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+{
+  lib,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  stdenv,
+}:
+
+# note: upstream has a flake
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "ghgrab";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "abhixdd";
+    repo = "ghgrab";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-09+DI1/jKfcbPNB1rUyXtu642TuU7z9UBbQllg9uoQM=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-9o5AQxe/G5Yc6T/Ogtvq1N32t2eM8jAKt6CIvNBzX70=";
+
+  # fails on darwin
+  # https://github.com/abhixdd/ghgrab/issues/31
+  checkFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    "--skip=agent_tree_invalid_url_returns_json_error"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/abhixdd/ghgrab/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    description = "Simple, pretty terminal tool that lets you search and download files from GitHub without leaving your CLI";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/abhixdd/ghgrab";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ phanirithvij ];
+    mainProgram = "ghgrab";
+  };
+})