diff --git a/.cspell.json b/.cspell.json
index 30b77e051..befdb1429 100644
--- a/.cspell.json
+++ b/.cspell.json
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
     "*.excalidraw",
     "*.svg",
     "Makefile",
+    "flake.nix",
+    "flake.lock",
     // TODO: remove the following
     "CHANGELOG.md",
     ".woodpecker/",
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1be1eab39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1715614915,
+        "narHash": "sha256-O6sqpppOtlfgx6PK5bnkAvBudK1rpjP7ig0dj7HvIl0=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "d2ed14aa4f912254c578fc19b842f2910c9146be",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "master",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "systems": "systems_2"
+      }
+    },
+    "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"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..233229bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  # Override nixpkgs to use the latest set of node packages
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master";
+  inputs.systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
+
+  outputs =
+    {
+      self,
+      nixpkgs,
+      flake-utils,
+      systems,
+    }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachSystem (import systems) (
+      system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            # generic
+            gnumake
+            gnutar
+
+            # frontend
+            nodejs
+            nodePackages.pnpm
+            nodePackages.typescript
+            nodePackages.typescript-language-server
+
+            # backend
+            go
+            gofumpt
+            golangci-lint
+            go-mockery
+            protobuf
+          ];
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}