diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/frosty/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/frosty/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6394c455d07f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/frosty/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "disruptek";
+  repo = "frosty";
+  rev = "0.3.1";
+  sha256 = "0hd6484ihjgl57gmqyp5xfq5prycb49k0313fqky600mhz71nmyz";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/jester/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/jester/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21646f3667f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/jester/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "dom96";
+  repo = "jester";
+  rev = "v0.5.0";
+  sha256 = "0m8a4ss4460jd2lcbqcbdd68jhcy35xg7qdyr95mh8rflwvmcvhk";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/karax/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/karax/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35a5c78ee56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/karax/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "karaxnim";
+  repo = "karax";
+  rev = "1.1.2";
+  sha256 = "07ykrd21hd76vlmkqpvv5xvaxw6aaq87bky47p2420ni85a6d94j";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/markdown/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/markdown/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c893ff0e4148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/markdown/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "soasme";
+  repo = "nim-markdown";
+  rev = "abdbe5e";
+  sha256 = "0f3c1sxvhbbds43c9l8cz69pfpf984msj1lv4pb7bzpxb5zil2wy";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimcrypto/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimcrypto/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c212ef45f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimcrypto/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "cheatfate";
+  repo = "nimcrypto";
+  rev = "a5742a9a214ac33f91615f3862c7b099aec43b00";
+  sha256 = "0al0jsaicm8vyr63n909dq1glhvpra1n9sllmj0r7lsjsdb59wsz";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/packedjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/packedjson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9edad962d589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/packedjson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "Araq";
+  repo = "packedjson";
+  rev = "7198cc8";
+  sha256 = "1ay2zd88q8hvpvigsg8h0y5vc65hk3lk0d48fy9hwg4lcng19mp1";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/redis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/redis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1768bf1976f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/redis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "zedeus";
+  repo = "redis";
+  rev = "94bcbf1";
+  sha256 = "1p9zv4f4lqrjqa8fk98cb89b9fzlf866jc584ll9sws14904i80j";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/redpool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/redpool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef14854b32dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/redpool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "zedeus";
+  repo = "redpool";
+  rev = "57aeb25";
+  sha256 = "0fph7qlia6fvya1zqzbgvww2hk5pd0vq1wlf9ij9jyn655mg0w3q";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/regex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/regex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d89fbdd60538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/regex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "nitely";
+  repo = "nim-regex";
+  rev = "2e32fdc";
+  sha256 = "1hrl40mwql7nh4wc7sdhmk8bj5728b93v5a93j49v660l0rn4qx8";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/sass/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/sass/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79885ed9ec5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/sass/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, libsass }:
+
+buildNimPackage rec {
+  pname = "sass";
+  version = "e683aa1";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dom96";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0qvly5rilsqqsyvr67pqhglm55ndc4nd6v90jwswbnigxiqf79lc";
+  };
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libsass ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/segmentation/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/segmentation/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c695cd00ca92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/segmentation/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "nitely";
+  repo = "nim-segmentation";
+  rev = "v0.1.0";
+  sha256 = "007bkx8dwy8n340zbp6wyqfsq9bh6q5ykav1ywdlwykyp1n909bh";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/supersnappy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/supersnappy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..471543eca411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/supersnappy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "guzba";
+  repo = "supersnappy";
+  rev = "1.1.5";
+  sha256 = "1y26sgnszvdf5sn7j0jx2dpd4i03mvbk9i9ni9kbyrs798bjwi6z";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/unicodedb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/unicodedb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b60710e8210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/unicodedb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "nitely";
+  repo = "nim-unicodedb";
+  rev = "v0.9.0";
+  sha256 = "06j8d0bjbpv1iibqlmrac4qb61ggv17hvh6nv4pbccqk1rlpxhsq";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/unicodeplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/unicodeplus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..772524eaf94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/unicodeplus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "nitely";
+  repo = "nim-unicodeplus";
+  rev = "v0.8.0";
+  sha256 = "181wzwivfgplkqn5r4crhnaqgsza7x6fi23i86djb2dxvm7v6qxk";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nitter/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nitter/default.nix
index b5137c92b450..36bffaa3ec61 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nitter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nitter/default.nix
@@ -1,99 +1,9 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, nixosTests
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, nim
-, libsass
-}:
+{ lib, nimPackages, nixosTests, fetchFromGitHub, libsass }:
 
