diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi-meet-electron/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi-meet-electron/default.nix
index 81562e69a66a..71253c52b643 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi-meet-electron/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi-meet-electron/default.nix
@@ -1,60 +1,106 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, appimageTools
+{ lib
+, buildNpmPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, copyDesktopItems
+, makeDesktopItem
 , makeWrapper
+, libpng
+, libX11
+, libXi
+, libXtst
+, zlib
 , electron
-, xorg
 , pipewire
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+buildNpmPackage rec {
   pname = "jitsi-meet-electron";
-  version = "2022.10.1";
+  version = "2023.11.3";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/download/v${version}/jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage";
-    sha256 = "sha256-98zuAsGT30paxszSO1XcMY8tsrMBeBLDFjK/JWhLC8s=";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}.AppImage";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jitsi";
+    repo = "jitsi-meet-electron";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-gE5CP0l3SrAHGNS6Hr5/MefTtE86JTmc85CwOmylEpg=";
   };
 
-  appimageContents = appimageTools.extractType2 {
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    inherit src;
-  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    copyDesktopItems
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
 
-  dontUnpack = true;
-  dontConfigure = true;
-  dontBuild = true;
+  # robotjs node-gyp dependencies
+  buildInputs = [
+    libpng
+    libX11
+    libXi
+    libXtst
+    zlib
+  ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-JZVJcKzG4X7YIUvIRWZsDQnHx+dNqCj6kFm8mZaSH2k=";
+
+  makeCacheWritable = true;
+
+  env.ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = 1;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace main.js \
+        --replace "require('electron-is-dev')" "false"
+  '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    # remove some prebuilt binaries
+    find node_modules -type d -name prebuilds -exec rm -r {} +
+  '';
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    # generate .asar file
+    # asarUnpack makes sure to unwrap binaries so that nix can see the RPATH
+    npm exec electron-builder -- \
+        --dir \
+        -c.asarUnpack="**/*.node" \
+        -c.electronDist=${electron}/libexec/electron \
+        -c.electronVersion=${electron.version}
+  '';
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/${pname} $out/share/applications
+    mkdir -p $out/share/jitsi-meet-electron
+    cp -r dist/*-unpacked/{locales,resources{,.pak}} $out/share/jitsi-meet-electron
 
-    cp -a ${appimageContents}/{locales,resources} $out/share/${pname}
-    cp -a ${appimageContents}/jitsi-meet.desktop $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop
-    cp -a ${appimageContents}/usr/share/icons $out/share
+    makeWrapper ${lib.getExe electron} $out/bin/jitsi-meet-electron \
+        --add-flags $out/share/jitsi-meet-electron/resources/app.asar \
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ pipewire ]} \
+        --add-flags "\''${NIXOS_OZONE_WL:+\''${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+--ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations}}" \
+        --inherit-argv0
 
-    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop \
-      --replace 'Exec=AppRun' 'Exec=${pname}'
+    install -Dm644 resources/icons/512x512.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/jitsi-meet-electron.png
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    makeWrapper ${electron}/bin/electron $out/bin/${pname} \
-      --add-flags $out/share/${pname}/resources/app.asar \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.cc.cc xorg.libXtst pipewire ]}" \
-      --add-flags "\''${NIXOS_OZONE_WL:+\''${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+--ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations}}"
-  '';
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "jitsi-meet-electron";
+      exec = "jitsi-meet-electron %U";
+      icon = "jitsi-meet-electron";
+      desktopName = "Jitsi Meet";
+      comment = meta.description;
+      categories = [ "VideoConference" "AudioVideo" "Audio" "Video" "Network" ];
+      mimeTypes = [ "x-scheme-handler/jitsi-meet" ];
+      terminal = false;
+    })
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     description = "Jitsi Meet desktop application powered by Electron";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = teams.jitsi.members;
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    mainProgram = "jitsi-meet-electron";
+    maintainers = teams.jitsi.members ++ [ maintainers.tomasajt ];
+    inherit (electron.meta) platforms;
   };
 }