diff --git a/templates/deno/flake.nix b/templates/deno/flake.nix
index d2d66da..b89370f 100644
--- a/templates/deno/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/deno/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs?rev=bd645e8668ec6612439a9ee7e71f7eac4099d4f6";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
 
   outputs = {
     self,
diff --git a/templates/elixir/.envrc b/templates/elixir/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3550a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/elixir/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/templates/elixir/.gitignore b/templates/elixir/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cf7b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/elixir/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# secret files
+*.secret.*
+
+# build output
+/_build
+
+# elixir dependencies
+/deps
+
+# crash dumps
+erl_crash.dump
+
+# sqlite databases
+*.db
+*.db-shm
+*.db-wal
+
+# nix build output
+/result
+
+# direnv cache
+/.direnv
diff --git a/templates/elixir/flake.nix b/templates/elixir/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..196d407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/elixir/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  };
+
+  outputs = {
+    self,
+    nixpkgs,
+    ...
+  }: let
+    inherit (self) outputs;
+
+    systems = [
+      "aarch64-linux"
+      "aarch64-darwin"
+      "x86_64-darwin"
+      "x86_64-linux"
+    ];
+
+    forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems;
+
+    nixpkgsFor = system: import nixpkgs {inherit system;};
+  in {
+    packages = forAllSystems (system: let
+      pkgs = nixpkgsFor system;
+
+      inherit (pkgs) beamPackages;
+      inherit (beamPackages) mixRelease fetchMixDeps;
+
+      version = "0.1.0";
+      src = ./.;
+      pname = "api.lyte.dev";
+    in {
+      # this-package = mixRelease {
+      #   inherit pname version src;
+      #   mixFodDeps = fetchMixDeps {
+      #     inherit version src;
+      #     pname = "mix-deps-${pname}";
+      #     hash = pkgs.lib.fakeSha256;
+      #   };
+      #   buildInputs = with pkgs; [sqlite];
+      #   HOME = "$(pwd)";
+      #   MIX_XDG = "$HOME";
+      # };
+
+      # default = outputs.packages.${system}.this-package;
+    });
+
+    devShells = forAllSystems (system: let
+      pkgs = nixpkgsFor system;
+      erlang = pkgs.beam.packages.erlang_26;
+      elixir = erlang.elixir_1_15;
+    in {
+      default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        shellHook = "export LOCALE_ARCHIVE=/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive";
+        buildInputs = [erlang elixir pkgs.elixir-ls];
+      };
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/templates/rust/flake.nix b/templates/rust/flake.nix
index cae00dc..e98d5c6 100644
--- a/templates/rust/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/rust/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs?rev=bd645e8668ec6612439a9ee7e71f7eac4099d4f6";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
   outputs = {
     self,
     nixpkgs,