-let
-  jester = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "dom96";
-    repo = "jester";
-    rev = "v0.5.0";
-    sha256 = "0m8a4ss4460jd2lcbqcbdd68jhcy35xg7qdyr95mh8rflwvmcvhk";
-  };
-  karax = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "karaxnim";
-    repo = "karax";
-    rev = "1.1.2";
-    sha256 = "07ykrd21hd76vlmkqpvv5xvaxw6aaq87bky47p2420ni85a6d94j";
-  };
-  sass = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "dom96";
-    repo = "sass";
-    rev = "e683aa1";
-    sha256 = "0qvly5rilsqqsyvr67pqhglm55ndc4nd6v90jwswbnigxiqf79lc";
-  };
-  regex = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nitely";
-    repo = "nim-regex";
-    rev = "2e32fdc";
-    sha256 = "1hrl40mwql7nh4wc7sdhmk8bj5728b93v5a93j49v660l0rn4qx8";
-  };
-  unicodedb = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nitely";
-    repo = "nim-unicodedb";
-    rev = "v0.9.0";
-    sha256 = "06j8d0bjbpv1iibqlmrac4qb61ggv17hvh6nv4pbccqk1rlpxhsq";
-  };
-  unicodeplus= fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nitely";
-    repo = "nim-unicodeplus";
-    rev = "v0.8.0";
-    sha256 = "181wzwivfgplkqn5r4crhnaqgsza7x6fi23i86djb2dxvm7v6qxk";
-  };
-  segmentation = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "nitely";
-    repo = "nim-segmentation";
-    rev = "v0.1.0";
-    sha256 = "007bkx8dwy8n340zbp6wyqfsq9bh6q5ykav1ywdlwykyp1n909bh";
-  };
-  nimcrypto = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "cheatfate";
-    repo = "nimcrypto";
-    rev = "a5742a9a214ac33f91615f3862c7b099aec43b00";
-    sha256 = "0al0jsaicm8vyr63n909dq1glhvpra1n9sllmj0r7lsjsdb59wsz";
-  };
-  markdown = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "soasme";
-    repo = "nim-markdown";
-    rev = "abdbe5e";
-    sha256 = "0f3c1sxvhbbds43c9l8cz69pfpf984msj1lv4pb7bzpxb5zil2wy";
-  };
-  packedjson = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Araq";
-    repo = "packedjson";
-    rev = "7198cc8";
-    sha256 = "1ay2zd88q8hvpvigsg8h0y5vc65hk3lk0d48fy9hwg4lcng19mp1";
-  };
-  supersnappy = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "guzba";
-    repo = "supersnappy";
-    rev = "1.1.5";
-    sha256 = "1y26sgnszvdf5sn7j0jx2dpd4i03mvbk9i9ni9kbyrs798bjwi6z";
-  };
-  redpool = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "zedeus";
-    repo = "redpool";
-    rev = "57aeb25";
-    sha256 = "0fph7qlia6fvya1zqzbgvww2hk5pd0vq1wlf9ij9jyn655mg0w3q";
-  };
-  frosty = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "disruptek";
-    repo = "frosty";
-    rev = "0.3.1";
-    sha256 = "0hd6484ihjgl57gmqyp5xfq5prycb49k0313fqky600mhz71nmyz";
-  };
-  redis = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "zedeus";
-    repo = "redis";
-    rev = "94bcbf1";
-    sha256 = "1p9zv4f4lqrjqa8fk98cb89b9fzlf866jc584ll9sws14904i80j";
-  };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+nimPackages.buildNimPackage rec {
   pname = "nitter";
   version = "unstable-2021-07-18";
+  nimBinOnly = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zedeus";
@@ -102,28 +12,33 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1dl8ndyv8m1hnydrp5xilcpp2cfbp02d5jap3y42i4nazc9ar6p4";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ nim ];
-  buildInputs = [ libsass ];
+  buildInputs = with nimPackages; [
+    jester
+    karax
+    sass
+    regex
+    unicodedb
+    unicodeplus
+    segmentation
+    nimcrypto
+    markdown
+    packedjson
+    supersnappy
+    redpool
+    frosty
+    redis
+  ];
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-    export HOME=$TMPDIR
-    nim -d:release -p:${jester} -p:${karax} -p:${sass}/src -p:${regex}/src -p:${unicodedb}/src -p:${unicodeplus}/src -p:${segmentation}/src -p:${nimcrypto} -p:${markdown}/src -p:${packedjson} -p:${supersnappy}/src -p:${redpool}/src -p:${frosty} -p:${redis}/src c src/$pname
-    nim -p:${sass}/src c --hint[Processing]:off -r tools/gencss
-    runHook postBuild
+  postBuild = ''
+    nim c --hint[Processing]:off -r tools/gencss
   '';
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    install -Dt $out/bin src/$pname
+  postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/nitter
     cp -r public $out/share/nitter/public
-    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  passthru.tests = {
-    inherit (nixosTests) nitter;
-  };
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) nitter; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Alternative Twitter front-end";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
index 7c2fe8952a7c..eee7a6d0cfc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
@@ -15,14 +15,42 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self:
 
     flatty = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/flatty { };
 
+    frosty = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/frosty { };
+
+    jester = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/jester { };
+
+    karax = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/karax { };
+
+    markdown = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/markdown { };
+
+    nimcrypto = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/nimcrypto { };
+
     nimsimd = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/nimsimd { };
 
+    packedjson = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/packedjson { };
+
     pixie = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/pixie { };
 
+    redis = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/redis { };
+
+    redpool = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/redpool { };
+
+    regex = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/regex { };
+
+    sass = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/sass { };
+
     sdl2 = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/sdl2 { };
 
+    segmentation = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/segmentation { };
+
+    supersnappy = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/supersnappy { };
+
     typography = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/typography { };
 
+    unicodedb = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/unicodedb { };
+
+    unicodeplus = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/unicodeplus { };
+
     vmath = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/vmath { };
 
     zippy = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/zippy { };