diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 253ea4d..7cb8952 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681202837,
+        "narHash": "sha256-H+Rh19JDwRtpVPAWp64F+rlEtxUWBAQW28eAi3SRSzg=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "cfacdce06f30d2b68473a46042957675eebb3401",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "home-manager": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -126,9 +144,31 @@
         "hyprland-hy3": "hyprland-hy3",
         "hyprpaper": "hyprpaper",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay",
         "stable": "stable"
       }
     },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1687400833,
+        "narHash": "sha256-rVENiSupjAE8o1+ZXNRIqewUzM2brm+aeme8MUrwl0U=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "fc0a266e836c079a9131108f4334e5af219dbb93",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "stable": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1687093939,
@@ -144,6 +184,21 @@
         "type": "indirect"
       }
     },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "wlroots": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7a2b3d3..961bf42 100755
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
       url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprpaper";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+
+    # devenv
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
   outputs = inputs @ { self, nixpkgs, ... }: {
@@ -33,6 +39,7 @@
         modules = [
           (import ./modules/impurity.nix self)
           ./modules/preserve-system.nix
+          ./modules/devenv
           ./modules/overlay-pkgs
           ./modules/core
           ./modules/system.nix
diff --git a/modules/devenv/default.nix b/modules/devenv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2668d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/devenv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+outerInputs @ { inputs, system, pkgs, ... }: {
+  nix.registry.devenv.flake.outPath = pkgs.runCommand "devenvs" {} ''
+    mkdir $out
+    cp -r ${./.}/* $out
+    cp ${inputs.self}/flake.lock $out/flake.lock
+  '';
+
+  system.extraDependencies = [
+    (import ./rust.nix outerInputs)
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/devenv/flake.nix b/modules/devenv/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..130e909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/devenv/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  # locked by the copied lockfile. inputs must match the main flake
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    stable.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-23.05";
+
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
+    hyprland = {
+      url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
+    hyprland-hy3 = {
+      url = "github:outfoxxed/hy3";
+      inputs.hyprland.follows = "hyprland";
+    };
+
+    hyprpaper = {
+      url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprpaper";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
+    # devenv
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = finputs @ { nixpkgs, ... }: let
+    systems = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+  in builtins.foldl' (a: b: a // b) {} (builtins.map (system: let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      inputs = finputs // { inherit system pkgs inputs; };
+    in {
+      devShells.${system} = {
+        rust = import ./rust.nix inputs;
+      };
+    }) systems);
+}
diff --git a/modules/devenv/rust.nix b/modules/devenv/rust.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e63a56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/devenv/rust.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+outerInputs @ { inputs, ... }: let
+  pkgs = outerInputs.pkgs.appendOverlays [ (import inputs.rust-overlay) ];
+in pkgs.mkShell {
+  name = "rust-devenv";
+  packages = with pkgs; [
+    (rust-bin.selectLatestNightlyWith (toolchain: toolchain.default.override {
+      extensions = [
+        "rustc"
+        "rust-src"
+        "rust-docs"
+        "rust-std"
+        "cargo"
+        "clippy"
+        "rust-analyzer"
+        "miri"
+      ];
+    }))
+
+    cargo-expand
+
+    # common deps
+    clang
+    pkg-config
+    openssl.dev
+  ];
+
+  shellHook = "exec $SHELL";
+}