diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a4726a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use_nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe043c5..b7d569d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ dist
 # Specifically allow the provided code workspace with the multi-root workaround
 !.vscode/SatisfactoryModManager.code-workspace
 
+# Devtools downloaded by direnv
+.direnv
+
 # Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/goland+all,go,visualstudiocode
 # Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=goland+all,go,visualstudiocode
 
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281eb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+let
+  # This is the commit smm was added to nixpkgs, somewhen after this, something broke packaging.
+  # TODO: fix the build failure on more recent versions and then update the hash to the latest tag
+  nixpkgs = fetchTarball "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tarball/cff40eaf67b2a24b92296894608bcff305c675fc";
+  pkgs = import nixpkgs { config = {}; overlays = []; };
+
+in
+	pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
+		nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs.buildPackages; [
+			wails
+			pnpm
+			vite
+		];
+		buildInputs = with pkgs.buildPackages; [
+			glib-networking
+		];
+	}