diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0007-workspace-wrapping.patch b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0007-workspace-wrapping.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0935ce6c..00000000
--- a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0007-workspace-wrapping.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-commit bf0057011777b91ef5af005fb4e984b4b9b71c7b
-Author: Colin <colin@uninsane.org>
-Date:   2023-07-15 21:35:45 +0000
-
-    sxmo_wmmenu: respect SXMO_WORKSPACE_WRAPPING
-    
-    sxmo_wm.sh uses the `SXMO_WORKSPACE_WRAPPING` variable to control
-    relative movements. for example, set this to "5" and then the "Next
-    Workspace" option in the switch menu will cycle WS 1 -> 2 ... -> 5 -> 1.
-    same for one- and two-finger left/right swipe to switch/move workspaces.
-    
-    however, absolute movements (via the move menu) only allowed moving to
-    WS 1-4. a user with non-default `SXMO_WORKSPACE_WRAPPING` could move a
-    window from WS 5 to WS 4 with this menu, but not from WS 4 back to WS 5.
-    this patch brings consistency by using `SXMO_WORKSPACE_WRAPPING`
-    anywhere we would otherwise assume the number of possible workspaces.
-
-diff --git a/scripts/core/sxmo_wmmenu.sh b/scripts/core/sxmo_wmmenu.sh
-index 3d40b31..d3c1db6 100755
---- a/scripts/core/sxmo_wmmenu.sh
-+++ b/scripts/core/sxmo_wmmenu.sh
-@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
- 
- set -e
- 
-+_movetowssubmenu() {
-+	for ws in $(seq "${SXMO_WORKSPACE_WRAPPING:-4}"); do
-+		printf "%s Move to WS %s\n" "$ws" "$ws"
-+	done
-+}
-+
- # A menu which allows to move windows or toggle floating.
- swaymovemenu() {
- 	CHOICES="$(cat <<EOF
-@@ -22,10 +28,7 @@ $icon_arl Move Left
- $icon_arr Move Right
- $icon_wn2 Toggle Floating
- $icon_ac1 Move Scratchpad
--1 Move to WS 1
--2 Move to WS 2
--3 Move to WS 3
--4 Move to WS 4
-+$(_movetowssubmenu)
- EOF
- 	)"
- 
-@@ -125,10 +128,7 @@ dwmwmmenu() {
- 		CHOICES="$(
- 			cat <<EOF
- $icon_cls Close Menu
--1 Move to WS 1
--2 Move to WS 2
--3 Move to WS 3
--4 Move to WS 4
-+$(_movetowssubmenu)
- $icon_rld Shift stack
- $icon_grd Toggle Layout
- EOF
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/common.nix b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/common.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d9a3314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/common.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+{ stdenv
+, bash
+, bc
+, bemenu
+, bonsai
+, brightnessctl
+, buildPackages
+, busybox
+, conky
+, coreutils
+, curl
+, dbus
+, fetchgit
+, fetchpatch
+, gitUpdater
+, gnugrep
+, gojq
+, grim
+, inotify-tools
+, j4-dmenu-desktop
+, jq
+, lib
+, libnotify
+, libxml2
+, lisgd
+, makeBinaryWrapper
+, mako
+, mepo
+, modemmanager
+, nettools
+, playerctl
+, procps
+, pulseaudio
+, rsync
+, scdoc
+, sfeed
+, superd
+, sway
+, swayidle
+, wob
+, wvkbd
+, xdg-user-dirs
+, xdotool
+, xrdb
+
+, version
+, rev ? version
+, hash ? ""
+, patches ? []
+}:
+
+let
+  # anything which any sxmo script or default hook in this package might invoke
+  runtimeDeps = [
+    bc  # also in busybox
+    bemenu
+    bonsai
+    brightnessctl
+    conky
+    curl
+    dbus
+    # dmenu  # or dmenu-wayland? only used on x11?
+    gnugrep  # also in busybox
+    gojq
+    grim
+    inotify-tools
+    j4-dmenu-desktop
+    jq
+    libnotify
+    libxml2.bin  # for xmllint; sxmo_weather.sh, sxmo_surf_linkset.sh
+    lisgd
+    mako
+    mepo  # mepo_ui_central_menu.sh
+    modemmanager  # mmcli
+    nettools  # netstat
+    playerctl
+    procps  # pgrep
+    pulseaudio  # pactl
+    sfeed
+    superd
+    sway
+    swayidle
+    wob
+    wvkbd
+    xdg-user-dirs
+    xrdb  # for sxmo_xinit AND sxmo_winit
+
+    # X11 only?
