diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cli50/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cli50/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  python3Packages,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "cli50";
+  version = "8.0.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cs50";
+    repo = "cli50";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-0gu31NPql8pFPN4jFbPwYkQmF/rbrAai6EY1ZVfXLew=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    python3Packages.setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
+    inflect
+    packaging
+    requests
+    tzlocal
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "cli50" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
+  # no python tests
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Mount directories into cs50/cli containers";
+    homepage = "https://cs50.readthedocs.io/cli50/";
+    downloadPage = "https://github.com/cs50/cli50";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/cs50/cli50/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ethancedwards8 ];
+    mainProgram = "cli50";
+  };
+}