{
  description = "an offline-capable xkcd webcomic reader written in Go";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
    flake-compat = {
      url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
      flake = false;
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }:
    let

      # to work with older version of flakes
      lastModifiedDate =
        self.lastModifiedDate or self.lastModified or "19700101";

      # Generate a user-friendly version number.
      version = builtins.substring 0 8 lastModifiedDate;

      # System types to support.
      supportedSystems =
        [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "aarch64-darwin" ];

      # Helper function to generate an attrset '{ x86_64-linux = f "x86_64-linux"; ... }'.
      forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems;

      # Nixpkgs instantiated for supported system types.
      nixpkgsFor = forAllSystems (system: import nixpkgs { inherit system; });

    in
    {

      # Provide some binary packages for selected system types.
      packages = forAllSystems (system:
        let pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system};
        in
        rec {
          go-xkcdreader = pkgs.buildGoModule {
            pname = "go-xkcdreader";
            inherit version;
            # In 'nix develop', we don't need a copy of the source tree
            # in the Nix store.
            src = ./.;

            # This hash locks the dependencies of this package. It is
            # necessary because of how Go requires network access to resolve
            # VCS.  See https://www.tweag.io/blog/2021-03-04-gomod2nix/ for
            # details. Normally one can build with a fake sha256 and rely on native Go
            # mechanisms to tell you what the hash should be or determine what
            # it should be "out-of-band" with other tooling (eg. gomod2nix).
            # To begin with it is recommended to set this, but one must
            # remeber to bump this hash when your dependencies change.
            #vendorSha256 = pkgs.lib.fakeSha256;

            vendorSha256 =
              "sha256-pQpattmS9VmO3ZIQUFn66az8GSmB4IvYhTTCFn6SUmo=";
          };
        });

      # The default package for 'nix build'. This makes sense if the
      # flake provides only one package or there is a clear "main"
      # package.
      defaultPackage =
        forAllSystems (system: self.packages.${system}.go-xkcdreader);

      apps = forAllSystems (system: rec {
        go-xkcdreader = {
          type = "app";
          program =
            "${self.packages.${system}.go-xkcdreader}/bin/go-xkcdreader";
        };
        default = go-xkcdreader;
      });

      devShells = forAllSystems (system:
        let pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system};
        in
        pkgs.mkShell {
          buildInputs = with pkgs; [ go gopls gofumpt go-tools nixpkgs-fmt ];
        });
    };
}