diff --git a/elixir/flake.nix b/elixir/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..373c2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elixir/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  description = "minimal flake for elixir dev";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "https://flakehub.com/f/NixOS/nixpkgs/0.1";
+
+  outputs = {self, ...} @ inputs: let
+    supportedSystems = [
+      "x86_64-linux"
+      "aarch64-linux"
+      "aarch64-darwin"
+    ];
+    forEachSupportedSystem = f:
+      inputs.nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems (
+        system:
+          f {
+            inherit system;
+            pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
+              inherit system;
+              overlays = [inputs.self.overlays.default];
+            };
+          }
+      );
+  in {
+    overlays.default = final: prev: rec {
+      erlang = final.beam.interpreters.erlang_27;
+      pkgs-beam = final.beam.packagesWith erlang;
+      elixir = pkgs-beam.elixir_1_17;
+    };
+
+    devShells = forEachSupportedSystem (
+      {
+        pkgs,
+        system,
+      }: {
+        default = pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
+          packages = with pkgs;
+            [
+              elixir
+              self.formatter.${system}
+            ]
+            ++
+            # Linux only
+            pkgs.lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux (
+              with pkgs; [
+                gigalixir
+                inotify-tools
+                libnotify
+              ]
+            );
+        };
+      }
+    );
+
+    formatter = forEachSupportedSystem ({pkgs, ...}: pkgs.nixfmt);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 1464424..76b000c 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
 {
   description = "nix flakes";
 
-  outputs =
-    { self }:
-    {
-      templates = {
-        c = {
-          path = ./c;
-          description = "c template";
-        };
-        go = {
-          path = ./go;
-          description = "go template";
-        };
-        zig = {
-          path = ./zig;
-          description = "zig template";
-        };
-        odin = {
-          path = ./odin;
-          description = "odin template";
-        };
-        crystal = {
-          path = ./crystal;
-          description = "crystal template";
-        };
+  outputs = {self}: {
+    templates = {
+      c = {
+        path = ./c;
+        description = "c template";
+      };
+      go = {
+        path = ./go;
+        description = "go template";
+      };
+      elixir = {
+        path = ./elixir;
+        description = "elixir template";
+      };
+      zig = {
+        path = ./zig;
+        description = "zig template";
+      };
+      odin = {
+        path = ./odin;
+        description = "odin template";
+      };
+      crystal = {
+        path = ./crystal;
+        description = "crystal template";
       };
-
-      defaultTemplate = self.templates.go;
     };
+
+    defaultTemplate = self.templates.go;
+  };
 }