{
  buildPackages,
  gixy,
  lib,
  libiconv,
  makeBinaryWrapper,
  mkNugetDeps,
  mkNugetSource,
  pkgs,
  stdenv,
}:
let
  inherit (lib)
    concatMapStringsSep
    elem
    escapeShellArg
    last
    optionalString
    strings
    types
    ;
in
rec {
  # Base implementation for non-compiled executables.
  # Takes an interpreter, for example `${lib.getExe pkgs.bash}`
  #
  # Examples:
  #   writeBash = makeScriptWriter { interpreter = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash"; }
  #   makeScriptWriter { interpreter = "${pkgs.dash}/bin/dash"; } "hello" "echo hello world"
  makeScriptWriter = { interpreter, check ? "", makeWrapperArgs ? [], }: nameOrPath: content:
    assert (types.path.check nameOrPath) || (builtins.match "([0-9A-Za-z._])[0-9A-Za-z._-]*" nameOrPath != null);
    assert (types.path.check content) || (types.str.check content);
    let
      nameIsPath = types.path.check nameOrPath;
      name = last (builtins.split "/" nameOrPath);
      path = if nameIsPath then nameOrPath else "/bin/${name}";
      # The inner derivation which creates the executable under $out/bin (never at $out directly)
      # This is required in order to support wrapping, as wrapped programs consist of at least two files: the executable and the wrapper.
      inner =
        pkgs.runCommandLocal name (
          {
            inherit makeWrapperArgs;
            nativeBuildInputs = [
              makeBinaryWrapper
            ];
            meta.mainProgram = name;
          }
          // (
            if (types.str.check content) then {
              inherit content interpreter;
              passAsFile = [ "content" ];
            } else {
              inherit interpreter;
              contentPath = content;
            }
          )
        )
        ''
          # On darwin a script cannot be used as an interpreter in a shebang but
          # there doesn't seem to be a limit to the size of shebang and multiple
          # arguments to the interpreter are allowed.
          if [[ -n "${toString pkgs.stdenvNoCC.isDarwin}" ]] && isScript $interpreter
          then
            wrapperInterpreterLine=$(head -1 "$interpreter" | tail -c+3)
            # Get first word from the line (note: xargs echo remove leading spaces)
            wrapperInterpreter=$(echo "$wrapperInterpreterLine" | xargs echo | cut -d " " -f1)

            if isScript $wrapperInterpreter
            then
              echo "error: passed interpreter ($interpreter) is a script which has another script ($wrapperInterpreter) as an interpreter, which is not supported."
              exit 1
            fi

            # This should work as long as wrapperInterpreter is a shell, which is
            # the case for programs wrapped with makeWrapper, like
            # python3.withPackages etc.
            interpreterLine="$wrapperInterpreterLine $interpreter"
          else
            interpreterLine=$interpreter
          fi

          echo "#! $interpreterLine" > $out
          cat "$contentPath" >> $out
          ${optionalString (check != "") ''
            ${check} $out
          ''}
          chmod +x $out

          # Relocate executable
          # Wrap it if makeWrapperArgs are specified
          mv $out tmp
            mkdir -p $out/$(dirname "${path}")
            mv tmp $out/${path}
          if [ -n "''${makeWrapperArgs+''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}}" ]; then
              wrapProgram $out/${path} ''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}
          fi
        '';
      in
        if nameIsPath
        then inner
        # In case nameOrPath is a name, the user intends the executable to be located at $out.
        # This is achieved by creating a separate derivation containing a symlink at $out linking to ${inner}/bin/${name}.
        # This breaks the override pattern.
        # In case this turns out to be a problem, we can still add more magic
        else pkgs.runCommandLocal name {} ''
          ln -s ${inner}/bin/${name} $out
        '';


