diff --git a/pkgs/additional/codemadness-frontends/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/codemadness-frontends/default.nix
index b824ac2d..8b03b731 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/codemadness-frontends/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/codemadness-frontends/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 , libressl
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "codemadness-frontends";
   version = "0.8";
 
@@ -39,6 +40,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    v0_6 = self.overrideAttrs (_: rec {
+      version = "0.6";
+      src = fetchgit {
+        url = "git://git.codemadness.org/frontends";
+        rev = version;
+        hash = "sha256-VDHUY9xb6WyVQ/PcEJuo1HQTW1oox9yvVq0Xd7OGAt0=";
+      };
+    });
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     description = "A less resource-heavy Youtube interface";
@@ -46,5 +58,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://codemadness.org/idiotbox.html";
     license = licenses.isc;
   };
-}
+};
+in self
 
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
index 14a8233d..ec483918 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , brightnessctl
 , buildPackages
 , busybox
-, codemadness-frontends ? null
+, codemadness-frontends_0_6 ? null  # 2023-11-28: alpine is stuck at 0.6, and i think it exposes a different API
 , conky
 , coreutils
 , curl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ let
     bc  # also in busybox
     bonsai
     brightnessctl
-    codemadness-frontends  # for sxmo_youtube.sh
+    codemadness-frontends_0_6  # for sxmo_youtube.sh
     conky
     curl
     dbus
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 86e75284..01da2357 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ let
     cargoDocsetHook = callPackage ./additional/cargo-docset/hook.nix { };
     chatty-latest = callPackage ./additional/chatty-latest { };
     codemadness-frontends = callPackage ./additional/codemadness-frontends { };
+    codemadness-frontends_0_6 = codemadness-frontends.v0_6;
     eg25-control = callPackage ./additional/eg25-control { };
     eg25-manager = callPackage ./additional/eg25-manager { };
     feeds = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./additional/feeds { });