diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d62e9b9..0c42d92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/.venv
-
 # Gitignore settings for ESPHome
 # This is an example and may include too much for your use-case.
 # You can modify this file to suit your needs.
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9aa7f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1760038930,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Oncbh0UmHjSlxO7ErQDM3KM0A5/Znfofj2BSzlHLeVw=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0b4defa2584313f3b781240b29d61f6f9f7e0df3",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2c015e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  description = "esphome deployment shell";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs =
+    {
+      nixpkgs,
+      flake-utils,
+      ...
+    }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (
+      system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            esphome
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = ''
+            echo -n "ESPHome "
+            esphome --version
+            exec zsh
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f449edd..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-esphome >= 2025.2.1