diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/buildPlugin.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/buildPlugin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4ef26f8e1fb1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/buildPlugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchzip,
+  npm-lockfile-fix,
+  buildNpmPackage,
+
+  name,
+  url,
+  hash,
+  npmDepsHash,
+  patches ? [ ],
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage {
+  inherit name npmDepsHash patches;
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    inherit url hash;
+    postFetch = ''
+      # Add missing integrity and resolved fields
+      ${lib.getExe npm-lockfile-fix} $out/package-lock.json
+    '';
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/preinstall/d' package.json
+  '';
+
+  npmBuildScript = "dist";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm444 -t $out publish/*.jpl
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/missing-hashes.json b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/missing-hashes.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7c74e0263492b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/missing-hashes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64@npm:0.33.4": "41e5ad30a5460a34a468dedef1b317e19b9878c13cc8115f855cecb9486ebb6e1f7e2b6dd3f0f1112ea9cbe3c7cf7a0c18213d3bfa0da77877ba3587dbe075df",
+  "@img/sharp-darwin-x64@npm:0.33.4": "264d90ea0928b1b30678159944f48a987010ba5dfdc97dbada6714483fa0d393f971a2d7909ed7573982acf13efa03ab43b6f22e64a1fce7f106c37e899ae367",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-arm64@npm:1.0.2": "fa84f3487058b1ddd7bd607205b4f3e89e10e6f1d21701a064e586aa6b60d009a763fd7e26e4a347430579db25a6a0c968044e3a1a38773bc265c6622d7c9eb9",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-x64@npm:1.0.2": "87ebf2edd083abb711c712bf83a2ba81889591e74e09ebec95364db0d03f06f2d178a8937c432595dbf89a5abcb4fe819d8671813dfeb23585123e2fd087247a",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-arm64@npm:1.0.2": "1f36347235982e67a3031a8ea466391282ba679a70866613372d1c95b7c622c10cf5a06d204f9a01f07cf3f27d219181e2680d2c348115dc2bd67d0335346e73",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-arm@npm:1.0.2": "598757b81ac94a1b6d89a8b33544bd5487723aac2b4b3d51d40515cce8376377dfef69304c47586ffaf56bbbadecc6e0a39c5a3e8112cbc18cfc4e415f604e27",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-s390x@npm:1.0.2": "f5dffd83065707a7b23ab6327e795faf5659546733ae7fcfecdc78d6369699bc29a36b22a498a2e929a5bffc9ea5c6abe207c1ae2d310560eed8f036e1cbd9bd",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-x64@npm:1.0.2": "f0dffe9f28e90f32baa486c34303bd0640603c11ca21bdba505f510b1b6edabb6e3cfe7be533d23293bde4dadb94acaf19d1620feaae89a8a307dc20bd720ecf",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-linuxmusl-arm64@npm:1.0.2": "4298fbcae47fd5b54b05264fe44c1162e83c0b4ecc2d8f7e93bccc87b33cb3153bd77374b5d2408f7d5840d23109be204744b6a223d351a992a370951ee4b38b",
+  "@img/sharp-libvips-linuxmusl-x64@npm:1.0.2": "d8dcd822d9aa2501817dc59b582ca56129d4c03e5bd6b54e3baafb9b98c38326c4319bd7c3dfa058f214bee7734b1b19f0790bba481913afe1e712d3f8720cfd",