  # Base implementation for compiled executables.
  # Takes a compile script, which in turn takes the name as an argument.
  #
  # Examples:
  #   writeSimpleC = makeBinWriter { compileScript = name: "gcc -o $out $contentPath"; }
  makeBinWriter = { compileScript, strip ? true, makeWrapperArgs ? [] }: nameOrPath: content:
    assert (types.path.check nameOrPath) || (builtins.match "([0-9A-Za-z._])[0-9A-Za-z._-]*" nameOrPath != null);
    assert (types.path.check content) || (types.str.check content);
    let
      nameIsPath = types.path.check nameOrPath;
      name = last (builtins.split "/" nameOrPath);
      path = if nameIsPath then nameOrPath else "/bin/${name}";
      # The inner derivation which creates the executable under $out/bin (never at $out directly)
      # This is required in order to support wrapping, as wrapped programs consist of at least two files: the executable and the wrapper.
      inner =
        pkgs.runCommandLocal name (
          {
            inherit makeWrapperArgs;
            nativeBuildInputs = [
              makeBinaryWrapper
            ];
            meta.mainProgram = name;
          }
          // (
            if (types.str.check content) then {
            inherit content;
            passAsFile = [ "content" ];
          } else {
            contentPath = content;
                  }
          )
        )
        ''
          ${compileScript}
          ${lib.optionalString strip
              "${lib.getBin buildPackages.bintools-unwrapped}/bin/${buildPackages.bintools-unwrapped.targetPrefix}strip -S $out"}
          # Sometimes binaries produced for darwin (e. g. by GHC) won't be valid
          # mach-o executables from the get-go, but need to be corrected somehow
          # which is done by fixupPhase.
          ${lib.optionalString pkgs.stdenvNoCC.hostPlatform.isDarwin "fixupPhase"}
          mv $out tmp
          mkdir -p $out/$(dirname "${path}")
          mv tmp $out/${path}
          if [ -n "''${makeWrapperArgs+''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}}" ]; then
            wrapProgram $out/${path} ''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}
          fi
        '';
    in
      if nameIsPath
      then inner
      # In case nameOrPath is a name, the user intends the executable to be located at $out.
      # This is achieved by creating a separate derivation containing a symlink at $out linking to ${inner}/bin/${name}.
      # This breaks the override pattern.
      # In case this turns out to be a problem, we can still add more magic
      else pkgs.runCommandLocal name {} ''
        ln -s ${inner}/bin/${name} $out
      '';

  # Like writeScript but the first line is a shebang to bash
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeBash "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #   writeBash "example"
  #     {
  #       makeWrapperArgs = [
  #         "--prefix" "PATH" ":" "${pkgs.hello}/bin"
  #       ];
  #     }
  #     ''
  #       hello
  #     ''
  writeBash = name: argsOrScript:
    if lib.isAttrs argsOrScript && ! lib.isDerivation argsOrScript
    then makeScriptWriter (argsOrScript // { interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.bash}"; }) name
    else makeScriptWriter { interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.bash}"; } name argsOrScript;

  # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to bash
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeBashBin "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #  writeBashBin "example"
  #    {
  #      makeWrapperArgs = [
  #        "--prefix", "PATH", ":", "${pkgs.hello}/bin",
  #      ];
  #    }
  #    ''
  #      hello
  #    ''
  writeBashBin = name:
    writeBash "/bin/${name}";

  # Like writeScript but the first line is a shebang to dash
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeDash "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #   writeDash "example"
  #     {
  #       makeWrapperArgs = [
  #         "--prefix", "PATH", ":", "${pkgs.hello}/bin",
  #       ];
  #     }
  #     ''
  #       hello
  #     ''
  writeDash = name: argsOrScript:
    if lib.isAttrs argsOrScript && ! lib.isDerivation argsOrScript
    then makeScriptWriter (argsOrScript // { interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.dash}"; }) name
    else makeScriptWriter { interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.dash}"; } name argsOrScript;

  # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to dash
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeDashBin "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #  writeDashBin "example"
  #    {
  #      makeWrapperArgs = [
  #        "--prefix", "PATH", ":", "${pkgs.hello}/bin",
  #      ];
  #    }
  #    ''
  #      hello
  #    ''
  writeDashBin = name:
    writeDash "/bin/${name}";

  # Like writeScript but the first line is a shebang to fish
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeFish "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #   writeFish "example"
  #     {
  #       makeWrapperArgs = [
  #         "--prefix", "PATH", ":", "${pkgs.hello}/bin",
  #       ];
  #     }
  #     ''
  #       hello
  #     ''
  writeFish = name: argsOrScript:
    if lib.isAttrs argsOrScript && ! lib.isDerivation argsOrScript
    then makeScriptWriter (argsOrScript // {
      interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.fish} --no-config";
      check = "${lib.getExe pkgs.fish} --no-config --no-execute";  # syntax check only
    }) name
    else makeScriptWriter {
      interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.fish} --no-config";
      check = "${lib.getExe pkgs.fish} --no-config --no-execute";  # syntax check only
    } name argsOrScript;

  # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to fish
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeFishBin "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #   writeFishBin "example"
  #     {
  #       makeWrapperArgs = [
  #         "--prefix", "PATH", ":", "${pkgs.hello}/bin",
  #       ];
  #     }
  #     ''
  #       hello
  #     ''
  writeFishBin = name:
    writeFish "/bin/${name}";

  # writeHaskell takes a name, an attrset with libraries and haskell version (both optional)
  # and some haskell source code and returns an executable.
  #
  # Example:
  #   writeHaskell "missiles" { libraries = [ pkgs.haskellPackages.acme-missiles ]; } ''
  #     import Acme.Missiles
  #
  #     main = launchMissiles
  #   '';
  writeHaskell = name: {
    ghc ? pkgs.ghc,
    ghcArgs ? [],
    libraries ? [],
    makeWrapperArgs ? [],
    strip ? true,
    threadedRuntime ? true,
  }:
    let
      appendIfNotSet = el: list: if elem el list then list else list ++ [ el ];
      ghcArgs' = if threadedRuntime then appendIfNotSet "-threaded" ghcArgs else ghcArgs;

    in makeBinWriter {
      compileScript = ''
        cp $contentPath tmp.hs
        ${(ghc.withPackages (_: libraries ))}/bin/ghc ${lib.escapeShellArgs ghcArgs'} tmp.hs
        mv tmp $out
      '';
      inherit makeWrapperArgs strip;
    } name;

  # writeHaskellBin takes the same arguments as writeHaskell but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
  writeHaskellBin = name:
    writeHaskell "/bin/${name}";

  # Like writeScript but the first line is a shebang to nu
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeNu "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #   writeNu "example"
  #     {
  #       makeWrapperArgs = [
  #         "--prefix", "PATH", ":", "${pkgs.hello}/bin",
  #       ];
  #     }
  #     ''
  #       hello
  #     ''
  writeNu = name: argsOrScript:
    if lib.isAttrs argsOrScript && ! lib.isDerivation argsOrScript
    then makeScriptWriter (argsOrScript // { interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.nushell} --no-config-file"; }) name
    else makeScriptWriter { interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.nushell} --no-config-file"; } name argsOrScript;


  # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to nu
  #
  # Can be called with or without extra arguments.
  #
  # Example without arguments:
  #   writeNuBin "example" ''
  #     echo hello world
  #   ''
  #
  # Example with arguments:
  #   writeNuBin "example"
  #     {
  #       makeWrapperArgs = [
  #         "--prefix", "PATH", ":", "${pkgs.hello}/bin",
  #       ];
  #     }
  #    ''
  #      hello
  #    ''
  writeNuBin = name:
    writeNu "/bin/${name}";

  # makeRubyWriter takes ruby and compatible rubyPackages and produces ruby script writer,
  # If any libraries are specified, ruby.withPackages is used as interpreter, otherwise the "bare" ruby is used.
  makeRubyWriter = ruby: rubyPackages: buildRubyPackages: name: { libraries ? [], ... } @ args:
  makeScriptWriter (
    (builtins.removeAttrs args ["libraries"])
    // {
      interpreter =
        if libraries == []
        then "${ruby}/bin/ruby"
        else "${(ruby.withPackages (ps: libraries))}/bin/ruby";
      # Rubocop doesn't seem to like running in this fashion.
      #check = (writeDash "rubocop.sh" ''
      #  exec ${lib.getExe buildRubyPackages.rubocop} "$1"
      #'');
    }
  ) name;

  # Like writeScript but the first line is a shebang to ruby
  #
  # Example:
  #   writeRuby "example" { libraries = [ pkgs.rubyPackages.git ]; } ''
  #    puts "hello world"
  #   ''
  writeRuby = makeRubyWriter pkgs.ruby pkgs.rubyPackages buildPackages.rubyPackages;

  writeRubyBin = name:
    writeRuby "/bin/${name}";

  # makeLuaWriter takes lua and compatible luaPackages and produces lua script writer,
  # which validates the script with luacheck at build time. If any libraries are specified,
  # lua.withPackages is used as interpreter, otherwise the "bare" lua is used.
  makeLuaWriter = lua: luaPackages: buildLuaPackages: name: { libraries ? [], ... } @ args:
  makeScriptWriter (
    (builtins.removeAttrs args ["libraries"])
    // {
      interpreter = lua.interpreter;
        # if libraries == []
        # then lua.interpreter
        # else (lua.withPackages (ps: libraries)).interpreter
        # This should support packages! I just cant figure out why some dependency collision happens whenever I try to run this.
      check = (writeDash "luacheck.sh" ''
        exec ${buildLuaPackages.luacheck}/bin/luacheck "$1"
      '');
    }
   ) name;

