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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  freetype,
+  zlib,
+  bzip2,
+  brotli,
+  libpng,
+  librsvg,
+  libx11,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "freetype-demos";
+  # must match freetype.version: the demos build against the FreeType
+  # source tree of the same release
+  version = "2.14.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://savannah/freetype/ft2demos-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-GslqBmw5EI8rDMiqgFEG7Sw4FGyJE9wjltwkLpHjVoY=";
+  };
+
+  # Some demos (e.g. ttdebug) need FreeType internal headers, so
+  # upstream builds FreeType as a static meson subproject whose wrap
+  # file fetches git HEAD. Provide the matching release tarball
+  # instead — the wrap download is unavailable in the sandbox.
+  postPatch = ''
+    mkdir -p subprojects/freetype2
+    tar -xf ${freetype.src} -C subprojects/freetype2 --strip-components=1
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib
+    bzip2
+    brotli
+    libpng
+    librsvg
+    libx11
+  ];
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Demo and diagnostic programs for FreeType (ftview, ftgrid, ftdump, ...)";
+    homepage = "https://www.freetype.org/";
+    changelog = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype-demos/-/raw/VER-${
+      builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] finalAttrs.version
+    }/ChangeLog";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus; # or the FreeType License (BSD + advertising clause)
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "ftview";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fraggerfox ];
+  };
+})