diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9442044a1697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, openssl, stdenv, Security }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "zee";
+  version = "0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "zee-editor";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/9SogKOaXdFDB+e0//lrenTTbfmXqNFGr23L+6Pnm8w=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
+
+  # disable downloading and building the tree-sitter grammars at build time
+  # grammars can be configured in a config file and installed with `zee --build`
+  # see https://github.com/zee-editor/zee#syntax-highlighting
+  ZEE_DISABLE_GRAMMAR_BUILD=1;
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-mbqI1csnU95VWgax4GjIxB+nhMtmpaeJ8QQ3qb0hY4c=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/zee-editor/zee";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ booklearner ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6e2c1fd01cc6..e7d56c17a633 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5848,6 +5848,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   zabbixctl = callPackage ../tools/misc/zabbixctl { };
 
+  zee = callPackage ../applications/editors/zee {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
+  };
+
   zeek = callPackage ../applications/networking/ids/zeek { };
 
   zoekt = callPackage ../tools/text/zoekt { };