diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/basalt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/basalt/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
+  versionCheckHook,
+}:
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "basalt";
+  version = "0.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "erikjuhani";
+    repo = "basalt";
+    tag = "basalt/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-r34MlNSLZAHqNWlFMGNxT6zTSX+IKKQmJ4klEB4kjek=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-TpbJ1HCBocgLAXGb5dBbZNMlOYXR9IGBRtfShgwlMIo=";
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "TUI Application to manage Obsidian notes directly from the terminal";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/erikjuhani/basalt";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/erikjuhani/basalt/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/basalt/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ faukah ];
+    mainProgram = "basalt";
+  };
+})