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+{ lib, stdenv ,fetchFromGitHub
+, zig, pkg-config, scdoc
+, wayland ,xwayland, wayland-protocols, wlroots
+, libxkbcommon, pixman, libudev, libevdev, libX11, libGL
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "river";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ifreund";
+    repo = "river";
+    rev = "9e3e92050e04320949c6cd995273c30319ebd515";
+    sha256 = "1v8dpbadsb3c7bc84sai09dbqv5s5s5d77vs12kdkd45x0ppmk3j";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ wayland xwayland wayland-protocols wlroots pixman
+    libxkbcommon pixman libudev libevdev libX11 libGL
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = "export HOME=$TMPDIR;";
+  installPhase = "zig build -Drelease-safe -Dxwayland -Dman-pages --prefix $out install";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ zig scdoc pkg-config ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A dynamic tiling wayland compositor";
+    longDescription = ''
+    river is a dynamic tiling wayland compositor that takes inspiration from dwm and bspwm.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ifreund/river";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ branwright1 ];
+  };
+}