diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 9681c7718017..fbc70ed3f94d 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -12995,6 +12995,12 @@
     githubId = 12877905;
     name = "Roman Volosatovs";
   };
+  rxiao = {
+    email = "ben.xiao@me.com";
+    github = "benxiao";
+    githubId = 10908495;
+    name = "Ran Xiao";
+  };
   ryanartecona = {
     email = "ryanartecona@gmail.com";
     github = "ryanartecona";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/execnb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/execnb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..22661c9ad07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/execnb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fastcore
+, traitlets
+, ipython
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "execnb";
+  version = "0.1.4";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-y9gSvzJA8Fsh56HbA8SszlozsBBfTLfgWGDXm9uSBvA=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ fastcore traitlets ipython ];
+
+  # no real tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "execnb" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fastai/execnb";
+    description = "Execute a jupyter notebook, fast, without needing jupyter";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rxiao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcb0b582ea74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fastprogress
+, fastcore
+, fastdownload
+, torch
+, torchvision
+, matplotlib
+, pillow
+, scikit-learn
+, scipy
+, spacy
+, pandas
+, requests
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fastai";
+  version = "2.7.10";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-zO9qGFrjpjfvybzZ/qjki3X0VNDrrTtt9CbyL64gA50=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    fastprogress
+    fastcore
+    fastdownload
+    torchvision
+    matplotlib
+    pillow
+    scikit-learn
+    scipy
+    spacy
+    pandas
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "fastai" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fastai/fastai";
+    description = "The fastai deep learning library";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rxiao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastdownload/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastdownload/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a60a7042986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastdownload/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fastprogress
+, fastcore
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fastdownload";
+  version = "0.0.6";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-1ayb0zx8rFKDgqlq/tVVLqDkh47T5jofHt53r8bWr30=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ fastprogress fastcore ];
+
+  # no real tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "fastdownload" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fastai/fastdownload";
+    description = "Easily download, verify, and extract archives";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rxiao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbdev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbdev/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c47508918a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbdev/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fastprogress
+, fastcore
+, asttokens
+, astunparse
+, watchdog
+, execnb
+, ghapi
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nbdev";
+  version = "2.3.11";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-ITMCmuAb1lXONbP5MREpk8vfNSztoTEmT87W1o+fbIU=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ fastprogress fastcore asttokens astunparse watchdog execnb ghapi ];
+  # no real tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "nbdev" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fastai/nbdev";
+    description = "Create delightful software with Jupyter Notebooks";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rxiao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7fac26acf4c3..1ac6c38143bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3192,6 +3192,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   exchangelib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/exchangelib { };
 
+  execnb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/execnb { };
+
   execnet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/execnet { };
 
   executing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/executing { };
@@ -3277,6 +3279,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   faraday-plugins = callPackage ../development/python-modules/faraday-plugins { };
 
+  fastai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastai { };
+
   fastapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastapi { };
 
   fastapi-mail = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastapi-mail { };
@@ -3291,6 +3295,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   fastdiff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastdiff { };
 
+  fastdownload = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastdownload { };
+
   fastdtw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastdtw { };
 
   fastecdsa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastecdsa { };
@@ -6298,6 +6304,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   nbconvert = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconvert { };
 
+  nbdev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbdev { };
+
   nbdime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbdime { };
 
   nbformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbformat { };