diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 28a7fd8c8..95c258d8f 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@ fi
 # make .direnv if it doesn't exist
 mkdir -p "$(direnv_layout_dir)"
 
-watch_file shell.nix
-watch_file flake.nix # as outputs can change at anytime
 watch_file flake.lock
-
-# we need to watch the rust-toolchain.toml file so if any edits occur,
-# then direnv can react to it and change the environment.
-watch_file rust-toolchain.toml
+watch_file nix/devshell.nix
+watch_file nix/packages/charted.nix
+watch_file nix/packages/helm-plugin.nix
 
 # try to use flakes, if it fails use normal nix (ie. shell.nix)
 use flake || use nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ab5b21a2..e22f887e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,12 +110,8 @@ coverage
 
 # nyc test coverage
 .nyc_output
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (https://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
-bower_components
+name: Checkout repository
+              s
 
 # node-waf configuration
 .lock-wscript
@@ -692,6 +688,7 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 
 !crates/helm-charts/__fixtures__/*.tgz
 crates/database/data.db
+!nix/packages/*.nix
 !hack/release/
 !crates/bin/
 !Cargo.lock
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index e950febee..c63a2a3df 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -16,24 +16,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-utils": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1710146030,
-        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1724748588,
@@ -53,9 +35,9 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay",
+        "systems": "systems"
       }
     },
     "rust-overlay": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 19526f322..2e6a827b6 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 {
-  description = "charted is a free, open, and reliable way to distribute Helm charts";
+  description = "🐻‍❄️📦 Free, open-source way to distribute Helm charts across the world";
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
-    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
     rust-overlay = {
       url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
       inputs.nixpkgs = {
@@ -32,143 +32,32 @@
 
   outputs = {
     nixpkgs,
-    flake-utils,
     rust-overlay,
+    systems,
     ...
-  }:
-    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
-      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
-        inherit system;
-        overlays = [(import rust-overlay)];
-      };
-
-      cargoTOML = builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ./Cargo.toml);
-      rust = pkgs.rust-bin.fromRustupToolchainFile ./rust-toolchain.toml;
-      rustflags =
-        if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux
-        then ''-C link-arg=-fuse-ld=mold -C target-cpu=native $RUSTFLAGS''
-        else ''$RUSTFLAGS'';
-
-      # We use Rust nightly for all crates, so we want to match it.
-      rustPlatform = pkgs.makeRustPlatform {
-        cargo = rust;
-        rustc = rust;
-      };
-
-      charted = rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [pkg-config installShellFiles];
-        buildInputs = with pkgs;
-          [openssl sqlite postgresql]
-          ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [CoreFoundation Security SystemConfiguration]));
-
-        version = "${cargoTOML.workspace.package.version}";
-        name = "charted";
-        src = ./.;
-
-        env.CHARTED_DISTRIBUTION_KIND = "nix";
-        cargoBuildFlags = ["--package" "charted"];
-        cargoLock = {
-          lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
-          outputHashes = {
-            "azalia-0.1.0" = "sha256-b0C26qCYQ1aLqgbVXwM+j8WCJxKA19a3lMfveVxSrFs=";
-          };
-        };
-
-        postInstall = ''
-          installShellCompletion --cmd charted \
-            --bash <($out/bin/charted completions bash) \
-            --fish <($out/bin/charted completions fish) \
-            --zsh <($out/bin/charted completions zsh)
-        '';
-
-        useNextest = true;
-        meta = with pkgs.lib; {
-          description = "charted is a free, open, and reliable way to distribute Helm charts";
-          homepage = "https://charts.noelware.org";
-          license = with licenses; [asl20];
-          maintainers = with maintainers; [auguwu spotlightishere noelware];
-          mainProgram = "charted";
-        };
-      };
-
-      helm-plugin = rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [pkg-config protobuf];
-        buildInputs = with pkgs;
-          [openssl sqlite postgresql]
-          ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [CoreFoundation Security SystemConfiguration]));
-        cargoSha256 = pkgs.lib.fakeSha256;
-        version = "${cargoTOML.workspace.package.version}";
-        name = "charted-helm-plugin";
-        src = ./.;
-
-        env.CHARTED_DISTRIBUTION_KIND = "nix";
-
-        cargoBuildFlags = ["--package" "charted-helm-plugin"];
-        cargoLock = {
-          lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
-          outputHashes = {
-            "azalia-0.1.0" = "sha256-b0C26qCYQ1aLqgbVXwM+j8WCJxKA19a3lMfveVxSrFs=";
-          };
-        };
-
-        postPatch = ''
-          sed -i '/^hooks:/,+2 d' plugin.yaml
-        '';
-
-        postInstall = ''
-          install -Dm644 plugin.yaml $out/charted-helm-plugin/plugin.yaml
-          mv $out/bin $out/charted-helm-plugin
-        '';
-
-        useNextest = true;
-        meta = with pkgs.lib; {
-          description = "Helm plugin to help aid developing Helm charts with charted";
-          homepage = "https://charts.noelware.org";
-          license = with licenses; [asl20];
-          maintainers = with maintainers; [auguwu spotlightishere noelware];
-        };
+  }: let
+    eachSystem = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs (import systems);
+    overlays = [(import rust-overlay)];
+    nixpkgsFor = system:
+      import nixpkgs {
+        inherit system overlays;
       };
+  in {
+    formatter = eachSystem (system: (nixpkgsFor system).alejandra);
+    packages = eachSystem (system: let
+      pkgs = nixpkgsFor system;
+      charted = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/packages/charted.nix {};
+      helm-plugin = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/packages/helm-plugin.nix {};
     in {
-      packages = {
-        inherit charted helm-plugin;
-
-        default = charted;
-        all = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
-          name = "charted-${cargoTOML.workspace.package.version}";
-          paths = [charted helm-plugin];
-        };
-      };
-
-      devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
-        LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath (with pkgs; [openssl sqlite postgresql]);
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs;
-          [pkg-config sqlite postgresql.lib]
-          ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [mold lldb])
-          ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [CoreFoundation Security SystemConfiguration]));
-
-        buildInputs = with pkgs;
-          [
-            cargo-nextest
-            cargo-machete
-            cargo-deny
+      inherit charted helm-plugin;
 
-            # I don't plan to add MySQL support and probably never will.
-            (diesel-cli.override {
-              mysqlSupport = false;
-              postgresqlSupport = true;
-              sqliteSupport = true;
-            })
-
-            openssl
-            git
-
-            rust
-          ]
-          ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [glibc]);
+      default = charted;
+    });
 
-        shellHook = ''
-          export RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable ${rustflags}"
-        '';
-      };
+    devShells = eachSystem (system: let
+      pkgs = nixpkgsFor system;
+    in {
+      default = import ./nix/devshell.nix {inherit pkgs;};
     });
+  };
 }
diff --git a/nix/common.nix b/nix/common.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc5672369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/common.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# 🐻‍❄️📦 charted-server: Free, open source, and reliable Helm Chart registry made in Rust
+# Copyright 2022-2024 Noelware, LLC. <team@noelware.org>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  cargoTOML = builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ../Cargo.toml);
+  outputHashes = {
+    "azalia-0.1.0" = "sha256-b0C26qCYQ1aLqgbVXwM+j8WCJxKA19a3lMfveVxSrFs=";
+  };
+
+  rustflags = stdenv:
+    if stdenv.isLinux
+    then ''-C link-arg=-fuse-ld=mold -C target-cpu=native $RUSTFLAGS''
+    else ''$RUSTFLAGS'';
+
+  mkRustPlatform = rust: rust.fromRustupToolchainFile ../rust-toolchain.toml;
+  mkNixpkgsRustPlatform = pkgs: toolchain:
+    pkgs.makeRustPlatform {
+      rustc = toolchain;
+      cargo = toolchain;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/nix/devshell.nix b/nix/devshell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee571a727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/devshell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# 🐻‍❄️📦 charted-server: Free, open source, and reliable Helm Chart registry made in Rust
+# Copyright 2022-2024 Noelware, LLC. <team@noelware.org>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{pkgs}:
+with pkgs; let
+  common = import ./common.nix;
+  toolchain = common.mkRustPlatform pkgs.rust-bin;
+  rustflags = common.rustflags stdenv;
+in
+  mkShell {
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [openssl sqlite postgresql];
+    nativeBuildInputs =
+      [pkg-config sqlite postgresql.lib]
+      ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [mold lldb])
+      ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [
+        CoreFoundation
+        Security
+        SystemConfiguration
+      ]));
+
+    buildInputs =
+      [
+        cargo-nextest # replacement for `cargo test`
+        cargo-machete # used to validate dependencies
+        cargo-deny # used to validate licenses, vulns, etc.
+
+        # I don't plan to add MySQL support and probably never will.
+        (diesel-cli.override {
+          mysqlSupport = false;
+          postgresqlSupport = true;
+          sqliteSupport = true;
+        })
+
+        toolchain # rust toolchain
+        openssl
+        git
+      ]
+      ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [glibc]);
+
+    shellHook = ''
+      export RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable ${rustflags}"
+    '';
+  }
diff --git a/nix/packages/charted.nix b/nix/packages/charted.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e11d71df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/packages/charted.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# 🐻‍❄️📦 charted-server: Free, open source, and reliable Helm Chart registry made in Rust
+# Copyright 2022-2024 Noelware, LLC. <team@noelware.org>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  makeRustPlatform,
+  pkg-config,
