diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/aa/aasvg/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/aa/aasvg/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "aasvg";
+  version = "0.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "martinthomson";
+    repo = "aasvg";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Le6ZbJY7ZkqblZx4TkHWIiRKn1foi8jB+rldhu95NQ0=";
+  };
+
+  # the project has no dependencies
+  preInstall = "mkdir node_modules/";
+  forceEmptyCache = true;
+  dontNpmBuild = true;
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-FdVXR2Myit3GiA1/VXzHBRSihKAQlh+Zd1gzSMuYi6c=";
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Convert ASCII art diagrams into SVG";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/martinthomson/aasvg";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ chillcicada ];
+    mainProgram = "aasvg";
+  };
+})