{
  description = "Emile's Nix Dotfiles";

  inputs = {
    #nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-24.05";
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    spicetify-nix = {
      url = "github:Gerg-L/spicetify-nix";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    nixcord.url = "github:kaylorben/nixcord";

    grub2-themes.url = "github:vinceliuice/grub2-themes";

    # is this necessary? (aren't I enabling it in `configuration.nix` anyways?)
    hyprland.url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland";

    swww.url = "github:LGFae/swww";

    # TODO: declarative flatpak management
    nix-flatpak.url = "github:gmodena/nix-flatpak/?ref=v0.4.1";

    ags.url = "github:Aylur/ags";

    hyprpanel.url = "github:Jas-SinghFSU/HyprPanel";
  };

  outputs = {
    self,
    nixpkgs,
    home-manager,
    hyprland,
    grub2-themes,
    nixcord,
    ...
  } @ inputs: let
    system = "x86_64-linux";

    pkgs = import nixpkgs {
      inherit system;
      config.allowUnfree = true;
    };

    # this is just something I'm experimenting with
    PROJECT_ROOT = builtins.toString ./.;
  in {
    # shell for `nix develop`
    devShells."x86_64-linux".default = pkgs.mkShell {
      buildInputs = with pkgs; [
        colmena
      ];
    };

    nixosConfigurations = {
      # i be on my puter fr
      myputer = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        # nix passes these to every single module
        specialArgs = {inherit inputs pkgs;};

        modules = [
          ./hosts/myputer
          grub2-themes.nixosModules.default
        ];
      };

      # my laptop 0w0
      lolcathost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
        specialArgs = {inherit inputs pkgs;};

        modules = [
          ./hosts/lolcathost
          grub2-themes.nixosModules.default
        ];
      };

      # meine vps
      #imbored = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      #  specialargs = {inherit inputs pkgs;};
      #
      #  modules = [
      #    ./hosts/imbored
      #  ];
      #};
    };

    # remote deployment to my servers!!
    colmena = {
      meta = {
        # set nixpkgs global
        nixpkgs = pkgs;
        # set nixpkgs per server
        # nodeNixpkgs = {
        #   hyrule = pkgs;
        # };
      };

      # meine vps
      hyrule = import ./hosts/hyrule;
    };
  };
}