  # writeLua takes a name an attributeset with libraries and some lua source code and
  # returns an executable (should also work with luajit)
  #
  # Example:
  # writeLua "test_lua" { libraries = [ pkgs.luaPackages.say ]; } ''
  #   s = require("say")
  #   s:set_namespace("en")
  #
  #   s:set('money', 'I have %s dollars')
  #   s:set('wow', 'So much money!')
  #
  #   print(s('money', {1000})) -- I have 1000 dollars
  #
  #   s:set_namespace("fr") -- switch to french!
  #   s:set('wow', "Tant d'argent!")
  #
  #   print(s('wow')) -- Tant d'argent!
  #   s:set_namespace("en")  -- switch back to english!
  #   print(s('wow')) -- So much money!
  # ''
  writeLua = makeLuaWriter pkgs.lua pkgs.luaPackages buildPackages.luaPackages;

  writeLuaBin = name:
    writeLua "/bin/${name}";

  writeRust = name: {
    makeWrapperArgs ? [],
    rustc ? pkgs.rustc,
    rustcArgs ? [],
    strip ? true,
  }:
  let
    darwinArgs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ "-L${lib.getLib libiconv}/lib" ];
  in
    makeBinWriter {
      compileScript = ''
        cp "$contentPath" tmp.rs
        PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [pkgs.gcc]} ${rustc}/bin/rustc ${lib.escapeShellArgs rustcArgs} ${lib.escapeShellArgs darwinArgs} -o "$out" tmp.rs
      '';
      inherit makeWrapperArgs strip;
    } name;

  writeRustBin = name:
    writeRust "/bin/${name}";

  # writeJS takes a name an attributeset with libraries and some JavaScript sourcecode and
  # returns an executable
  #
  # Example:
  #   writeJS "example" { libraries = [ pkgs.nodePackages.uglify-js ]; } ''
  #     var UglifyJS = require("uglify-js");
  #     var code = "function add(first, second) { return first + second; }";
  #     var result = UglifyJS.minify(code);
  #     console.log(result.code);
  #   ''
  writeJS = name: { libraries ? [] }: content:
  let
    node-env = pkgs.buildEnv {
      name = "node";
      paths = libraries;
      pathsToLink = [
        "/lib/node_modules"
      ];
    };
  in writeDash name ''
    export NODE_PATH=${node-env}/lib/node_modules
    exec ${lib.getExe pkgs.nodejs} ${pkgs.writeText "js" content} "$@"
  '';

  # writeJSBin takes the same arguments as writeJS but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
  writeJSBin = name:
    writeJS "/bin/${name}";

  awkFormatNginx = builtins.toFile "awkFormat-nginx.awk" ''
    awk -f
    {sub(/^[ \t]+/,"");idx=0}
    /\{/{ctx++;idx=1}
    /\}/{ctx--}
    {id="";for(i=idx;i<ctx;i++)id=sprintf("%s%s", id, "\t");printf "%s%s\n", id, $0}
   '';

  writeNginxConfig = name: text: pkgs.runCommandLocal name {
    inherit text;
    passAsFile = [ "text" ];
    nativeBuildInputs = [ gixy ];
  } /* sh */ ''
    # nginx-config-formatter has an error - https://github.com/1connect/nginx-config-formatter/issues/16
    awk -f ${awkFormatNginx} "$textPath" | sed '/^\s*$/d' > $out
    gixy $out
  '';

  # writePerl takes a name an attributeset with libraries and some perl sourcecode and
  # returns an executable
  #
  # Example:
  #   writePerl "example" { libraries = [ pkgs.perlPackages.boolean ]; } ''
  #     use boolean;
  #     print "Howdy!\n" if true;
  #   ''
  writePerl = name: { libraries ? [], ... } @ args:
    makeScriptWriter (
      (builtins.removeAttrs args ["libraries"])
      // {
        interpreter = "${lib.getExe (pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: libraries))}";
      }
    ) name;

  # writePerlBin takes the same arguments as writePerl but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
  writePerlBin = name:
    writePerl "/bin/${name}";

