diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ju/jupyterlite/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ju/jupyterlite/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90b7d2982089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ju/jupyterlite/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{ python3Packages }:
+
+python3Packages.toPythonApplication python3Packages.jupyterlite-core
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlite-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlite-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..496717592b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlite-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  hatchling,
+
+  # dependencies
+  doit,
+  jupyter-core,
+  pycparser,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "jupyterlite-core";
+  version = "0.7.6";
+  pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jupyterlite";
+    repo = "jupyterlite";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-TSy0GUI/7NLsLOayBwZ/raTtOtFgs/t4v1ByytVG960=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/py/jupyterlite-core";
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    doit
+    jupyter-core
+    pycparser
+  ];
+
+  # upstream has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "jupyterlite_core"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Wasm powered Jupyter running in the browser";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    mainProgram = "jupyter-lite";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eljamm ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b46df1489f11..6fdcfe266d52 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8311,6 +8311,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   jupyterlab-widgets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab-widgets { };
 
+  jupyterlite-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlite-core { };
+
   jupytext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupytext { };
 
   justbackoff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/justbackoff { };