+  "@img/sharp-linux-arm64@npm:0.33.4": "e73036fa178d157df200c8be1c4a3557fabbcc21e433293453e74fd25fbb8e35941dd95bbafa8262dfd1f0260aa84ee471d1bb6325b9711e0fff0569f368b8dd",
+  "@img/sharp-linux-arm@npm:0.33.4": "aaa6bcbdc9ec5b48fec662f97431d6da35f363531c80eabcccb0a91e50edad3a4ec9396d457e9ecd3048d0f3435146230b2a7209c8b1e88e81d155634c2ccb6e",
+  "@img/sharp-linux-s390x@npm:0.33.4": "721d102ab50da64543920d512c5d058ab13a63de7c1d908ed12455be5596b4a26c23c5a9f7219486e722fc91a8ed9ff6838af0567e03b2ba512677f302538903",
+  "@img/sharp-linux-x64@npm:0.33.4": "1bcc4fd398f2cddcf7164804685d7f050ace81a48e6769cf0f6b7eca5a41f28910c7bd943e89aa5267943a06983715e1d7ed5b7436827935dd4c2075ca34ce45",
+  "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64@npm:0.33.4": "b9a2bd70e34a679798eebd9e7edca4775dade662316d697a6cfc91fe1b710bd717dd9b5bd71a6d67c3b8f6618b8ee607f15041f1b0014d8d2acde4fa867e8711",
+  "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64@npm:0.33.4": "7d711a3d62f59f77f0e6e97027ae75614fcba6c2b7cc6188a4496a9d0c72115a59e9ca252f6e37e19aee6436c4ec4d5fcd8303c2986d2abe7f2e90fb3fdf5210",
+  "@img/sharp-wasm32@npm:0.33.4": "683f5d53db1ff2e98605fd6281d1ef3afc3e4a710a1fcc8e74142229bd573636023268ae1c07060cbf57fe36c45a71380cfe2be48178aab119f24891c378fd22",
+  "@img/sharp-win32-ia32@npm:0.33.4": "f42be0d5a35d48cc44e468c30a0a372ff459574c4d06498280dca1a8c3f1bf495a9e5ff8ba303971cfc5ca9a4858bd0883abfec4eb80b137926beeed150f0e98",
+  "@img/sharp-win32-x64@npm:0.33.4": "b272f5cb6104485de228ce1569341b6a2065f0570dccd3725112f1f963d5be4ed1fc045b63ead3e94becf9778a579acad9e5cb4899ff9a8f0aef70b89e639784",
+  "@rollup/rollup-android-arm-eabi@npm:4.2.0": "0b0b4eee292d9e0a05b6295f68c42b980d3a896b966f212e2e0553ba79b893b8cbe590ad1e8bf2b0ab3bf5d6160e740499dc2e0618d24192acbe43c0177eb280",
+  "@rollup/rollup-android-arm64@npm:4.2.0": "2b32aaf04a4b4c4c1539146945f907cb4f0938411aa2f2f2dfb636ee00d4b9adb13affe288309ccf077584ee7a4b19ba6ecd9452c7235ce9a04b5f2dc504a04e",
+  "@rollup/rollup-darwin-arm64@npm:4.2.0": "129f66910043d72922b79278d8196952b0602b026f4e86244c81766af1ea79685f61d78432b3fd74e4a03317f16a45d1aaee5cfb7d5887ef643a5e005900a358",
+  "@rollup/rollup-darwin-x64@npm:4.2.0": "892365ee83ee4d34a675c23cab8d3e162f53c77e27fe251d5ae02f09299c3bcf603e1b3fd2d6d0b435c90eed35842d0b819c9fc5077e6dc91831507f0b7554b8",
+  "@rollup/rollup-linux-arm-gnueabihf@npm:4.2.0": "5d8b0aa6f9153eec2e3ac9eac3a398f4534764150f01543db666088785c9bbb98ea2b27e6152dc011dd3bcc862634acfd8be2af5edb4644012fe5767de6b8cab",
+  "@rollup/rollup-linux-arm64-gnu@npm:4.2.0": "96f119069ccdcca5aa4306dbd70e627018a2e3bf760cf14d57a269a60197436c5b8703d0495fa8e9226174b99ce3b01b983e0311cf00d9d27c18a1c784e23737",
+  "@rollup/rollup-linux-arm64-musl@npm:4.2.0": "2edd96e4e0d8acbd76bca3d1335a77f13bf1f0a6c9937f896c4bd2cf6a4f4d48cd0032ff9015415eafa15826b0f875cbac9b241b7679b229ddb462b88b896264",
+  "@rollup/rollup-linux-x64-gnu@npm:4.2.0": "9f773f683181763bd22b1df1d3de01086c4c4017c26fce2d9d1d5a37fe367bd98537d0826294742031f1782c8fbb9f55155e5439b02439551a8c087d4f2496f1",
+  "@rollup/rollup-linux-x64-musl@npm:4.2.0": "2fa80cc108abea8e6a8e773d2f3bc68b177b793aa4cdd280899ff9dec36f56b9a794b41fccbe9d41486e0894cd035382ecee9206cce12cb837aea3ba9c61c2e5",
