diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/min/lock.json b/pkgs/by-name/mi/min/lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..262bfee0d538
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/min/lock.json
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+{
+  "depends": [
+    {
+      "method": "fetchzip",
+      "packages": [
+        "checksums"
+      ],
+      "path": "/nix/store/z6799507gzbw46lzbi1i8mwm0nbvrvnx-source",
+      "ref": "v0.1.0",
+      "rev": "7ff0b762332d2591bbeb65df9bb86d52ea44ec01",
+      "sha256": "11612prr2wwbx414ip0zjh1fv638dgfvzxfd6v2f432n0wfwhjhj",
+      "srcDir": "src",
+      "url": "https://github.com/nim-lang/checksums/archive/7ff0b762332d2591bbeb65df9bb86d52ea44ec01.tar.gz"
+    },
+    {
+      "method": "fetchzip",
+      "packages": [
+        "minline"
+      ],
+      "path": "/nix/store/rirdlc80sn6pp5vmbw32xaaj56n1zxl8-source",
+      "ref": "v0.1.1",
+      "rev": "a1f11470316500dceb88d7d6c30979c35aab14ff",
+      "sha256": "0wy8svpw0cldh1j6g5af4pxh6d6lac79sngg0i24dplh9pli7wb3",
+      "srcDir": ".",
+      "url": "https://github.com/h3rald/minline/archive/a1f11470316500dceb88d7d6c30979c35aab14ff.tar.gz"
+    },
+    {
+      "method": "fetchzip",
+      "packages": [
+        "nimquery"
+      ],
+      "path": "/nix/store/mys0888vyyd12h0qhzg709jk9jb6rmxa-source",
+      "ref": "v2.0.1",
+      "rev": "83e2866422788a1db1906734de056b410a49d047",
+      "sha256": "0g1mcpfx42wnv2sg551gbgfralp7bf9fv83l2inbv2bhb063fx0z",
+      "srcDir": "",
+      "url": "https://github.com/GULPF/nimquery/archive/83e2866422788a1db1906734de056b410a49d047.tar.gz"
+    },
+    {
+      "method": "fetchzip",
+      "packages": [
+        "zippy"
+      ],
+      "path": "/nix/store/9iz31kiizzg76vpcc5jq53rf0wzjvbh8-source",
+      "ref": "0.5.14",
+      "rev": "21c8e279e257b0bc2a063b34e2304ea3aade21ec",
+      "sha256": "05g7w61ql9kgrmnpm64y94lkiwj36i551c387gc71lz3dpllcn6q",
+      "srcDir": "src",
+      "url": "https://github.com/guzba/zippy/archive/21c8e279e257b0bc2a063b34e2304ea3aade21ec.tar.gz"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/min/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/min/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f334e27f457b
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/min/package.nix
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+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, pcre }:
+
+buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "min";
+  version = "0.43.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "h3rald";
+    repo = "min";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-4coeasFZrbwYQ6FM0ENkh/pPcvN3rCuheUpmHr1f3wM=";
+  };
+
+  lockFile = ./lock.json;
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl pcre ];
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    # substitude our code for their code for data
+    substituteInPlace min.nimble \
+      --replace-fail 'import' "" \
+      --replace-warn 'minpkg/core/meta' "" \
+      --replace-warn 'pkgVersion' '"${finalAttrs.version}"' \
+      --replace-warn 'pkgAuthor' '""' \
+      --replace-warn 'pkgDescription' '""' \
+      --replace-warn 'pkgName' '"${finalAttrs.pname}"' \
+
+    # remove vendorabilities
+    find . -name '*.a' -delete
+    find minpkg/lib -name '*.nim' \
+      -exec sed 's|{\.passL:.*\.}|discard|g' -i {} \;
+  '';
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lpcre" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description =
+      "A functional, concatenative programming language with a minimalist syntax";
+    homepage = "https://min-lang.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "min";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ehmry ];
+  };
+
+})