diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ftxui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ftxui/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df664a309a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ftxui/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, doxygen
+, graphviz
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "ftxui";
+  version = "unstable-2021-08-13";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ArthurSonzogni";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "69b0c9e53e523ac43a303964fc9c5bc0da7d5d61";
+    sha256 = "0cbljksgy1ckw34h0mq70s8sma0p16sznn4z9r4hwv76y530m0ww";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    doxygen
+    graphviz
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI";
+    description = "Functional Terminal User Interface for C++";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ivar ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b72f062a14e8..2f6f6ec8ea29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5041,6 +5041,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ftop = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ftop { };
 
+  ftxui = callPackage ../development/libraries/ftxui { };
+
   fsarchiver = callPackage ../tools/archivers/fsarchiver { };
 
   fsfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/fsfs { };