+    xdotool
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "sxmo-utils";
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils";
+    inherit rev hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit patches;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # allow sxmo to source its init file
+    sed -i "s@/etc/profile\.d/sxmo_init.sh@$out/etc/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh@" scripts/core/*.sh
+    # remove absolute paths
+    substituteInPlace scripts/core/sxmo_version.sh \
+      --replace "/usr/bin/" ""
+
+    # let superd find sxmo service binaries at runtime via PATH
+    # TODO: replace with fully-qualified paths
+    sed -i 's:ExecStart=/usr/bin/:ExecStart=/usr/bin/env :' configs/superd/services/*.service
+
+    # install udev rules to where nix expects
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d" "/etc/udev/rules.d"
+    # avoid relative paths in udev rules
+    substituteInPlace configs/udev/90-sxmo.rules \
+      --replace "/bin/chgrp" "${coreutils}/bin/chgrp" \
+      --replace "/bin/chmod" "${coreutils}/bin/chmod"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeBinaryWrapper
+    scdoc
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ bash ];  # needed here so stdenv's `patchShebangsAuto` hook sets the right interpreter
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    # busybox is used by setup_config_version.sh, but placing it in nativeBuildInputs breaks the nix builder
+    PATH="$PATH:${buildPackages.busybox}/bin" make OPENRC=0 DESTDIR=$out PREFIX= install
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  # we don't wrap sxmo_common.sh or sxmo_init.sh
+  # which is unfortunate, for non-sxmo-utils files that might source though.
+  # if that's a problem, could inject a PATH=... line into them with sed.
+  postInstall = ''
+    for f in \
+      $out/bin/*.sh \
+      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/desktop/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
+      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/one_button_e_reader/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
+      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/three_button_touchscreen/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
+      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
+    ; do
+      case $(basename $f) in
+        (sxmo_common.sh|sxmo_deviceprofile_*.sh|sxmo_hook_icons.sh|sxmo_init.sh)
+          # these are sourced by other scripts: don't wrap them else the `exec` in the wrapper breaks the outer script
+        ;;
+        (*)
+          wrapProgram "$f" \
+            --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath runtimeDeps}"
+        ;;
+      esac
+    done
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    providedSessions = [ "sxmo" "swmo" ];
+    updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils";
+    description = "Contains the scripts and small C programs that glues the sxmo enviroment together";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ colinsane ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux; 
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
index 08222ca3..5f087342 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,226 +1,80 @@
-{ stdenv
-, bash
-, bc
-, bemenu
-, bonsai
-, brightnessctl
-, buildPackages
-, busybox
-, conky
-, coreutils
-, curl
-, dbus
-, fetchgit
+{ callPackage
 , fetchpatch
-, gitUpdater
-, gnugrep
-, gojq
-, grim
-, inotify-tools
-, j4-dmenu-desktop
-, jq
-, lib
-, libnotify
-, libxml2
-, lisgd
-, makeBinaryWrapper
-, mako
-, mepo
-, modemmanager
-, nettools
-, playerctl
-, procps
-, pulseaudio
-, rsync
-, scdoc
-, sfeed
-, superd
-, sway
-, swayidle
-, wob
-, wvkbd
-, xdg-user-dirs
-, xdotool
-, xrdb
 }:
-
 let
-  # anything which any sxmo script or default hook in this package might invoke
-  runtimeDeps = [
-    bc  # also in busybox
-    bemenu
-    bonsai
-    brightnessctl
-    conky
-    curl
-    dbus
-    # dmenu  # or dmenu-wayland? only used on x11?
-    gnugrep  # also in busybox
-    gojq
-    grim
-    inotify-tools
-    j4-dmenu-desktop
-    jq
-    libnotify
-    libxml2.bin  # for xmllint; sxmo_weather.sh, sxmo_surf_linkset.sh
-    lisgd
-    mako
-    mepo  # mepo_ui_central_menu.sh
-    modemmanager  # mmcli
-    nettools  # netstat
-    playerctl
-    procps  # pgrep
-    pulseaudio  # pactl
-    sfeed
-    superd
-    sway
-    swayidle
-    wob
-    wvkbd
-    xdg-user-dirs
-    xrdb  # for sxmo_xinit AND sxmo_winit
-
-    # X11 only?