  # makePythonWriter takes python and compatible pythonPackages and produces python script writer,
  # which validates the script with flake8 at build time. If any libraries are specified,
  # python.withPackages is used as interpreter, otherwise the "bare" python is used.
  makePythonWriter = python: pythonPackages: buildPythonPackages: name: { libraries ? [], flakeIgnore ? [], ... } @ args:
  let
    ignoreAttribute = optionalString (flakeIgnore != []) "--ignore ${concatMapStringsSep "," escapeShellArg flakeIgnore}";
  in
  makeScriptWriter
    (
      (builtins.removeAttrs args ["libraries" "flakeIgnore"])
      // {
        interpreter =
          if pythonPackages != pkgs.pypy2Packages || pythonPackages != pkgs.pypy3Packages then
            if libraries == []
            then python.interpreter
            else (python.withPackages (ps: libraries)).interpreter
          else python.interpreter
        ;
        check = optionalString python.isPy3k (writeDash "pythoncheck.sh" ''
          exec ${buildPythonPackages.flake8}/bin/flake8 --show-source ${ignoreAttribute} "$1"
        '');
      }
    )
    name;

  # writePyPy2 takes a name an attributeset with libraries and some pypy2 sourcecode and
  # returns an executable
  #
  # Example:
  # writePyPy2 "test_pypy2" { libraries = [ pkgs.pypy2Packages.enum ]; } ''
  #   from enum import Enum
  #
  #   class Test(Enum):
  #       a = "success"
  #
  #   print Test.a
  # ''
  writePyPy2 = makePythonWriter pkgs.pypy2 pkgs.pypy2Packages buildPackages.pypy2Packages;

  # writePyPy2Bin takes the same arguments as writePyPy2 but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
  writePyPy2Bin = name:
    writePyPy2 "/bin/${name}";

  # writePython3 takes a name an attributeset with libraries and some python3 sourcecode and
  # returns an executable
  #
  # Example:
  # writePython3 "test_python3" { libraries = [ pkgs.python3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
  #   import yaml
  #
  #   y = yaml.load("""
  #     - test: success
  #   """)
  #   print(y[0]['test'])
  # ''
  writePython3 = makePythonWriter pkgs.python3 pkgs.python3Packages buildPackages.python3Packages;

  # writePython3Bin takes the same arguments as writePython3 but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
  writePython3Bin = name:
    writePython3 "/bin/${name}";

  # writePyPy3 takes a name an attributeset with libraries and some pypy3 sourcecode and
  # returns an executable
  #
  # Example:
  # writePyPy3 "test_pypy3" { libraries = [ pkgs.pypy3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
  #   import yaml
  #
  #   y = yaml.load("""
  #     - test: success
  #   """)
  #   print(y[0]['test'])
  # ''
  writePyPy3 = makePythonWriter pkgs.pypy3 pkgs.pypy3Packages buildPackages.pypy3Packages;

  # writePyPy3Bin takes the same arguments as writePyPy3 but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
  writePyPy3Bin = name:
    writePyPy3 "/bin/${name}";


  makeFSharpWriter = { dotnet-sdk ? pkgs.dotnet-sdk, fsi-flags ? "", libraries ? _: [], ... } @ args: nameOrPath:
  let
    fname = last (builtins.split "/" nameOrPath);
    path = if strings.hasSuffix ".fsx" nameOrPath then nameOrPath else "${nameOrPath}.fsx";
    _nugetDeps = mkNugetDeps { name = "${fname}-nuget-deps"; nugetDeps = libraries; };

    nuget-source = mkNugetSource {
      name = "${fname}-nuget-source";
      description = "A Nuget source with the dependencies for ${fname}";
      deps = [ _nugetDeps ];
    };

    fsi = writeBash "fsi" ''
      export HOME=$NIX_BUILD_TOP/.home
      export DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
      export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1
      export DOTNET_NOLOGO=1
      script="$1"; shift
      ${lib.getExe dotnet-sdk} fsi --quiet --nologo --readline- ${fsi-flags} "$@" < "$script"
    '';

  in content: makeScriptWriter (
    (builtins.removeAttrs args ["dotnet-sdk" "fsi-flags" "libraries"])
    // {
      interpreter = fsi;
    }
  ) path
  ''
    #i "nuget: ${nuget-source}/lib"
    ${ content }
    exit 0
  '';

  writeFSharp =
    makeFSharpWriter {};

  writeFSharpBin = name:
    writeFSharp "/bin/${name}";
}