diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index aa95b0e3b40c..55ebe329d88f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ mapAliases {
   vue-cli = self."@vue/cli"; # added 2023-08-18
   vue-language-server = self.vls; # added 2023-08-20
   inherit (pkgs) web-ext; # added 2023-08-20
+  inherit (pkgs) write-good; # added 2023-08-20
   inherit (pkgs) yo; # added 2023-08-20
   zx = pkgs.zx; # added 2023-08-01
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index 2538575e4ef9..2d891a114df5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@
 , "@withgraphite/graphite-cli"
 , "wrangler"
 , "wring"
-, "write-good"
 , "@yaegassy/coc-nginx"
 , "yaml-language-server"
 , "yalc"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index 860964238084..c68dddcf5b27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -139774,248 +139774,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  write-good = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "write-good";
-    packageName = "write-good";
-    version = "1.0.8";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/write-good/-/write-good-1.0.8.tgz";
-      sha512 = "P1Ct7+DNrOcr2JAxDZ3Q5i5sx2LSveu7iLaoUL0A+YiG0GKf0l5+9j3rwMeyh6JeTL1+HfQV1rnwEvzhNIvpFw==";
-    };
-    dependencies = [
-      sources."@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap-1.2.6"
-      sources."@babel/runtime-7.22.10"
-      sources."@eslint-community/eslint-utils-4.4.0"
-      sources."@eslint-community/regexpp-4.6.2"
-      (sources."@eslint/eslintrc-2.1.1" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."@eslint/js-8.46.0"
-      (sources."@humanwhocodes/config-array-0.11.10" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."@humanwhocodes/module-importer-1.0.1"
-      sources."@humanwhocodes/object-schema-1.2.1"
-      sources."@nodelib/fs.scandir-2.1.5"
-      sources."@nodelib/fs.stat-2.0.5"
-      sources."@nodelib/fs.walk-1.2.8"
-      sources."@types/json5-0.0.29"
-      sources."acorn-8.10.0"
-      sources."acorn-jsx-5.3.2"
-      sources."adverb-where-0.2.5"
-      sources."ajv-6.12.6"
-      sources."ansi-regex-5.0.1"
-      sources."ansi-styles-4.3.0"
-      sources."argparse-2.0.1"
-      sources."aria-query-5.3.0"
-      sources."array-buffer-byte-length-1.0.0"
-      sources."array-includes-3.1.6"
-      sources."array.prototype.findlastindex-1.2.2"
-      sources."array.prototype.flat-1.3.1"
-      sources."array.prototype.flatmap-1.3.1"
-      sources."array.prototype.tosorted-1.1.1"
-      sources."arraybuffer.prototype.slice-1.0.1"
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-      sources."es-set-tostringtag-2.0.1"
-      sources."es-shim-unscopables-1.0.0"
-      sources."es-to-primitive-1.2.1"
-      sources."escape-string-regexp-4.0.0"
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-          sources."debug-4.3.4"
-          sources."doctrine-3.0.0"
-          sources."ms-2.1.2"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."eslint-import-resolver-node-0.3.9"
-      sources."eslint-module-utils-2.8.0"
-      sources."eslint-plugin-import-2.28.0"
-      sources."eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y-6.7.1"
-      (sources."eslint-plugin-react-7.33.1" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."resolve-2.0.0-next.4"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."eslint-plugin-react-hooks-4.6.0"
-      sources."eslint-scope-7.2.2"
-      sources."eslint-visitor-keys-3.4.2"
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-      sources."esquery-1.5.0"
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-      sources."estraverse-5.3.0"
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-      sources."fast-json-stable-stringify-2.1.0"
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-      sources."fastq-1.15.0"
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-      sources."find-up-5.0.0"
-      sources."flat-cache-3.0.4"
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-      sources."function.prototype.name-1.1.5"
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-      sources."glob-7.2.3"
-      sources."glob-parent-6.0.2"
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-      sources."path-exists-4.0.0"
-      sources."path-is-absolute-1.0.1"
-      sources."path-key-3.1.1"
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-      sources."prelude-ls-1.2.1"
-      sources."prop-types-15.8.1"
-      sources."punycode-2.3.0"
-      sources."queue-microtask-1.2.3"
-      sources."react-is-16.13.1"
-      sources."regenerator-runtime-0.14.0"
-      sources."regexp.prototype.flags-1.5.0"
-      sources."resolve-1.22.4"
-      sources."resolve-from-4.0.0"
-      sources."reusify-1.0.4"
-      sources."rimraf-3.0.2"
-      sources."run-parallel-1.2.0"
-      sources."safe-array-concat-1.0.0"
-      sources."safe-regex-test-1.0.0"
-      sources."semver-6.3.1"
-      sources."shebang-command-2.0.0"
-      sources."shebang-regex-3.0.0"
-      sources."side-channel-1.0.4"
-      sources."string.prototype.matchall-4.0.8"
-      sources."string.prototype.trim-1.2.7"
-      sources."string.prototype.trimend-1.0.6"
-      sources."string.prototype.trimstart-1.0.6"
-      sources."strip-ansi-6.0.1"
-      sources."strip-bom-3.0.0"
-      sources."strip-json-comments-3.1.1"
-      sources."supports-color-7.2.0"
-      sources."supports-preserve-symlinks-flag-1.0.0"
-      sources."text-table-0.2.0"
-      sources."too-wordy-0.3.4"
-      sources."tsconfig-paths-3.14.2"
-      sources."type-check-0.4.0"
-      sources."type-fest-0.20.2"
-      sources."typed-array-buffer-1.0.0"
-      sources."typed-array-byte-length-1.0.0"
-      sources."typed-array-byte-offset-1.0.0"
-      sources."typed-array-length-1.0.4"
-      sources."unbox-primitive-1.0.2"
-      sources."uri-js-4.4.1"
-      sources."weasel-words-0.1.1"
-      sources."which-2.0.2"
-      sources."which-boxed-primitive-1.0.2"
-      sources."which-typed-array-1.1.11"
-      sources."wrappy-1.0.2"
-      sources."yocto-queue-0.1.0"
-    ];
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "Naive linter for English prose";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/btford/write-good#readme";
-      license = "MIT";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   "@yaegassy/coc-nginx" = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "_at_yaegassy_slash_coc-nginx";
     packageName = "@yaegassy/coc-nginx";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/write-good/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/write-good/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db3e16c23deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/write-good/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildNpmPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage rec {
+  pname = "write-good";
+  version = "1.0.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "btford";
+    repo = "write-good";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-cq3cj2BwoQMKqo3iU2l+PR/2bJIFMSTRsDGQJ06GWXk=";
+  };
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-0M9RzyeINmUPYcLy654iI+/ehElKrhIAibpiSqlXD2A=";
+
+  dontNpmBuild = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Naive linter for English prose";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/btford/write-good";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "write-good";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 061138067ada..3a44aa772da6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14454,6 +14454,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   wpscan = callPackage ../tools/security/wpscan { };
 
+  write-good = callPackage ../tools/text/write-good { };
+
   wsmancli = callPackage ../tools/system/wsmancli { };
 
   wstunnel = haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.wstunnel;