{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    lix-module = {
      url = "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/nixos-module/archive/2.92.0-3.tar.gz";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.05";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    nixos-apple-silicon = {
      url = "github:nix-community/nixos-apple-silicon";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-unstable";
    };

    agenix = {
      url = "github:ryantm/agenix";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
      inputs.home-manager.follows = "home-manager";
    };

    nix-vscode-extensions = {
      url = "github:nix-community/nix-vscode-extensions";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-unstable";
    };

    nixpkgs-esp-dev = {
      url = "github:mirrexagon/nixpkgs-esp-dev";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-unstable";
    };

    flake-compat.url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
  };

  outputs =
    inputs@{
      self,
      nixpkgs,
      nixpkgs-unstable,
      lix-module,
      nixos-apple-silicon,
      agenix,
      home-manager,
      nix-vscode-extensions,
      nixpkgs-esp-dev,
      ...
    }:
    let
      systems = {
        x86 = "x86_64-linux";
        arm = "aarch64-linux";
      };

      machines = with systems; [
        {
          name = "graphite";
          system = x86;
        }
        {
          name = "moissanite";
          system = arm;
        }
        {
          name = "bismuth";
          system = x86;
        }
        {
          name = "serpentine";
          system = x86;
        }
      ];

      overlays = [
        lix-module.overlays.default
        nixos-apple-silicon.overlays.default # unused on non-asahi machines
        agenix.overlays.default
        nix-vscode-extensions.overlays.default
        nixpkgs-esp-dev.overlays.default
        (import ./overlay.nix)
      ];

      packageSetsForSystem =
        system:
        let
          commonPkgsInputs = {
            inherit system;
            config = import ./config.nix;
          };
        in
        rec {
          pkgs = import nixpkgs (commonPkgsInputs // { inherit overlays; });

          unstablePkgs = import nixpkgs-unstable commonPkgsInputs;

          auxiliaryPkgs = import ./pkgs {
            inherit
              pkgs
              unstablePkgs
              nixpkgs
              nixpkgs-unstable
              ;
          };
        };

      inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
    in
    {
      nixosConfigurations = lib.mergeAttrsList (
        map (
          machine:
          let
            packageSets = packageSetsForSystem machine.system;

            specialArgs = inputs // packageSets // { me = machine; };
          in
          {
            ${machine.name} = lib.nixosSystem {
              inherit (machine) system;
              inherit specialArgs;

              modules = [
                ./machines/${machine.name}

                home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
                {
                  home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
                  home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
                  home-manager.backupFileExtension = "hm-backup";
                  home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = specialArgs;
                  home-manager.users.mel = import ./machines/${machine.name}/home.nix;
                }

                lix-module.nixosModules.default
                agenix.nixosModules.default
              ];
            };
          }
        ) machines
      );

      # compatibility wrapper for nixos-option
      legacyPackages = lib.genAttrs (lib.attrValues systems) (
        system:
        let
          packageSets = packageSetsForSystem system;
        in
        with packageSets;
        pkgs.recurseIntoAttrs pkgs
      );
    };
}