diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/emborg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/emborg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2e69f06c605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/emborg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, borgbackup
+, appdirs
+, arrow
+, docopt
+, inform
+, nestedtext
+, parametrize-from-file
+, quantiphy
+, requests
+, shlib
+, voluptuous
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "emborg";
+  version = "1.34";
+  format = "flit";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KenKundert";
+    repo = "emborg";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-bnlELPZzTU9KyVsz5Q0aW9xWvVrgwpowQrjkQvX844g=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    appdirs
+    arrow
+    docopt
+    inform
+    quantiphy
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nestedtext
+    parametrize-from-file
+    pytestCheckHook
+    shlib
+    voluptuous
+    borgbackup
+  ];
+
+  # this disables testing fuse mounts
+  MISSING_DEPENDENCIES = "fuse";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  # this patch fixes a whitespace issue in the message that a test is expecting, https://github.com/KenKundert/emborg/pull/67
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/KenKundert/emborg/commit/afac6d1ddcecdb4bddbec87b6c8eed4cfbf4ebf9.diff";
+      sha256 = "3xg2z03FLKH4ckmiBZqE1FDjpgjgdO8OZL1ewrJlQ4o=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "emborg"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Interactive command line interface to Borg Backup";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/KenKundert/emborg";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/KenKundert/emborg/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cacc75f3eb2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, coveralls
+, numpy
+, contextlib2
+, decopatch
+, more-itertools
+, nestedtext
+, pyyaml
+, tidyexc
+, toml
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "parametrize-from-file";
+  version = "0.17.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "parametrize_from_file";
+    sha256 = "1c91j869n2vplvhawxc1sv8km8l53bhlxhhms43fyjsqvy351v5j";
+  };
+
+  format = "flit";
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "parametrize_from_file" ];
+
+  # patch out coveralls since it doesn't provide us value
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i '/coveralls/d' ./pyproject.toml
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    numpy
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    contextlib2
+    decopatch
+    more-itertools
+    nestedtext
+    pyyaml
+    tidyexc
+    toml
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Read unit test parameters from config files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kalekundert/parametrize_from_file";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/kalekundert/parametrize_from_file/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/quantiphy-eval/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/quantiphy-eval/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68eba2e94627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/quantiphy-eval/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, inform
+, pythonOlder
+, sly
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "quantiphy-eval";
+  version = "0.5";
+  format = "flit";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KenKundert";
+    repo = "quantiphy_eval";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7VHcuINhe17lRNkHUnZkVOEtD6mVWk5gu0NbrLZwprg=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    inform
+    sly
+  ];
+
+  # this has a circular dependency on quantiphy
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i '/quantiphy>/d' ./pyproject.toml
+  '';
+
+  # tests require quantiphy import
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # Also affected by the circular dependency on quantiphy
+  # pythonImportsCheck = [
+  #   "quantiphy_eval"
+  # ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "QuantiPhy support for evals in-line";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/KenKundert/quantiphy_eval/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/KenKundert/quantiphy_eval/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/quantiphy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/quantiphy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12c54353eecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/quantiphy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flitBuildHook
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, inform
+, parametrize-from-file
+, setuptools
+, voluptuous
+, quantiphy-eval
+, rkm-codes
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "quantiphy";
+  version = "2.18";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KenKundert";
+    repo = "quantiphy";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-KXZQTal5EQDrMNV9QKeuLeYYDaMfAJlEDEagq2XG9/Q=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flitBuildHook
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    quantiphy-eval
+    rkm-codes
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    inform
+    parametrize-from-file
+    pytestCheckHook
+    setuptools
+    voluptuous
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "quantiphy"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Module for physical quantities (numbers with units)";
+    homepage = "https://quantiphy.readthedocs.io";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/KenKundert/quantiphy/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rkm-codes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rkm-codes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c3ddf70e91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rkm-codes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flitBuildHook
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rkm-codes";
+  version = "0.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KenKundert";
+    repo = "rkm_codes";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-r4F72iHxH7BoPtgYm1RD6BeSZszKRrpeBQccmT4wzuw=";
+  };
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flitBuildHook
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  # this has a circular dependency on quantiphy
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i '/quantiphy/d' ./setup.py
+    sed -i '/pytest-runner/d' ./setup.py
+  '';
+
+  # this import check will fail as quantiphy is imported by this package
+  # pythonImportsCheck = [ "rkm_codes" ];
+
+  # tests require quantiphy import
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "QuantiPhy support for RKM codes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kenkundert/rkm_codes/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/shlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/shlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73f963c79e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/shlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, braceexpand
+, inform
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "shlib";
+  version = "1.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KenKundert";
+    repo = "shlib";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2fwRxa64QXKJuhYwt9Z4BxhTeq1iwbd/IznfxPUjeSM=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "shlib" ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    braceexpand
+    inform
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "shell library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/KenKundert/shlib";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/KenKundert/shlib/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tidyexc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tidyexc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4f7ed0ef582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tidyexc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tidyexc";
+  version = "0.10.0";
+  format = "flit";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1gl1jmihafawg7hvnn4xb20vd2x5qpvca0m1wr2gk0m2jj42yiq6";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "tidyexc"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Raise rich, helpful exceptions";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kalekundert/tidyexc";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/kalekundert/tidyexc/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f40a1c9cc412..5c223b9cd835 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6843,6 +6843,8 @@ with pkgs;
   embree = callPackage ../development/libraries/embree { };
   embree2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix { };
 
+  emborg = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/python-modules/emborg { };
+
   emem = callPackage ../applications/misc/emem { };
 
   empty = callPackage ../tools/misc/empty { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d47835b1568e..7279909509a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2945,6 +2945,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   embrace = callPackage ../development/python-modules/embrace { };
 
+  emborg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emborg { };
+
   emcee = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emcee { };
 
   emv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emv { };
@@ -6721,6 +6723,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   parameterized = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parameterized { };
 
+  parametrize-from-file = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parametrize-from-file { };
+
   paramiko = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paramiko { };
 
   paramz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paramz { };
@@ -9599,6 +9603,10 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   quantities = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quantities { };
 
+  quantiphy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quantiphy { };
+
+  quantiphy-eval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quantiphy-eval { };
+
   quantum-gateway = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quantum-gateway { };
 
   querystring_parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/querystring-parser { };
@@ -9873,6 +9881,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   rki-covid-parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rki-covid-parser { };
 
+  rkm-codes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rkm-codes { };
+
   rlax = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rlax { };
 
   rl-coach = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rl-coach { };
@@ -10278,6 +10288,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   sh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sh { };
 
+  shlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/shlib { };
+
   shellescape = callPackage ../development/python-modules/shellescape { };
 
   shellingham = callPackage ../development/python-modules/shellingham { };
@@ -11197,6 +11209,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
     py = python.override { x11Support=true; };
   };
 
+  tidyexc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tidyexc { };
+
   tidylib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytidylib { };
 
   tifffile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tifffile { };