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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "libmaddy-markdown";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "progsource";
+    repo = "maddy";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-sVUXACT94PSPcohnOyIp7KK8baCBuf6ZNMIyk6Cfdjg=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/include/maddy
+    install -Dm444 include/maddy/* -t $out/include/maddy
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ Markdown to HTML header-only parser library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/progsource/maddy";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.normalcea ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})