diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-search-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-search-cli/package.nix
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+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
+}:
+
+buildGoModule {
+  pname = "nix-search-cli";
+  version = "unstable-2023-09-12";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "peterldowns";
+    repo = "nix-search-cli";
+    rev = "f3f1c53c72dadac06472a7112aeb486ab5dda695";
+    hash = "sha256-YM1Lf7py79rU8aJE0PfQaMr5JWx5J1covUf1aCjRkc8=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-JDOu7YdX9ztMZt0EFAMz++gD7n+Mn1VOe5g6XwrgS5M=";
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "CLI for searching packages on search.nixos.org";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/peterldowns/nix-search-cli";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ donovanglover ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    mainProgram = "nix-search";
+  };
+}