diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "A collection of flake templates";
+
+  outputs = { self }: {
+
+    templates = {
+
+      simplePython = {
+        path = ./python;
+        description = "Python template";
+      };
+
+      rust = {
+        path = ./rust;
+        description = "Simple rust template";
+      };
+
+      vlang = {
+        path = ./vlang;
+        description = "Simple vlang template";
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+}
diff --git a/python/flake.nix b/python/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "A small file sorter using tkinter and python";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+    let
+      supportedSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "aarch64-darwin" ];
+      forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems;
+      pkgs = forAllSystems (system: nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+    in
+    {
+      devShells = forAllSystems (system: {
+        default = pkgs.${system}.callPackage ./shell.nix {} ;
+      });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/python/shell.nix b/python/shell.nix
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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+let
+    my-python = pkgs.python310;
+    python-with-packages = my-python.withPackages ( p: with p; [
+      pip
+      jedi-language-server
+    ]);
+in
+pkgs.mkShell {
+    buildInputs = [
+        python-with-packages
+    ];
+    shellHook=''
+    export PIP_PREFIX=$(pwd)/_build/pip_packages
+    export PYTHONPATH="$PIP_PREFIX/${pkgs.python3.sitePackages}:$PYTHONPATH"
+    export PATH="$PIP_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"
+    '';
+}
diff --git a/rust/flake.nix b/rust/flake.nix
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+{
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+  let
+    supportedSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "aarch64-darwin" ];
+    forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems;
+    pkgs = forAllSystems (system: nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+  in
+  {
+    devShells = forAllSystems (system :{
+      default =  pkgs.${system}.callPackage ./shell.nix {};
+    });
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/rust/shell.nix b/rust/shell.nix
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+{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+
+pkgs.mkShell {
+    buildInputs = with pkgs; [ 
+        cargo
+        rustc
+        pkg-config
+        openssl
+    ];
+  }
diff --git a/vlang/flake.nix b/vlang/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "A very basic Vlang flake";
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  };
+
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ...}: 
+  let
+    supportedSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "aarch64-darwin" ];
+    forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems;
+    pkgs = forAllSystems (system: nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+  in
+  {
+    devShells = forAllSystems (system: {
+      default = pkgs.${system}.callPackage ./shell.nix {};
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/vlang/shell.nix b/vlang/shell.nix
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+
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+
+pkgs.mkShell rec {
+    buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+        vlang
+        python3
+        python3Packages.pip
+        gcc
+        hdf5
+        gfortran
+        liblapack
+        openblas
+        openmpi
+        metis
+        #mesa
+    ];
+    shellHook = ''
+      unalias v
+    '';
+}