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+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylev";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
+  # No tests in PyPi tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "toastdriven";
+    repo = "pylev";
+    # Can't use a tag because it's missing
+    # https://github.com/toastdriven/pylev/issues/10
+    # rev = "v${version};
+    rev = "72e3d490515c3188e2acac9c15ea1b466f9ff938";
+    sha256 = "18dg1rfnqgfl6x4vafiq4la9d7f65xak19gcvngslq0bm1z6hyd8";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/toastdriven/pylev;
+    description = "A pure Python Levenshtein implementation that's not freaking GPL'd";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jakewaksbaum ];
+  };
+}