of a terminal will not launch a terminal window with any debug or crash information. If you wish to see this information, just launch the shell script directly from your terminal with `sh TagStudio.sh`.
 
+##### NixOS
+
+Use the provided `flake.nix` file to create and enter a working environment by running `nix develop`. Then, run the above `TagStudio.sh` script.
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### Creating/Opening a Library
diff --git a/TagStudio.sh b/TagStudio.sh
index 82036413..cff969c3 100755
--- a/TagStudio.sh
+++ b/TagStudio.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
 python3 -m venv .venv
 source .venv/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt
-python tagstudio/tagstudio.py
\ No newline at end of file
+python tagstudio/tagstudio.py
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5dafd370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1712473363,
+        "narHash": "sha256-TIScFAVdI2yuybMxxNjC4YZ/j++c64wwuKbpnZnGiyU=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "e89cf1c932006531f454de7d652163a9a5c86668",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f827ba07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, }:
+  let
+    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
+  in {
+    devShells.x86_64-linux.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+      LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [
+        pkgs.gcc-unwrapped
+        pkgs.zlib
+        pkgs.libglvnd
+        pkgs.glib
+        pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc
+        pkgs.fontconfig
+        pkgs.libxkbcommon
+        pkgs.xorg.libxcb
+        pkgs.freetype
+        pkgs.dbus
+        pkgs.qt6.qtwayland
+        pkgs.qt6.full
+        pkgs.qt6.qtbase
+        pkgs.zstd
+      ];
+      buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+        cmake
+        gdb
+        zstd
+        qt6.qtbase
+        qt6.full
+        qt6.qtwayland
+        qtcreator
+        python312Packages.pip
+        python312Full
+        python312Packages.virtualenv # run virtualenv .
+        python312Packages.pyusb # fixes the pyusb 'No backend available' when installed directly via pip
+
+        libgcc
+        makeWrapper
+        bashInteractive
+        glib
+        libxkbcommon
+        freetype
+        binutils
+        dbus
+        coreutils
+        libGL
+        libGLU
+        fontconfig
+        xorg.libxcb
+
+
+        # this is for the shellhook portion
+        qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
+        makeWrapper
+        bashInteractive
+      ];
+      # set the environment variables that Qt apps expect
+      shellHook = ''
+        export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
+        export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/lib64:$LIBRARY_PATH
+        # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib/:/run/opengl-driver/lib/
+        export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=${pkgs.qt6.qtbase}/${pkgs.qt6.qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}
+        bashdir=$(mktemp -d)
+        makeWrapper "$(type -p bash)" "$bashdir/bash" "''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}"
+        exec "$bashdir/bash"
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}