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+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, pkgconfig
+, gcc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nim";
+  version = "2.2.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/archive/refs/tags/v2.2.6.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0q27fxky7xh0r5kyldl02dm5rs5pkz96g2sgfgwpxy4v86b6qlpp"; # computed via nix-prefetch-url
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gcc pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cd $src
+    sh build.sh
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp bin/nim $out/bin/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Official Nim compiler 2.2.6";
+    homepage = "https://nim-lang.org";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}