diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/windowtolayer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wi/windowtolayer/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  python3,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+  rustfmt,
+}:
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "windowtolayer";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-01-26";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+    owner = "mstoeckl";
+    repo = "windowtolayer";
+    rev = "5ddb3a2834c834af4ec412bb2ba2c77431953d51";
+    hash = "sha256-PzKx8lkWDJGVj1Azc/vfbSPYV7x5+ZnCGMAAK4o207Y=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-XuSlbBLWUkPsA0DYC4qemvAGyynkkuznA5FGBKRmNso=";
+  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    python3
+    rustfmt
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mstoeckl/windowtolayer.git";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Display existing Wayland applications as a wallpaper instead";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mstoeckl/windowtolayer";
+    mainProgram = "windowtolayer";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ anomalocaris ];
+  };
+}