+  installShellFiles,
+  openssl,
+  sqlite,
+  postgresql,
+  darwin,
+  stdenv,
+  rust-bin,
+  lib,
+}: let
+  common = import ../common.nix;
+  rust-toolchain = common.mkRustPlatform rust-bin;
+  rustPlatform = common.mkNixpkgsRustPlatform {inherit makeRustPlatform;} rust-toolchain;
+  version = common.cargoTOML.workspace.package.version;
+in
+  rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+    inherit version;
+
+    pname = "charted";
+    src = ../../.;
+
+    useNextest = true;
+    cargoBuildFlags = ["--package" "charted"];
+    cargoLock = {
+      lockFile = ../../Cargo.lock;
+      outputHashes = common.outputHashes;
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [pkg-config installShellFiles];
+    buildInputs =
+      [openssl sqlite postgresql]
+      ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [
+        CoreFoundation
+        Security
+        SystemConfiguration
+      ]));
+
+    env.CHARTED_DISTRIBUTION_KIND = "nix";
+
+    postInstall = ''
+      installShellCompletion --cmd charted \
+        --bash <($out/bin/charted completions bash) \
+        --fish <($out/bin/charted completions fish) \
+        --zsh  <($out/bin/charted completions zsh)
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "🐻‍❄️📦 Free, open-source way to distribute Helm charts across the world";
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [auguwu spotlightishere noelware];
+      mainProgram = "charted";
+      changelog = "https://charts.noelware.org/changelogs/charted#v${version}";
+      homepage = "https://charts.noelware.org";
+      license = with licenses; [asl20];
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/nix/packages/helm-plugin.nix b/nix/packages/helm-plugin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9b9ad235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/packages/helm-plugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# 🐻‍❄️📦 charted-server: Free, open source, and reliable Helm Chart registry made in Rust
+# Copyright 2022-2024 Noelware, LLC. <team@noelware.org>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+{
+  makeRustPlatform,
+  pkg-config,
+  installShellFiles,
+  openssl,
+  sqlite,
+  postgresql,
+  darwin,
+  stdenv,
+  rust-bin,
+  lib,
+}: let
+  common = import ../common.nix;
+  rust-toolchain = common.mkRustPlatform rust-bin;
+  rustPlatform = common.mkNixpkgsRustPlatform {inherit makeRustPlatform;} rust-toolchain;
+  version = common.cargoTOML.workspace.package.version;
+in
+  rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+    inherit version;
+
+    pname = "charted-helm-plugin";
+    src = ../../.;
+
+    useNextest = true;
+    cargoBuildFlags = ["--package" "charted-helm-plugin"];
+    cargoLock = {
+      lockFile = ../../Cargo.lock;
+      outputHashes = common.outputHashes;
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [pkg-config installShellFiles];
+    buildInputs =
+      [openssl sqlite postgresql]
+      ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [
+        CoreFoundation
+        Security
+        SystemConfiguration
+      ]));
+
+    env.CHARTED_DISTRIBUTION_KIND = "nix";
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      sed -i '/^hooks:/,+2 d' plugin.yaml
+    '';
+
+    postInstall = ''
+      install -Dm644 plugin.yaml $out/charted-helm-plugin/plugin.yaml
+      mv $out/bin $out/charted-helm-plugin
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "🐻‍❄️📦 Free, open-source way to distribute Helm charts across the world";
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [auguwu spotlightishere noelware];
+      mainProgram = "charted";
+      changelog = "https://charts.noelware.org/changelogs/charted#v${version}";
+      homepage = "https://charts.noelware.org";
+      license = with licenses; [asl20];
+    };
+  }