diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78cd84318a8..0bf4caa0dad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Generated by Cargo
 # will have compiled files and executables
 target/
+/result
 
 # repositories used for local testing
 /tests/fixtures/repos
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1fc2c76350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "android-nixpkgs": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "devshell": "devshell",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "flakebox",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1749500520,
+        "owner": "tadfisher",
+        "repo": "android-nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "7dc07be20c7a516cc7490969c4072ff692fb1b27",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "tadfisher",
+        "repo": "android-nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "7dc07be20c7a516cc7490969c4072ff692fb1b27",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "crane": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1745454774,
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "rev": "efd36682371678e2b6da3f108fdb5c613b3ec598",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "rev": "efd36682371678e2b6da3f108fdb5c613b3ec598",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "devshell": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "flakebox",
+          "android-nixpkgs",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1741473158,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kWNaq6wQUbUMlPgw8Y+9/9wP0F8SHkjy24/mN3UAppg=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "devshell",
+        "rev": "7c9e793ebe66bcba8292989a68c0419b737a22a0",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "devshell",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "fenix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "rust-analyzer-src": "rust-analyzer-src"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1759991958,
+        "narHash": "sha256-OtGPB1TeRCY6+tWArGi5B+ojcVwR5BZUsHSpS69H9U8=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "fenix",
+        "rev": "d771abc0cf455e53278c07bc91377dc2804df8fc",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "fenix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils_3": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": [
+          "flakebox",
+          "systems"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flakebox": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "android-nixpkgs": "android-nixpkgs",
+        "crane": "crane",
+        "fenix": [
+          "fenix"
+        ],
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_3",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "systems": "systems_3"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1758323844,
+        "narHash": "sha256-vkmkLWHpE2/f2jOH1Zacz36EUE64WM6KbIrHvFfdzCg=",
+        "owner": "rustshop",
+        "repo": "flakebox",
+        "rev": "261180f894d74ab95f7afbf14c7418fedb0d3cbf",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "rustshop",
+        "repo": "flakebox",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1759735786,
+        "narHash": "sha256-a0+h02lyP2KwSNrZz4wLJTu9ikujNsTWIC874Bv7IJ0=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "20c4598c84a671783f741e02bf05cbfaf4907cff",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-25.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "fenix": "fenix",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "flakebox": "flakebox",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-analyzer-src": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1759966831,
+        "narHash": "sha256-4B8MMaVQo3QdPPEeIZ6lkrqkfY6cIeuOw56C2InuRDk=",
+        "owner": "rust-lang",
+        "repo": "rust-analyzer",
+        "rev": "1941dfe8e2815f233a88313d2a4a1f8a41e0e97f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "rust-lang",
+        "ref": "nightly",
+        "repo": "rust-analyzer",
+        "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"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems_3": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "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 00000000000..36f86e2c04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+{
+  description = "`gitoxide` compiled in a nix shell, using `crane` and `flakebox`.";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-25.05";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+
+    fenix = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/fenix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    flakebox = {
+      url = "github:rustshop/flakebox";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.fenix.follows = "fenix";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flakebox, flake-utils, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (arch: let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { system = arch; };
+      flakeboxLib = flakebox.lib.mkLib pkgs { };
+
+      rustSrc = flakeboxLib.filterSubPaths {
+        root = builtins.path { name = "gitoxide"; path = ./.; };
+        paths = [ "Cargo.toml" "Cargo.lock" ".cargo"
+
+          "etc"
+          "examples"
+          "gitoxide-core"
+          "gix"
+          "gix-actor"
+          "gix-archive"
+          "gix-attributes"
+          "gix-bitmap"
+          "gix-blame"
+          "gix-chunk"
+          "gix-command"
+          "gix-commitgraph"
+          "gix-config"
+          "gix-config-value"
+          "gix-credentials"
+          "gix-date"
+          "gix-diff"
+          "gix-dir"
+          "gix-discover"
+          "gix-features"
+          "gix-fetchhead"
+          "gix-filter"
+          "gix-fs"
+          "gix-fsck"
+          "gix-glob"
+          "gix-hash"
+          "gix-hashtable"
+          "gix-ignore"
+          "gix-index"
+          "gix-lfs"
+          "gix-lock"
+          "gix-macros"
+          "gix-mailmap"
+          "gix-merge"
+          "gix-negotiate"
+          "gix-note"
+          "gix-object"
+          "gix-odb"
+          "gix-pack"
+          "gix-packetline"
+          "gix-packetline-blocking"
+          "gix-path"
+          "gix-pathspec"
+          "gix-prompt"
+          "gix-protocol"
+          "gix-quote"
+          "gix-rebase"
+          "gix-ref"
+          "gix-refspec"
+          "gix-revision"
+          "gix-revwalk"
+          "gix-sec"
+          "gix-sequencer"
+          "gix-shallow"
+          "gix-status"
+          "gix-submodule"
+          "gix-tempfile"
+          "gix-tix"
+          "gix-trace"
+          "gix-transport"
+          "gix-traverse"
+          "gix-tui"
+          "gix-url"
+          "gix-utils"
+          "gix-validate"
+          "gix-worktree"
+          "gix-worktree-state"
+          "gix-worktree-stream"
+          "src"
+          "tests"
+
+        ];
+      };
+
+      legacyPackages = (flakeboxLib.craneMultiBuild { }) (craneLib': let
+          craneLib = with pkgs; (craneLib'.overrideArgs {
+            pname = "gitoxide";
+            src = rustSrc;
+            buildInputs = [ openssl.dev ];
+            nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+          });
+        in rec {
+          workspaceDeps = craneLib.buildWorkspaceDepsOnly { };
+          workspaceBuild = craneLib.buildWorkspace { cargoArtifacts = workspaceDeps; };
+          gitoxide = craneLib.buildPackage { };
+        });
+    in {
+      inherit legacyPackages;
+      packages.default = legacyPackages.gitoxide;
+      devShells = flakeboxLib.mkShells {
+        packages = [ ];
+      };
+  });
+}