+  "@rollup/rollup-win32-arm64-msvc@npm:4.2.0": "2c58fc0e633fb5fdd5e7966e3dd8cf0b575892e5b459f5e0a656e554db27a8997a161a6f484fff32b2ddb76f4c4fcac73783bd7ebb2afc98fa61cbf6496a8906",
+  "@rollup/rollup-win32-ia32-msvc@npm:4.2.0": "2a6347e67a9e025d21f3218992add7b1c4f2d06816236bf15d052a13c06ff8593b6bef7462ec8646db840348772f24c5c84fe7bc6b3580b6335e594fdf7c92ef",
+  "@rollup/rollup-win32-x64-msvc@npm:4.2.0": "c972900a6e81909e8d4b908f21dd967408098898e4f5ef865efdb6818bd7e7b3143846f92e662fa3f4b33cb3981819f9acc4d343417b5def926fffb634b9cd30",
+  "dmg-license@npm:1.0.11": "be760b0fc5bb36a31ad623597e8c883eee85a2a775107892354b1fb8fd11fba7bf6c2c0e96bb6c43a8f27a448bd4188d6073dbc4c0f53034f42f05660c4571ee",
+  "iconv-corefoundation@npm:1.1.7": "e9456c1ece923480330e2de94c214afa04ef28b72bc9e982ada8c2fdad270a0e6af99cccb303f87406dde84cbf82b807c73152252ecc90f54d89cdd1b0e7351e",
+  "lightningcss-darwin-arm64@npm:1.19.0": "82aec584a78c29575d2ec5b17787b36d98ef508e0f848929adf37f1899c83a05b55a84a80608c4a2138b14832b8d690b0d0968a4905f0cbc3ca6984d84ea6b9c",
+  "lightningcss-darwin-x64@npm:1.19.0": "07a3851a2498c3edd98a41829726bba565429e84666b44360197988f6e1b680433f696f7c9b3b7a90efc196e66c7077837a800ae0ba83896b002e1c4d013a837",
+  "lightningcss-linux-arm-gnueabihf@npm:1.19.0": "bade132cd6b4de48a1bba97543187fe0a8129af3da3b86a63bd3f9f4f089dfd849541968543672182b78883e83a694a4db19c1af5d1eabdb762ec457df016629",
+  "lightningcss-linux-arm64-gnu@npm:1.19.0": "e54088904bc884bea57330fb7a90110944f4b9e709154bc83a86e502a5eda0c58973b42ad3e273ce98eeb6d22bcf9d30cf65d38de9a420f93e5c97980cdd1870",
+  "lightningcss-linux-arm64-musl@npm:1.19.0": "3c0f993df610230c7f76134bfe7025e880b6ba89c5c086fe7916b4cb4008fbd787f9c8141a534e3ec8420cd5cd43d298481adc0f1325855ebf31e898ae73bf45",
+  "lightningcss-linux-x64-gnu@npm:1.19.0": "c0195bae2546ee5842b18ea6cfef199de36bac433866364df6f5e1f1c5f60d081de4647f10966337e540ae5ea8f4b6b8ad0e8d3ce020fb9c4fec8bdcce636ed6",
+  "lightningcss-linux-x64-musl@npm:1.19.0": "1f2995a52539c0315c5890dff8adbfef0fb35d63df67ec3128f5e1507c391b1ae51927e31c48f0af61e74dafaeea06658c403ee73b1a5418584910b14cc831ed",
+  "lightningcss-win32-x64-msvc@npm:1.19.0": "cee88f0a8873274525034a7a51d3cb082cb55627ed70a51e0b7183aa7271128de0188695f4f672a3f79101e06290bd1bd5b1408decfc36016176bd7f7edc130b",
+  "systeminformation@npm:5.21.15": "664d4821c23ab704c02fc020ac5c140849a415bdee4be8188256a6ef5d5f418b4373383636bfff94d10304e47b1765ba9c8bec04fd05ec81e7552e1e94593054"
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix
index cb314eaf4c93a..37ce778a78031 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,227 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  appimageTools,
-  fetchurl,
+  nodejs,
+  makeDesktopItem,
+  copyDesktopItems,
   makeWrapper,
-  _7zz,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  yarn-berry_3,
+  python3,
+  pkg-config,
+  pango,
+  cairo,
+  pixman,
+  libsecret,
+  electron_36,
+  xcbuild,
+  buildPackages,
+  callPackage,
+  runCommand,
+  libGL,
+  typescript,
 }:
 
 let
+  electron = electron_36;
+  yarn-berry = yarn-berry_3;
+
+  releaseData = lib.importJSON ./release-data.json;
+
+  buildPlugin = import ./buildPlugin.nix;
+
+  getPluginPatch =
+    src: id:
+    runCommand "${id}.diff" { } ''
+      patch="${src}/packages/default-plugins/plugin-patches/${id}.diff"
