diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index f25aaa8..699a768 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ pkgs.lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: let inherit (self) callPackage; in rec {
     curl = curl-with-allow-dot-onion;
   });
 
+  radicle = callPackage ./pkgs/applications/version-management/radicle/radicle.nix { };
+
   radicle-bin = callPackage ./pkgs/applications/version-management/radicle/radicle-bin.nix { };
 
   cargo2nix = callPackage ./pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo2nix/cargo2nix.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/radicle/radicle.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/radicle/radicle.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea0b43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/radicle/radicle.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+# FIXME commit hash is "unknown"
+/*
+$ ./result/bin/radicle-node --help
+2023-08-02T00:32:41.639+02:00 INFO  node     Starting node..
+2023-08-02T00:32:41.639+02:00 INFO  node     Version 0.2.0 (unknown)
+
+$ ./result/bin/rad --help
+rad 0.8.0 (unknown)
+*/
+
+# FIXME tests are failing. maybe because .git is missing? -> no such file
+
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkg-config
+, libgit2
+, zlib
+, stdenv
+, darwin
+, git
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "radicle";
+
+  # radicle-node --help
+  versionBase = "0.2.0";
+
+  # date of source commit
+  versionDate = "2023-07-26";
+
+  version = "${versionBase}-unstable-${versionDate}";
+
+  # https://github.com/radicle-dev/heartwood
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "radicle-dev";
+    repo = "heartwood";
+    rev = "7368e389427bc49e29e0554405c17f5c11c3c8de";
+    hash = "sha256-yhBYMxG4DkykEDeBbM2FZNq/Teb5R5A6kOp/Ei2mxEs=";
+  };
+
+  # wrong cargoHash generated by nix-init
+  #cargoHash = "sha256-CSC4p2pC6doxIlmGaekxrwFXN2bsaFbjZMw9bVe8Oho=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-3yA6rdcbL/iekuFE79W8wq4YuHknRUAg7vWa4zTNy7A=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libgit2
+    zlib
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreFoundation
+  ];
+
+  # FIXME tests are failing
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  /*
+  checkInputs = [
+    git
+  ];
+  */
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A decentralized app for code collaboration";
+    homepage = "https://radicle.xyz/";
+    #homepage = "https://github.com/radicle-dev/heartwood";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
+
+/*
+FIXME tests are failing
+   Compiling radicle-crypto v0.1.0 (/build/source/radicle-crypto)
+   Compiling radicle-cob v0.1.0 (/build/source/radicle-cob)
+   Compiling radicle v0.2.0 (/build/source/radicle)
+   Compiling radicle-crdt v0.1.0 (/build/source/radicle-crdt)
+   Compiling radicle-cli v0.8.0 (/build/source/radicle-cli)
+   Compiling radicle-node v0.2.0 (/build/source/radicle-node)
+   Compiling radicle-remote-helper v0.2.0 (/build/source/radicle-remote-helper)
+    Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 29m 25s
+     Running unittests src/lib.rs (target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/deps/radicle-00ffa4e541e3f8af)
+
+running 102 tests
+test canonical::formatter::test::securesystemslib_asserts ... ok
+test canonical::formatter::test::ordered_nested_object ... ok
+test canonical::formatter::test::ascii_control_characters ... ok
+test cob::common::test::test_color ... ok
+test cob::identity::test::test_ordering ... ok
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_all ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_concurrency ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_comment ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_change_state ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_get ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_assign ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_reassign ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_unassign ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit_description ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_multilines ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_state_serde ... ok
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_reply ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_ordering ... ok
+test cob::patch::test::test_json_serialization ... ok
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_react ... FAILED
+test cob::issue::test::test_issue_tag ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_create_and_get ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_discussion ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_merge ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_review ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_redact ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_comment ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_edit ... FAILED
+test cob::patch::test::test_revision_edit_redact ... ok
+test cob::patch::test::test_revision_review_merge_redacted ... ok
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_remove_summary ... FAILED
+test cob::thread::tests::test_comment_edit_missing ... ok
+test cob::thread::tests::test_comment_edit_redacted ... ok
+test cob::thread::tests::test_comment_redact_missing ... ok
+test cob::thread::tests::test_duplicate_comments ... ok
+test cob::patch::test::test_patch_update ... FAILED
+test cob::thread::tests::test_edit_comment ... ok
+test cob::thread::tests::test_timeline ... ok
+test git::test::test_version_from_str ... ok
+test git::test::test_version_ord ... ok
+test cob::thread::tests::test_redact_comment ... ok
+test identity::did::test::test_did_encode_decode ... ok
+test identity::did::test::test_did_vectors ... ok
+test identity::doc::id::test::prop_from_str ... ok
+test identity::doc::test::test_canonical_doc ... FAILED
+test identity::doc::test::test_canonical_example ... FAILED
+test identity::doc::test::test_not_found ... ok
+test cob::thread::tests::prop_ordering ... ok
+test identity::doc::test::prop_encode_decode ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_alias ... ok
+test identity::test::prop_json_eq_str ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_entries ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_get_none ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_insert_and_get ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_insert_and_remove ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_insert_and_update ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_insert_duplicate ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_remove_nothing ... ok
+test node::features::test::test_operations ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_count ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_entries ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_insert_and_get ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_insert_and_get_resources ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_insert_and_remove ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_insert_duplicate ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_insert_existing_updated_time ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_len ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_prune ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_remove_redundant ... ok
+test node::routing::test::test_update_existing_multi ... ok
+test node::test::test_alias ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_node_policies ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_node_policy ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_repo_policies ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_repo_policy ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_track_and_untrack_node ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_track_and_untrack_repo ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_update_alias ... ok
