diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3550a30f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4cc901d7b..4acbc5de7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ bin/
 # fabric
 
 run/
+
+# direnv
+/.direnv
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77972fb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1775710090,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ar3rofg+awPB8QXDaFJhJ2jJhu+KqN/PRCXeyuXR76E=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "4c1018dae018162ec878d42fec712642d214fdfa",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..065dc24f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+  };
+
+  outputs =
+    { self, nixpkgs }:
+    let
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+    in
+    {
+      devShells.${system}.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        packages = with pkgs; [
+          jdk21
+          gradle
+          jdt-language-server
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+}