+
+      if [ -f "$patch" ]; then
+        cp "$patch" "$out"
+      else
+        # create an empty patch file if it doesn't exist – can't check this from Nix code without IFD
+        touch "$out"
+      fi
+    '';
+
+  getDefaultPlugins = map (callPackage buildPlugin);
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "joplin-desktop";
   inherit (releaseData) version;
 
-  inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
-  throwSystem = throw "Unsupported system: ${system}";
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.py;
 
-  releaseData = lib.importJSON ./release-data.json;
-  src = fetchurl releaseData.${system} or throwSystem;
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "laurent22";
+    repo = "joplin";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    postFetch = ''
+      # there's a file with a weird name that causes a hash mismatch on darwin
+      rm $out/packages/app-cli/tests/support/photo*
+    '';
+    inherit (releaseData) hash;
+  };
+
+  missingHashes = ./missing-hashes.json;
+
+  offlineCache = yarn-berry.fetchYarnBerryDeps {
+    inherit (finalAttrs) src missingHashes postPatch;
+    hash = releaseData.deps_hash;
+  };
 
-  appimageContents = appimageTools.extractType2 {
-    inherit pname version src;
+  # allows overriding to disable building the plugins
+  defaultPlugins = getDefaultPlugins (
+    lib.mapAttrsToList (
+      id: plugin:
+      plugin
+      // {
+        patches = [ (getPluginPatch finalAttrs.src id) ];
+      }
+    ) releaseData.plugins
+  );
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libGL
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    nodejs
+    yarn-berry.yarn-berry-offline
+    yarn-berry.yarnBerryConfigHook
+    typescript
+    (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ distutils ]))
+    pkg-config
+    pango
+    cairo
+    pixman
+    libsecret
+    makeWrapper
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    xcbuild
+    buildPackages.cctools
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    copyDesktopItems
+  ];
+
+  env = {
+    ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = 1;
+
+    # Disable scripts for now, so that yarnBerryConfigHook does not try to build anything
+    # before we can patchShebangs additional paths (see buildPhase).
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/3cd051861c41df675cee20153bfd7befee120a98/pkgs/by-name/ya/yarn-berry/fetcher/yarn-berry-config-hook.sh#L83
+    YARN_ENABLE_SCRIPTS = 0;
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Don't automatically build everything
+    sed -i '/postinstall/d' package.json
+    # Don't install onenote-converter subpackage deps
+    sed -i '/onenote-converter/d' packages/{lib,app-desktop}/package.json
+    # Don't build the default plugins, would require networking. We build them separately.
+    sed -i "/'buildDefaultPlugins',/d" packages/app-desktop/gulpfile.ts
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    unset YARN_ENABLE_SCRIPTS
+
+    for node_modules in packages/*/node_modules; do
+      patchShebangs $node_modules
+    done
+
+    yarn config set enableInlineBuilds true
+
+    echo "installing yarn dependencies..."
