diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cef41d918791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ buildNpmPackage
+, darwin
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+, nodePackages
+, nodejs
+, python3
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage {
+  pname = "nodehun";
+  version = "3.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Wulf";
+    repo = "nodehun";
+    rev = "03c9dcf1fcd965031a68553ccaf6487d1fe87f79";
+    hash = "sha256-MoY95lSIQK1K4aIlMdPm93YxJuez9HYx2zlUhHvDao0=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # fsevents is needed on Darwin, but its dependency "nan" in the upstream package-lock.json
+    # is too old for the Node 18.x in Nixpkgs.
+    # This patch is generated by checking out the upstream source and running
+    # npm update nan --lockfile-version 1
+    ./update-nan.patch
+  ];
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-mV6rWNf2p2w4H0ESUT0/Ybtx9YEdvO5l2gCvlWFXK+U=";
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ nodePackages.node-gyp python3 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.cctools ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # Only keep the necessary parts of build/Release to reduce closure size
+    cd $out/lib/node_modules/nodehun
+    mv build build_old
+    mkdir build
+    cp -r build_old/Release build/
+    rm -rf build_old
+    rm -rf build/Release/.deps
+    # Remove a development script to eliminate runtime dependency on node
+    rm node_modules/node-addon-api/tools/conversion.js
+  '';
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ nodejs ];
+  postInstallCheck = ''
+    # Smoke check: require() works
+    export NODE_PATH=$out/lib/node_modules
+    echo 'require("nodehun")' | node -
+  '';
+
+  disallowedReferences = [ nodejs ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "The Hunspell binding for NodeJS that exposes as much of Hunspell as possible and also adds new features";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Wulf/nodehun";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.thomasjm ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/update-nan.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/update-nan.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e01f1e15c0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/update-nan.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
+index 3c577dd..64be338 100644
+--- a/package-lock.json
++++ b/package-lock.json
+@@ -932,10 +932,6 @@
+             "concat-map": "0.0.1"
+           }
+         },
+-        "chownr": {
+-          "version": "1.1.1",
+-          "bundled": true
+-        },
+         "code-point-at": {
+           "version": "1.1.0",
+           "bundled": true,
+@@ -987,13 +983,6 @@
+           "dev": true,
+           "optional": true
+         },
+-        "fs-minipass": {
+-          "version": "1.2.5",
+-          "bundled": true,
+-          "requires": {
+-            "minipass": "^2.2.1"
+-          }
+-        },
+         "fs.realpath": {
+           "version": "1.0.0",
+           "bundled": true,
+@@ -1100,22 +1089,6 @@
+           "dev": true,
+           "optional": true
+         },
+-        "minipass": {
+-          "version": "2.3.5",
+-          "bundled": true,
+-          "optional": true,
+-          "requires": {
+-            "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
+-            "yallist": "^3.0.0"
+-          }
+-        },
+-        "minizlib": {
+-          "version": "1.2.1",
+-          "bundled": true,
+-          "requires": {
+-            "minipass": "^2.2.1"
+-          }
+-        },
+         "mkdirp": {
+           "version": "0.5.1",
+           "bundled": true,
+@@ -1300,6 +1273,7 @@
+         "safe-buffer": {
+           "version": "5.1.2",
+           "bundled": true,
++          "dev": true,
+           "optional": true
+         },
+         "safer-buffer": {
+@@ -1332,24 +1306,24 @@
+           "dev": true,
+           "optional": true
+         },
+-        "string-width": {
+-          "version": "1.0.2",
++        "string_decoder": {
++          "version": "1.1.1",
+           "bundled": true,
+           "dev": true,
+           "optional": true,
+           "requires": {
+-            "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
+-            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
+-            "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0"
++            "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
+           }
+         },
+-        "string_decoder": {
+-          "version": "1.1.1",
++        "string-width": {
++          "version": "1.0.2",
+           "bundled": true,
+           "dev": true,
+           "optional": true,
+           "requires": {
+-            "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
++            "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
++            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
++            "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0"
+           }
+         },
+         "strip-ansi": {
+@@ -1387,11 +1361,6 @@
+           "bundled": true,
+           "dev": true,
+           "optional": true
+-        },
+-        "yallist": {
+-          "version": "3.0.3",
+-          "bundled": true,
+-          "optional": true
+         }
+       }
+     },
+@@ -2096,9 +2065,9 @@
+       "dev": true
+     },
+     "nan": {
+-      "version": "2.14.0",
+-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nan/-/nan-2.14.0.tgz",
+-      "integrity": "sha512-INOFj37C7k3AfaNTtX8RhsTw7qRy7eLET14cROi9+5HAVbbHuIWUHEauBv5qT4Av2tWasiTY1Jw6puUNqRJXQg==",
++      "version": "2.17.0",
++      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nan/-/nan-2.17.0.tgz",
++      "integrity": "sha512-2ZTgtl0nJsO0KQCjEpxcIr5D+Yv90plTitZt9JBfQvVJDS5seMl3FOvsh3+9CoYWXf/1l5OaZzzF6nDm4cagaQ==",
+       "dev": true,
+       "optional": true
+     },
+@@ -2768,6 +2737,15 @@
+         }
+       }
+     },
++    "string_decoder": {
++      "version": "1.1.1",
++      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.1.1.tgz",
++      "integrity": "sha512-n/ShnvDi6FHbbVfviro+WojiFzv+s8MPMHBczVePfUpDJLwoLT0ht1l4YwBCbi8pJAveEEdnkHyPyTP/mzRfwg==",
++      "dev": true,
++      "requires": {
++        "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
++      }
++    },
+     "string-width": {
+       "version": "2.1.1",
+       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-2.1.1.tgz",
+@@ -2798,15 +2776,6 @@
+         "function-bind": "^1.1.1"
+       }
+     },
+-    "string_decoder": {
+-      "version": "1.1.1",
+-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.1.1.tgz",
+-      "integrity": "sha512-n/ShnvDi6FHbbVfviro+WojiFzv+s8MPMHBczVePfUpDJLwoLT0ht1l4YwBCbi8pJAveEEdnkHyPyTP/mzRfwg==",
+-      "dev": true,
+-      "requires": {
+-        "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
+-      }
+-    },
+     "strip-ansi": {
+       "version": "4.0.0",
+       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 862c6bca7e3e..2754f5e87c1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25331,6 +25331,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / JAVASCRIPT
 
+  nodehun = callPackage ../development/tools/nodehun { };
+
   yuicompressor = callPackage ../development/tools/yuicompressor { };
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / BOWER MODULES (JAVASCRIPT)