diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1725001927,
+        "narHash": "sha256-eV+63gK0Mp7ygCR0Oy4yIYSNcum2VQwnZamHxYTNi+M=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "6e99f2a27d600612004fbd2c3282d614bfee6421",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-24.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "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
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+{
+  description = "fvm nix flake";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-24.05";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }: flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: 
+    let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      dart = pkgs.dart;
+    in
+    rec {
+      packages = {
+        default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          pname = "fvm";
+          version = "3.2.1";
+          src = ./.;
+
+          buildInputs = [ dart ];
+
+          buildPhase = ''
+            export PUB_CACHE=$TMPDIR/.pub-cache
+            dart pub get
+	    # avoding codesign issue when building on macOS:
+            export PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin"
+            dart compile exe bin/main.dart -o fvm 
+          '';
+
+          installPhase = ''
+            mkdir -p $out/bin
+            cp fvm $out/bin/
+          '';
+
+          meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+            description = "fvm nix flake";
+            license = licenses.mit;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    }
+  );
+}