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+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, cunit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "wslay";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tatsuhiro-t";
+    repo = "wslay";
+    rev = "release-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-xKQGZO5hNzMg+JYKeqOBsu73YO+ucBEOcNhG8iSNYvA=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeBool "WSLAY_TESTS" true)
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [ cunit ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://tatsuhiro-t.github.io/wslay/";
+    description = "The WebSocket library in C";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pingiun ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}