diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c622cfe6656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "tbox";
+  version = "1.7.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tboox";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6SqMvwxKSiJO7Z33xx7cJoECu5AJ1gWF8ZsiERWx8DU=";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--hash=y"
+    "--charset=y"
+    "--float=y"
+    "--demo=n"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
+    substituteAll ${./libtbox.pc.in} $out/lib/pkgconfig/libtbox.pc
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A glib-like multi-platform c library";
+    homepage = "https://docs.tboox.org";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/libtbox.pc.in b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/libtbox.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19907b72c07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/libtbox.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@out@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=@out@/lib
+includedir=@out@/include
+
+Name: tbox
+Description: A glib-like multi-platform c library
+Version: @version@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -ltbox
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xmake-core-sv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xmake-core-sv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83442a8d48a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xmake-core-sv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xmake-core-sv";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "xmake-io";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-icvGQi6FNSZXNGs2oLiUKu6rrVsWcXh1r91kycGjnwY=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Public domain cross-platform semantic versioning in c99";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake-core-sv";
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/xmake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/xmake/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ad117ab93f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/xmake/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, pkg-config
+, lua
+, readline
+, ncurses
+, lz4
+, tbox
+, xmake-core-sv
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xmake";
+  version = "2.7.9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v${version}/xmake-v${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-m0LYY0gz9IhbBbiUKd1gBE3KmSMvYJYyC42Ff7M9Ku8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    lua
+    lua.pkgs.cjson
+    readline
+    ncurses
+    lz4
+    tbox
+    xmake-core-sv
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--external=y" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A cross-platform build utility based on Lua";
+    homepage = "https://xmake.io";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = lua.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a3c89899a557..6c0ac69253a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16766,6 +16766,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tinyscheme = callPackage ../development/interpreters/tinyscheme { };
 
+  tbox = callPackage ../development/libraries/tbox { };
+
   inherit (nodePackages) typescript;
 
   bupc = callPackage ../development/compilers/bupc { };
@@ -19603,6 +19605,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   webdis = callPackage ../development/tools/database/webdis { };
 
+  xmake = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/xmake {
+    lua = lua5_4;
+  };
+
   xc3sprog = callPackage ../development/embedded/xc3sprog { stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat; };
 
   xcb-imdkit = callPackage ../development/libraries/xcb-imdkit { };
@@ -24743,6 +24749,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xgeometry-select = callPackage ../tools/X11/xgeometry-select { };
 
+  xmake-core-sv = callPackage ../development/libraries/xmake-core-sv { };
+
   xmlada = callPackage ../development/libraries/ada/xmlada { };
 
   xmlrpc_c = callPackage ../development/libraries/xmlrpc-c { };