diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/limo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/limo/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81fbb5743cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/limo/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  cmake,
+  pkg-config,
+
+  jsoncpp,
+  libarchive,
+  libcpr,
+  libloot,
+  pugixml,
+
+  libsForQt5,
+
+  withUnrar ? true,
+  unrar, # has an unfree license
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "limo";
+  version = "1.0.8.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "limo-app";
+    repo = "limo";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6rv1IjWb/nrymd57CtrlAjX2KfMYlYNnfiodiRAJ1Ok=";
+  };
+
+  patches = lib.optionals (!withUnrar) [
+    # remove `unrar` as fallback when libarchive fails
+    ./remove-unrar.patch
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+    libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      jsoncpp
+      libarchive
+      libcpr
+      libloot
+      pugixml
+
+      libsForQt5.qtbase
+      libsForQt5.qtsvg
+      libsForQt5.qtwayland
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withUnrar [
+      unrar
+    ];
+
+  cmakeFlags =
+    [
+      (lib.cmakeFeature "LIMO_INSTALL_PREFIX" (placeholder "out"))
+      (lib.cmakeBool "USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNRAR" true)
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!withUnrar) [
+      (lib.cmakeFeature "LIBUNRAR_PATH" "")
+      (lib.cmakeFeature "LIBUNRAR_INCLUDE_DIR" "")
+    ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "General purpose mod manager with support for the NexusMods API and LOOT";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/limo-app/limo";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    mainProgram = "Limo";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      tomasajt
+      MattSturgeon
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/limo/remove-unrar.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/limo/remove-unrar.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e6373eecf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/limo/remove-unrar.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/src/core/installer.cpp b/src/core/installer.cpp
+index ea384a8..aab8be0 100644
+--- a/src/core/installer.cpp
++++ b/src/core/installer.cpp
+@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
+ #include <ranges>
+ #include <regex>
+ #define _UNIX
+-#include <dll.hpp>
+ 
+ namespace sfs = std::filesystem;
+ namespace pu = path_utils;
+@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ void Installer::extract(const sfs::path& source_path,
+   }
+   catch(CompressionError& error)
+   {
++    throw error;
++    /*
+     std::string extension = source_path.extension().string();
+     std::transform(extension.begin(),
+                    extension.end(),
+@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ void Installer::extract(const sfs::path& source_path,
+     }
+     else
+       throw error;
++    */
+   }
+   for(const auto& dir_entry : sfs::recursive_directory_iterator(dest_path))
+   {
+@@ -428,6 +430,7 @@ void Installer::extractWithProgress(const sfs::path& source_path,
+   sfs::current_path(working_dir);
+ }
+ 
++/*
+ void Installer::extractRarArchive(const sfs::path& source_path, const sfs::path& dest_path)
+ {
+   log(Log::LOG_DEBUG, "Using fallback rar extraction");
+@@ -459,3 +462,4 @@ void Installer::extractRarArchive(const sfs::path& source_path, const sfs::path&
+     throw CompressionError("Failed to extract RAR archive.");
+   RARCloseArchive(hArcData);
+ }
++*/