diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index f3d6d8a4..2d131928 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -130,4 +130,3 @@
 - migrate MAME cabinet to nix
   - boot it from PXE from servo?
 - enable IPv6
-- package lemonade lemmy app: <https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/ml.mdwalters.lemonade/>
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/lemonade/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/lemonade/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cb77564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/lemonade/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# XXX: lemonade is ALPHA. literally unusable right now. it loads the top communities from lemmy.ml, but interacting with them in any form is completely unimplemented.
+# my development fork: <https://git.uninsane.org/colin/lemonade>
+# difference from tip:
+# - flake.nix/default.nix
+# - runs outside flatpak
+# - more logging
+{ lib, stdenv
+, desktop-file-utils
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, gitUpdater
+, gobject-introspection
+, gtk4
+, libadwaita
+, meson
+, ninja
+, python3
+, wrapGAppsHook4
+}:
+
+let
+  pyEnv = python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [
+    pygobject3
+    requests
+  ]);
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation (final: with final; {
+  pname = "lemonade";
+  version = "2023.10.29";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mdwalters";
+    repo = "lemonade";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-E5NDkyChaH/iQSWxWuwNWQQtWELF9tPLMWiJB7j4F4Y=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # see: <https://github.com/mdwalters/lemonade/issues/9>
+    substituteInPlace src/main.py \
+      --replace \
+        "{os.environ['XDG_RUNTIME_DIR']}/app/ml.mdwalters.Lemonade/cache" \
+        "{os.environ['HOME']}/.cache/ml.mdwalters.Lemonade" \
+      --replace \
+        'os.path.join(f"{os.environ['"'"'XDG_RUNTIME_DIR'"'"']}/app/ml.mdwalters.Lemonade", "cache")' \
+        'os.path.join(f"{os.environ['"'"'HOME'"'"']}/.cache", "ml.mdwalters.Lemonade")'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    desktop-file-utils
+    gobject-introspection
+    meson
+    ninja
+    wrapGAppsHook4
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk4
+    libadwaita
+    pyEnv
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "🍋 Follow discussions on Lemmy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mdwalters/lemonade";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ colinsane ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index cf1f7ee7..8ac99377 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ let
     landlock-sandboxer = callPackage ./additional/landlock-sandboxer { };
     ldd-aarch64 = callPackage ./additional/ldd-aarch64 { };
     lemoa = callPackage ./additional/lemoa { };
+    lemmy-lemonade = callPackage ./additional/lemonade { };  # XXX: nixpkgs already has a `lemonade` pkg
     lightdm-mobile-greeter = callPackage ./additional/lightdm-mobile-greeter { };
     linux-firmware-megous = callPackage ./additional/linux-firmware-megous { };
     # XXX: eval error: need to port past linux_6_4