+    yarn workspaces focus \
+      root \
+      @joplin/app-desktop
+
+    echo "building workspaces..."
+    yarn workspaces foreach -vi \
+      --topological-dev \
+      --recursive \
+      --from @joplin/app-desktop \
+      run build
+    yarn workspaces foreach -vi \
+      --parallel \
+      --recursive \
+      --from @joplin/app-desktop \
+      run tsc
+
+    # electronDist needs to be modifiable on Darwin
+    cp -r ${electron.dist} electronDist
+    chmod -R u+w electronDist
+    electronDist="$PWD/electronDist"
+
+    echo "bundling desktop application..."
+    cd packages/app-desktop
+
+    # copy over defaultPlugins
+    ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (
+      plugin: "install -Dt ./build/defaultPlugins ${plugin}/*.jpl"
+    ) finalAttrs.defaultPlugins}
+
+    # file is expected to be present for Linux build
+    mkdir dist && touch dist/AppImage
+
+    yarn run electronRebuild
+
+    yarn run electron-builder \
+      --dir \
+      -c.electronDist="$electronDist" \
+      -c.electronVersion=${electron.version} \
+      -c.mac.identity=null
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+      outdir="$out/share/joplin-desktop"
+      mkdir -p "$outdir"
+
+      cp -r dist/*unpacked/* "$outdir"
+
+      for file in "$src/Assets/LinuxIcons"/*.png; do
+        resolution=$(basename "$file" .png)
+        install -Dm644 "$file" "$out/share/icons/hicolor/$resolution/apps/joplin.png"
+      done
+
+      makeWrapper "$outdir"/joplin $out/bin/joplin-desktop \
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libGL ]}" \
+        --add-flags "--no-sandbox" \
+        --add-flags "\''${NIXOS_OZONE_WL:+\''${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+--enable-wayland-ime --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations}}" \
+        --inherit-argv0
+    ''}
+
+    ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      mkdir -p $out/Applications
+      cp -r dist/mac*/Joplin.app $out/Applications
+      makeWrapper $out/Applications/Joplin.app/Contents/MacOS/Joplin $out/bin/joplin-desktop
+    ''}
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "joplin";
+      desktopName = "Joplin";
+      exec = "joplin-desktop %U";
+      icon = "joplin";
+      comment = "Joplin for Desktop";
+      categories = [ "Office" ];
+      startupWMClass = "@joplin/app-desktop";
+      mimeTypes = [ "x-scheme-handler/joplin" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Open source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities";
     mainProgram = "joplin-desktop";
@@ -34,68 +235,8 @@ let
     homepage = "https://joplinapp.org";
     license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      hugoreeves
-      qjoly
-      yajo
+      fugi
     ];
-    platforms = [
-      "x86_64-linux"
-      "x86_64-darwin"
-      "aarch64-darwin"
-    ];
-  };
-
-  linux = appimageTools.wrapType2 {
-    inherit
-      pname
-      version
-      src
-      meta
-      ;
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-    profile = ''
-      export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-    '';
-
-    extraInstallCommands = ''
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/joplin-desktop \
-        --add-flags "\''${NIXOS_OZONE_WL:+\''${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+--ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations --enable-wayland-ime=true}}"
-      install -Dm644 ${appimageContents}/joplin.desktop $out/share/applications/joplin.desktop
-      install -Dm644 ${appimageContents}/joplin.png $out/share/pixmaps/joplin.png
-      substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/joplin.desktop \
-        --replace-fail 'Exec=AppRun' 'Exec=joplin-desktop'
-    '';
-
-    passthru.updateScript = ./update.py;
+    inherit (electron.meta) platforms;
   };
-
-  darwin = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    inherit