+test node::tracking::store::test::test_update_scope ... ok
+test profile::test::canonicalize_home ... ok
+test node::address::store::test::test_empty ... ok
+test identity::test::test_valid_identity ... FAILED
+test rad::tests::test_checkout ... FAILED
+test rad::tests::test_fork ... FAILED
+test storage::git::tests::test_references_of ... FAILED
+test rad::tests::test_init ... FAILED
+test storage::git::transport::local::url::test::test_url_parse ... ok
+test storage::git::transport::local::url::test::test_url_to_string ... ok
+test storage::git::transport::remote::url::test::test_url_parse ... ok
+test storage::refs::tests::prop_canonical_roundtrip ... ok
+test storage::tests::test_storage ... ok
+test test::assert::test::assert_with_message ... ok
+test storage::git::tests::test_sign_refs ... ok
+test test::assert::test::test_assert_no_move ... ok
+test test::assert::test::test_assert_panic_0 - should panic ... ok
+test test::assert::test::test_assert_panic_1 - should panic ... ok
+test test::assert::test::test_assert_succeed ... ok
+test test::assert::test::test_assert_panic_2 - should panic ... ok
+test test::assert::test::test_panic_message ... ok
+test version::test::test_version ... ok
+test storage::git::tests::test_remote_refs ... FAILED
+
+failures:
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_all stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_all' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_concurrency stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_concurrency' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_comment stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_comment' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_change_state stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_change_state' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_get stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_get' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_assign stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_assign' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_reassign stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_reassign' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_unassign stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_unassign' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit_description stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit_description' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_multilines stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_multilines' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_reply stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_reply' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_react stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_react' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::issue::test::test_issue_tag stdout ----
+thread 'cob::issue::test::test_issue_tag' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_create_and_get stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_create_and_get' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_discussion stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_discussion' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_merge stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_merge' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_review stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_review' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_redact stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_redact' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_comment stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_comment' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_edit stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_edit' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_remove_summary stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_remove_summary' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- cob::patch::test::test_patch_update stdout ----
+thread 'cob::patch::test::test_patch_update' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/test.rs:126:91
+
+---- identity::doc::test::test_canonical_doc stdout ----
+thread 'identity::doc::test::test_canonical_doc' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/identity/doc.rs:476:10
+
+---- identity::doc::test::test_canonical_example stdout ----
+thread 'identity::doc::test::test_canonical_example' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/identity/doc.rs:430:10
+
+---- identity::test::test_valid_identity stdout ----
+thread 'identity::test::test_valid_identity' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/identity.rs:206:78
+
+---- rad::tests::test_checkout stdout ----
+thread 'rad::tests::test_checkout' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/rad.rs:483:10
+
+---- rad::tests::test_fork stdout ----
+thread 'rad::tests::test_fork' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/rad.rs:448:10
+
+---- storage::git::tests::test_references_of stdout ----
+thread 'storage::git::tests::test_references_of' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/storage/git.rs:748:78
+
+---- rad::tests::test_init stdout ----
+thread 'rad::tests::test_init' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/rad.rs:394:10
+
+---- storage::git::tests::test_remote_refs stdout ----
+thread 'storage::git::tests::test_remote_refs' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Git(Error { code: -1, klass: 0, message: "No such file or directory (os error 2)" })', radicle/src/storage/git.rs:717:62
+
+
+failures:
+    cob::issue::test::test_concurrency
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_all
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_comment
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_assign
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_change_state
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_get
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_reassign
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_create_and_unassign
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_edit_description
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_multilines
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_react
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_reply
+    cob::issue::test::test_issue_tag
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_create_and_get
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_discussion
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_merge
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_redact
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_review
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_comment
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_edit
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_review_remove_summary
+    cob::patch::test::test_patch_update
+    identity::doc::test::test_canonical_doc
+    identity::doc::test::test_canonical_example
+    identity::test::test_valid_identity
+    rad::tests::test_checkout
+    rad::tests::test_fork
+    rad::tests::test_init
+    storage::git::tests::test_references_of
+    storage::git::tests::test_remote_refs
+
+test result: FAILED. 71 passed; 31 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 2.38s
+
+error: test failed, to rerun pass `-p radicle --lib`
+error: builder for '/nix/store/snppbbzb8izn807bzfvmlvi8r1412aiz-radicle-0.2.0-unstable-2023-07-26.drv' failed with exit code 101;
+*/