diff --git a/c/.envrc b/c/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3550a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/c/.gitignore b/c/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac60bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Prerequisites
+*.d
+
+# Object files
+*.o
+*.ko
+*.obj
+*.elf
+
+# Linker output
+*.ilk
+*.map
+*.exp
+
+# Precompiled Headers
+*.gch
+*.pch
+
+# Libraries
+*.lib
+*.a
+*.la
+*.lo
+
+# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.dylib
+
+# Executables
+*.exe
+*.out
+*.app
+*.i*86
+*.x86_64
+*.hex
+
+# Debug files
+*.dSYM/
+*.su
+*.idb
+*.pdb
+
+# Kernel Module Compile Results
+*.mod*
+*.cmd
+.tmp_versions/
+modules.order
+Module.symvers
+Mkfile.old
+dkms.conf
+
+# debug information files
+*.dwo
+
+.direnv
diff --git a/c/flake.nix b/c/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3c5fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  description = "minimal flake for c dev";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "https://flakehub.com/f/NixOS/nixpkgs/0.1";
+
+  outputs =
+    inputs:
+    let
+      supportedSystems = [
+        "x86_64-linux"
+        "aarch64-linux"
+        "x86_64-darwin"
+        "aarch64-darwin"
+      ];
+      forEachSupportedSystem =
+        f:
+        inputs.nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems (
+          system:
+          f {
+            pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+          }
+        );
+    in
+    {
+      devShells = forEachSupportedSystem (
+        { pkgs }:
+        {
+          default =
+            pkgs.mkShell.override
+              {
+                # Override stdenv in order to change compiler:
+                # stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
+              }
+              {
+                packages = with pkgs; [
+                  gnumake
+                  tinycc
+                ];
+              };
+        }
+      );
+    };
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 068d8db..8caf91e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     { self }:
     {
       templates = {
+        c = {
+          path = ./c;
+          description = "c template";
+        };
         go = {
           path = ./go;
           description = "go template";