diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix
index 2f23f77b166e..ece009cc6ca3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,39 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{
+  lib,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
 
-buildGoModule rec {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "viddy";
-  version = "0.4.0";
+  version = "1.0.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "sachaos";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "viddy";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-iF5b5e3HPT3GJLRDxz9wN1U5rO9Ey51Cpw4p2zjffTI=";
+    hash = "sha256-HFqkWJu1whShwEsSUZe5orWTNYyY3oZ6tBzAJF3SFDw=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-/lx2D2FIByRnK/097M4SQKRlmqtPTvbFo1dwbThJ5Fs=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-oEzsJoVD9aSvphchm21dlmkwePMDSaxD7eoR850NbRk=";
 
-  ldflags = [
-    "-s"
-    "-w"
-    "-X"
-    "main.version=${version}"
-  ];
+  # requires nightly features
+  env.RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
+
+  env.VERGEN_BUILD_DATE = "2024-08-24"; # managed via the update script
+  env.VERGEN_GIT_DESCRIBE = "Nixpkgs";
+
+  passthru.updateScript.command = [ ./update.sh ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Modern watch command";
+    description = "Modern watch command, time machine and pager etc.";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sachaos/viddy";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ j-hui ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      j-hui
+      phanirithvij
+    ];
     mainProgram = "viddy";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/update.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4740effde4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/viddy/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p bash nix-update curl coreutils jq common-updater-scripts nix-prefetch
+
+# adapted from pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/update.sh
+
+set -eou pipefail
+
+NIXPKGS_DIR="$PWD"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
+# Get latest release
+VIDDY_RELEASE=$(
+    curl --silent ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":$GITHUB_TOKEN"} \
+        https://api.github.com/repos/sachaos/viddy/releases/latest
+)
+
+# Get release information
+latestBuildDate=$(echo "$VIDDY_RELEASE" | jq -r ".published_at")
+latestVersion=$(echo "$VIDDY_RELEASE" | jq -r ".tag_name")
+
+latestBuildDate="${latestBuildDate%T*}" # remove the timestamp and get the date
+latestVersion="${latestVersion:1}"      # remove first char 'v'
+
+oldVersion=$(nix eval --raw -f "$NIXPKGS_DIR" viddy.version)
+
+if [[ "$oldVersion" == "$latestVersion" ]]; then
+    echo "viddy is up-to-date: ${oldVersion}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Updating viddy"
+
+# Version
+update-source-version viddy "${latestVersion}"
+
+pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+# Build date
+sed -i 's#env.VERGEN_BUILD_DATE = "[^"]*"#env.VERGEN_BUILD_DATE = "'"${latestBuildDate}"'"#' default.nix
+
+# Hashes
+# https://github.com/msteen/nix-prefetch/issues/51
+cargoHash=$(nix-prefetch --option extra-experimental-features flakes "{ sha256 }: (import $NIXPKGS_DIR {}).viddy.cargoDeps.overrideAttrs (_: { outputHash = sha256; })")
+sed -i -E 's#\bcargoHash = ".*?"#cargoHash = "'"$cargoHash"'"#' default.nix
+popd