diff --git a/devShells/uniPython/flake.lock b/devShells/uniPython/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1742422364,
+        "narHash": "sha256-mNqIplmEohk5jRkqYqG19GA8MbQ/D4gQSK0Mu4LvfRQ=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a84ebe20c6bc2ecbcfb000a50776219f48d134cc",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/devShells/uniPython/flake.nix b/devShells/uniPython/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "matplotlib kitcat devshell";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+
+  outputs =
+    { nixpkgs, ... }:
+    let
+      forAllSystems =
+        f:
+        nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs nixpkgs.lib.systems.flakeExposed (system: f nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+    in
+    {
+      devShells = forAllSystems (pkgs: {
+        default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          packages = [
+            (pkgs.python311.withPackages (
+              ps: with ps; [
+                numpy
+                ipython
+                matplotlib
+                pandas
+                # kitkat backend to view plots
+                # directly in the kitty terminal
+                (ps.buildPythonPackage rec {
+                  pname = "kitcat";
+                  version = "1.2.1";
+                  format = "pyproject";
+                  src = pkgs.fetchPypi {
+                    inherit pname version;
+                    hash = "sha256-biNvOgAtSUUxvDtBH78Z6MG/pq9rhles3DDvokbpLsg=";
+                  };
+                  nativeBuildInputs = with ps; [ hatchling ];
+                  buildInputs = with ps; [
+                    matplotlib
+                    setuptools
+                    build
+                  ];
+                })
+              ]
+            ))
+          ];
+
+          MPLBACKEND = "module://kitcat";
+        };
+      });
+    };
+}