diff --git a/.nix/flake.lock b/.nix/flake.lock
index ae901cc0..a102f87f 100644
--- a/.nix/flake.lock
+++ b/.nix/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "flake-compat": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1733328505,
+        "narHash": "sha256-NeCCThCEP3eCl2l/+27kNNK7QrwZB1IJCrXfrbv5oqU=",
+        "rev": "ff81ac966bb2cae68946d5ed5fc4994f96d0ffec",
+        "revCount": 69,
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://api.flakehub.com/f/pinned/edolstra/flake-compat/1.1.0/01948eb7-9cba-704f-bbf3-3fa956735b52/source.tar.gz"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "tarball",
+        "url": "https://flakehub.com/f/edolstra/flake-compat/1.tar.gz"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "inputs": {
         "systems": "systems"
@@ -52,6 +66,7 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
diff --git a/.nix/flake.nix b/.nix/flake.nix
index 12192fd2..b17a13eb 100644
--- a/.nix/flake.nix
+++ b/.nix/flake.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+
+    # This is used to provide a identical development shell at `shell.nix` for users that do not use flakes
+    flake-compat.url = "https://flakehub.com/f/edolstra/flake-compat/1.tar.gz";
   };
 
   outputs = { nixpkgs, nixpkgs-unstable, rust-overlay, flake-utils, ... }:
diff --git a/.nix/shell.nix b/.nix/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17dae953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nix/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This is a helper file for people using NixOS as their operating system.
+# If you don't know what this file does, you can safely ignore it.
+
+# If you are using Nix as your package manager, you can run 'nix-shell .nix'
+# in the root directory of the project and Nix will open a bash shell
+# with all the packages needed to build and run Graphite installed.
+# A shell.nix file is used in the Nix ecosystem to define a development
+# environment with specific dependencies. When you enter a Nix shell using
+# this file, it ensures that all the specified tools and libraries are
+# available regardless of the host system's configuration. This provides
+# a reproducible development environment across different machines and developers.
+
+# You can enter the Nix shell and run Graphite like normal with:
+# > npm start
+# Or you can run it like this without needing to first enter the Nix shell:
+# > nix-shell .nix --command "npm start"
+
+# Uses flake compat to provide a development shell that is identical to the one defined in the flake
+(import
+  (
+    let
+      lock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock);
+      nodeName = lock.nodes.root.inputs.flake-compat;
+    in
+    fetchTarball {
+      url = lock.nodes.${nodeName}.locked.url;
+      sha256 = lock.nodes.${nodeName}.locked.narHash;
+    }
+  )
+  { src = ./.; }
+).shellNix
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 885f49d3..00000000
--- a/shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-# This is a helper file for people using NixOS as their operating system.
-# If you don't know what this file does, you can safely ignore it.
-
-# If you are using Nix as your package manager, you can run 'nix-shell'
-# in the root directory of the project and Nix will open a bash shell
-# with all the packages needed to build and run Graphite installed.
-# A shell.nix file is used in the Nix ecosystem to define a development
-# environment with specific dependencies. When you enter a Nix shell using
-# this file, it ensures that all the specified tools and libraries are
-# available regardless of the host system's configuration. This provides
-# a reproducible development environment across different machines and developers.
-
-# You can enter the Nix shell and run Graphite like normal with:
-# > npm start
-# Or you can run it like this without needing to first enter the Nix shell:
-# > nix-shell --command "npm start"
-
-let
-  # Get oxalica's Rust overlay for better Rust integration
-  rust-overlay-source = builtins.fetchGit {
-    url = "https://github.com/oxalica/rust-overlay";
-  };
-
-  # Import it so we can use it in Nix
-  rust-overlay = import rust-overlay-source;
-
-  # Import system packages overlaid with the Rust overlay
-  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {
-    overlays = [ rust-overlay ];
-  };
-
-  # Define the rustc we need
-  rustc-wasm = pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default.override {
-    targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ];
-    # wasm-pack needs this
-    extensions = [ "rust-src" "rust-analyzer" "clippy" "cargo"];
-  };
-in
-  # Make a shell with the dependencies we need
-  pkgs.mkShell {
-    packages = with pkgs; [
-      rustc-wasm
-      nodejs
-      cargo-watch
-      cargo-nextest
-      cargo-expand
-      cargo-about
-      wasm-pack
-      binaryen
-      wasm-bindgen-cli
-      vulkan-loader
-      libxkbcommon
-      pkg-config
-      # used for profiling
-      gnuplot
-      samply
-      cargo-flamegraph
-
-      # For Tauri
-      at-spi2-atk
-      atkmm
-      cairo
-      gdk-pixbuf
-      glib
-      gtk3
-      harfbuzz
-      librsvg
-      libsoup_3
-      pango
-      webkitgtk_4_1
-      openssl
-
-      # For Rawkit tests
-      libraw
-
-      # Use Mold as a linker
-      mold
-    ];
-
-    # Hacky way to run Cargo through Mold
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [pkgs.openssl pkgs.vulkan-loader pkgs.libxkbcommon pkgs.llvmPackages.libcxxStdenv pkgs.gcc-unwrapped.lib pkgs.llvm pkgs.libraw];
-    shellHook = ''
-    alias cargo='mold --run cargo'
-    '';
-  }