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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  stdenv,
+  luaPackages,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "deps.fnl";
+  version = "0.2.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "andreyorst";
+    repo = "deps.fnl";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-gUqi0g7myWTbjILN4RQqbeeaSYcg0oVJYNO0Gv9XzNY=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    # deps requires argv0 to be fennel as an executable lua script
+    # skipping the luarocks wrapper is fine here
+    fennelLua=$(echo ${luaPackages.fennel}/fennel*/fennel/*/bin/fennel)
+    substitute deps $out/bin/deps \
+      --replace-fail '#!/usr/bin/env fennel' "#!$fennelLua"
+    chmod +x $out/bin/deps
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Dependency and PATH manager for Fennel";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/andreyorst/deps.fnl";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "deps";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ emily-lavender ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}