-    xdotool
-  ];
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "sxmo-utils";
-  version = "1.14.2";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils";
-    rev = version;
+  patches = {
+    merged = [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        # merged post 1.14.2
+        # [1/2] sxmo_init: behave well when user's primary group differs from their name
+        # [2/2] sxmo_init: ensure XDG_STATE_HOME exists
+        url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42309/mbox";
+        hash = "sha256-GVWJWTccZeaKsVtsUyZFYl9/qEwJ5U7Bu+DiTDXLjys=";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        # merged post 1.14.2
+        # sxmo_hook_block_suspend: don't assume there's only one MPRIS player
+        url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42441/mbox";
+        hash = "sha256-YmkJ4JLIG/mHosRlVQqvWzujFMBsuDf5nVT3iOi40zU=";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        # merged post 1.14.2
+        # i only care about patch no. 2
+        # [1/2] suspend toggle: silence rm failure noise
+        # [2/2] config: fix keyboard files location
+        name = "multipatch: 42880";
+        url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42880/mbox";
+        hash = "sha256-tAMPBb6vwzj1dFMTEaqrcCJU6FbQirwZgB0+tqW3rQA=";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        # merged post 1.14.2
+        name = "Switch from light to brightnessctl";
+        url = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils/commit/d0384a7caed036d25228fa3279c36c0230795e4a.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-/UlcuEI5cJnsqRuZ1zWWzR4dyJw/zYeB1rtJWFeSGEE=";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        # merged post 1.14.2
+        name = "sxmo_hook_lock: allow configuration of auto-screenoff timeout v1";
+        url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42443/mbox";
+        hash = "sha256-c4VySbVJgsbh2h+CnCgwWWe5WkAregpYFqL8n3WRXwY=";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        # merged post 1.14.2
+        name = "sxmo_wmmenu: respect SXMO_WORKSPACE_WRAPPING";
+        url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42698/mbox";
+        hash = "sha256-TrTlrthrpYdIMC8/RCMNaB8PcGQgtya/h2/uLNQDeWs=";
+      })
+    ];
+    unmerged = [
+      # let NixOS manage the audio daemons (pulseaudio/pipewire)
+      ./0005-system-audio.patch
+      # (fetchpatch {
+      #   XXX: doesn't apply cleanly to 1.14.2 release
+      #   # Don't wait for led or status bar in state change hooks
+      #   # - significantly decreases the time between power-button state transitions
+      #   url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/43109/mbox";
+      #   hash = "sha256-4uR2u6pa62y6SaRHYRn15YGDPILAs7py0mPbAjsgwM4=";
+      # })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "Make config gesture toggle persistent";
+        url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42876/mbox";
+        hash = "sha256-Oa0MI0Kt9Xgl5L1KarHI6Yn4+vpRxUSujB1iY4hlK9c=";
+      })
+      ./0104-full-auto-rotate.patch
+      ./0105-more-apps.patch
+      # ./0106-no-restart-lisgd.patch
+    ];
+  };
+in {
+  stable = callPackage ./common.nix {
+    version = "1.14.2";
     hash = "sha256-1bGCUhf/bt9I8BjG/G7sjYBzLh28iZSC20ml647a3J4=";
+    patches = patches.merged ++ patches.unmerged;
   };
-
-  patches = [
-    # needed for basic use:
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # merged post 1.14.2
-      # [1/2] sxmo_init: behave well when user's primary group differs from their name
-      # [2/2] sxmo_init: ensure XDG_STATE_HOME exists
-      url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42309/mbox";
-      hash = "sha256-GVWJWTccZeaKsVtsUyZFYl9/qEwJ5U7Bu+DiTDXLjys=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # merged post 1.14.2
-      # sxmo_hook_block_suspend: don't assume there's only one MPRIS player
-      url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42441/mbox";
-      hash = "sha256-YmkJ4JLIG/mHosRlVQqvWzujFMBsuDf5nVT3iOi40zU=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # merged post 1.14.2
-      # i only care about patch no. 2
-      # [1/2] suspend toggle: silence rm failure noise
-      # [2/2] config: fix keyboard files location
-      name = "multipatch: 42880";
-      url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42880/mbox";
-      hash = "sha256-tAMPBb6vwzj1dFMTEaqrcCJU6FbQirwZgB0+tqW3rQA=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # merged post 1.14.2
-      name = "Switch from light to brightnessctl";
-      url = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils/commit/d0384a7caed036d25228fa3279c36c0230795e4a.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-/UlcuEI5cJnsqRuZ1zWWzR4dyJw/zYeB1rtJWFeSGEE=";
-    })
-    # wanted to fix/silence some non-fatal errors
-    ./0005-system-audio.patch
-    ./0007-workspace-wrapping.patch
-
-    # personal (but upstreamable) preferences:
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # merged post 1.14.2
-      name = "sxmo_hook_lock: allow configuration of auto-screenoff timeout v1";
-      url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42443/mbox";
-      hash = "sha256-c4VySbVJgsbh2h+CnCgwWWe5WkAregpYFqL8n3WRXwY=";
-    })
-    # (fetchpatch {
-    #   XXX: doesn't apply cleanly to 1.14.2 release
-    #   # Don't wait for led or status bar in state change hooks
-    #   # - significantly decreases the time between power-button state transitions
-    #   url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/43109/mbox";
-    #   hash = "sha256-4uR2u6pa62y6SaRHYRn15YGDPILAs7py0mPbAjsgwM4=";
-    # })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "Make config gesture toggle persistent";
-      url = "https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel/patches/42876/mbox";
-      hash = "sha256-Oa0MI0Kt9Xgl5L1KarHI6Yn4+vpRxUSujB1iY4hlK9c=";
-    })
-    ./0104-full-auto-rotate.patch
-    ./0105-more-apps.patch
-    # ./0106-no-restart-lisgd.patch
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # allow sxmo to source its init file
-    sed -i "s@/etc/profile\.d/sxmo_init.sh@$out/etc/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh@" scripts/core/*.sh
-    # remove absolute paths
-    substituteInPlace scripts/core/sxmo_version.sh \
-      --replace "/usr/bin/" ""
-
-    # let superd find sxmo service binaries at runtime via PATH
-    # TODO: replace with fully-qualified paths
-    sed -i 's:ExecStart=/usr/bin/:ExecStart=/usr/bin/env :' configs/superd/services/*.service
-
-    # install udev rules to where nix expects
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d" "/etc/udev/rules.d"
-    # avoid relative paths in udev rules
-    substituteInPlace configs/udev/90-sxmo.rules \
-      --replace "/bin/chgrp" "${coreutils}/bin/chgrp" \
-      --replace "/bin/chmod" "${coreutils}/bin/chmod"
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    makeBinaryWrapper
-    scdoc
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ bash ];  # needed here so stdenv's `patchShebangsAuto` hook sets the right interpreter
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    # busybox is used by setup_config_version.sh, but placing it in nativeBuildInputs breaks the nix builder
-    PATH="$PATH:${buildPackages.busybox}/bin" make OPENRC=0 DESTDIR=$out PREFIX= install
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  # we don't wrap sxmo_common.sh or sxmo_init.sh
-  # which is unfortunate, for non-sxmo-utils files that might source though.
-  # if that's a problem, could inject a PATH=... line into them with sed.
-  postInstall = ''
-    for f in \
-      $out/bin/*.sh \
-      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/desktop/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
-      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/one_button_e_reader/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
-      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/three_button_touchscreen/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
-      $out/share/sxmo/default_hooks/sxmo_hook_*.sh \
-    ; do
-      case $(basename $f) in
-        (sxmo_common.sh|sxmo_deviceprofile_*.sh|sxmo_hook_icons.sh|sxmo_init.sh)
-          # these are sourced by other scripts: don't wrap them else the `exec` in the wrapper breaks the outer script
-        ;;
-        (*)
-          wrapProgram "$f" \
-            --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath runtimeDeps}"
-        ;;
-      esac
-    done
-  '';
-
-  passthru = {
-    providedSessions = [ "sxmo" "swmo" ];
-    updateScript = gitUpdater { };
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils";
-    description = "Contains the scripts and small C programs that glues the sxmo enviroment together";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ colinsane ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux; 
+  latest = callPackage ./common.nix {
+    version = "unstable-2023-08-11";
+    rev = "095678e77fcd9ad2c1ed1ffc98fc66d2f19ccf64";
+    hash = "sha256-TGj3zcwW7aS/5KXcUt0jyESZcNqHY/JZ5HCTgT7Qsbk=";
+    patches = patches.unmerged;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index c9bcf821..6ba2bb42 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ let
     sane-weather = callPackage ./additional/sane-weather { };
     static-nix-shell = callPackage ./additional/static-nix-shell { };
     sublime-music-mobile = callPackage ./additional/sublime-music-mobile { };
-    sxmo-utils = callPackage ./additional/sxmo-utils { };
+    sxmo-utils' = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./additional/sxmo-utils { });
+    sxmo-utils = sxmo-utils'.stable;
+    sxmo-utils-latest = sxmo-utils'.latest;
     tow-boot-pinephone = callPackage ./additional/tow-boot-pinephone { };
     tree-sitter-nix-shell = callPackage ./additional/tree-sitter-nix-shell { };
     unftp = callPackage ./additional/unftp { };