diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/sprite/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sp/sprite/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36b1370f6526
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sp/sprite/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  autoPatchelfHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "sprite";
+  version = "0.0.1-rc41";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://sprites-binaries.t3.storage.dev/client/v${finalAttrs.version}/sprite-${
+      if stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then "linux" else "darwin"
+    }-${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then "amd64" else "arm64"}.tar.gz";
+    hash =
+      {
+        aarch64-darwin = "sha256-WVEa0NjpoeHZtn8p8k5AJLifIZWgPchpyrj5ikRupoI=";
+        x86_64-darwin = "sha256-zwCgZSFeFFk49blOjzH5PEv5fuFUlnP/Bre0uJpz78c=";
+        aarch64-linux = "sha256-PjL4usgcx3ybLB7ZLPfKHaqygWVfiuCNrERbYrDRZYk=";
+        x86_64-linux = "sha256-PAnnP5M9lLwC3Qhydz3Bo0uLtX6uE5cJF4lDOGfsiDk=";
+      }
+      .${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = ".";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux autoPatchelfHook;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -m 755 sprite $out/bin/
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  versionCheckKeepEnvironment = "HOME";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Command Line Interactive for sprites, stateful sandbox environments with checkpoint & restore";
+    homepage = "https://sprites.dev";
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
+    mainProgram = "sprite";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ drawbu ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/sprite/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/sp/sprite/update.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sp/sprite/update.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl gnused nix-prefetch
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+dirname="$(dirname "$0")"
+
+updateHash()
+{
+    version=$1
+    archHash=$2
+    filetype=$3
+
+    url="https://sprites-binaries.t3.storage.dev/client/v$version/sprite-$filetype.tar.gz"
+    hash=$(nix-prefetch-url --type sha256 "$url")
+    sriHash="$(nix hash convert sha256:"$hash")"
+
+    sed -i "s|$archHash = \"[a-zA-Z0-9\/+-=]*\";|$archHash = \"$sriHash\";|g" "$dirname/package.nix"
+}
+
+updateVersion()
+{
+    sed -i "s/version = \".*\";/version = \"$1\";/g" "$dirname/package.nix"
+}
+
+currentVersion=$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; sprite.version" | tr -d '"')
+
+# right now, the release channel returns an error, because no "stable" version
+# has been released; we have to rely on the release candidate for now.
+# TODO: drop /rc.txt when a release hits stable
+latestTag=$(curl -f https://sprites-binaries.t3.storage.dev/client/release.txt \
+         || curl -f https://sprites-binaries.t3.storage.dev/client/rc.txt)
+latestVersion="$(expr "$latestTag" : 'v\(.*\)')"
+
+if [[ "$currentVersion" == "$latestVersion" ]]; then
+    echo "sprite is up-to-date: ${currentVersion}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+updateVersion "$latestVersion"
+
+updateHash "$latestVersion" x86_64-linux   linux-amd64
+updateHash "$latestVersion" aarch64-linux  linux-arm64
+updateHash "$latestVersion" x86_64-darwin  darwin-amd64
+updateHash "$latestVersion" aarch64-darwin darwin-arm64