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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkg-config,
+  gtk3,
+  gtk-layer-shell,
+  glib,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "desktop-icons";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-02-25";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Geronymos";
+    repo = "desktop-icons";
+    rev = "5a1f4e12fcf405df7daf0986eb580efaad37c3c2";
+    hash = "sha256-Hp+eMai0KhFsD8rgs5TaEVSNviF9MhyNfKttzekAgQg=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    wrapGAppsHook3
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk3
+    gtk-layer-shell
+  ];
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 dicons $out/bin/dicons
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Show files from a directory on the desktop for wlroots based compositors";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Geronymos/desktop-icons";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ donovanglover ];
+    mainProgram = "dicons";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+})