diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76f8e2b1..e01806da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@
     },
     "linux": {
       "target": [
-        "deb",
         "AppImage"
       ],
       "category": "Development",
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75b7ae73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    nodejs
+    nodePackages.node-gyp
+    python313
+    python313Packages.setuptools
+    python313Packages.wheel
+    python313Packages.distutils
+
+    # Document processing libraries
+    python313Packages.pypdf2
+    python313Packages.python-docx
+    python313Packages.python-pptx
+    python313Packages.pandas
+    python313Packages.openpyxl
+    python313Packages.xlrd
+    python313Packages.striprtf
+    python313Packages.beautifulsoup4
+
+    # Build tools
+    gcc
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  shellHook = ''
+    # make sure node-gyp/npm use the shell python
+    export npm_config_python=${pkgs.python313}/bin/python3
+  '';
+}