diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sy/syntax/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sy/syntax/package.nix
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+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildNpmPackage
+, stdenv
+, nix-update-script
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage rec {
+  pname = "syntax";
+  version = "0.1.27";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "DmitrySoshnikov";
+    repo = "syntax";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-5ZbelnZQvJ9k4GbWR+lDEgxXGLt4VsXput9nBV8nUdc=";
+  };
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-jZwbRGGg4tek6Jr+V7/SceJlsbIv7jFWQ+qa+fnChTw=";
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/DmitrySoshnikov/syntax";
+    description = "Syntactic analysis toolkit, language-agnostic parser generator";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ h7x4 ];
+    mainProgram = "syntax-cli";
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
+  };
+}