-      pname
-      version
-      src
-      meta
-      ;
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ _7zz ];
-
-    unpackPhase = ''
-      runHook preUnpack
-      7zz x -x'!Joplin ${version}/Applications' -xr'!*:com.apple.cs.Code*' $src
-      runHook postUnpack
-    '';
-
-    sourceRoot = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then "Joplin ${version}" else ".";
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-      mkdir -p $out/Applications
-      cp -R Joplin.app $out/Applications
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
-
-    passthru.updateScript = ./update.py;
-  };
-in
-if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then darwin else linux
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/release-data.json b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/release-data.json
index 049fb75f0ce8e..fe7274e628451 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/release-data.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/release-data.json
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 {
   "version": "3.3.12",
-  "x86_64-linux": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v3.3.12/Joplin-3.3.12.AppImage",
-    "sha256": "1fjrblmlpm6sf4jdvifmyxic0rw2bs1f4sbw3nz4xy7wlsab5f62"
+  "hash": "sha256-hG08V93YvoOm9Wi60bHpwwP8P5iOWwJS6APTWdhtfLU=",
+  "plugins": {
+    "io.github.jackgruber.backup": {
+      "name": "joplin-plugin-backup",
+      "url": "https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-backup/archive/abb58175e2d2bf34899f1b32cb74137e5c788bf9.tar.gz",
+      "hash": "sha256-3J7TP3UClLDH402UqppQMsc1WmFjYIpIQ4uwGlTsyBs=",
+      "npmDepsHash": "sha256-Grn4KQck6o+k8fj6qPxmx7S+4PTWvY5N4pE7Bj+47ps="
+    },
+    "io.github.personalizedrefrigerator.js-draw": {
+      "name": "joplin-plugin-freehand-drawing",
+      "url": "https://github.com/personalizedrefrigerator/joplin-plugin-freehand-drawing/archive/49650407c1d56a2a0123d2d56d2387e48eb58415.tar.gz",
+      "hash": "sha256-fgzh3WW9bJ3SEvSxEIyJPh2HnUxOYqgrVRh+Vw0fiMI=",
+      "npmDepsHash": "sha256-dwWt3bnR9+wQxfWRbjFkUQrnqplAmy34dFO60ZoNgDs="
+    }
   },
-  "x86_64-darwin": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v3.3.12/Joplin-3.3.12.dmg",
-    "sha256": "0rk5jl7i7sj31336r8yn8wf9h4xwdwi66wvwrkblvxrfhgddn2gj"
-  },
-  "aarch64-darwin": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v3.3.12/Joplin-3.3.12-arm64.dmg",
-    "sha256": "13m4nypg1v5d7i13has9f1sp08dijc44962dr75b9jfiq8q6ciz6"
-  }
+  "deps_hash": "sha256-obMlkN2Ajq7UetAPTdRjzT/BkJSYQP74uP35dowWprA="
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/update.py b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/update.py
index f96e26a591024..7d8be71efbf44 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/update.py
@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i python3 -p 'python3.withPackages(ps: [ps.requests ps.plumbum])' nix-prefetch
+#!nix-shell -i python3 -p 'python3.withPackages(ps: [ps.requests ps.plumbum])' nix-prefetch nix-prefetch-git yarn-berry_3 yarn-berry_3.yarn-berry-fetcher prefetch-npm-deps
 import json
 import requests
+import tempfile
+import shutil
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from plumbum.cmd import nix_prefetch_url
+from plumbum.cmd import nix_prefetch, nix_build, yarn, chmod, yarn_berry_fetcher, prefetch_npm_deps, diff
 
 HERE = Path(__file__).parent
-SUFFIXES = (
-    ("x86_64-linux", ".AppImage"),
-    ("x86_64-darwin", ".dmg"),
-    ("aarch64-darwin", "-arm64.dmg"),
-)
+
+def write_release(release):
+    with HERE.joinpath("release-data.json").open("w") as fd:
+        json.dump(release, fd, indent=2)
+        fd.write("\n")
+
+def dict_to_argstr(d):
+    args = "{ "
+    for key, value in d.items():
+        args += f'"{key}" = "{value}"; '
+    args += "}"
+    return args
+
+
+package = HERE.joinpath("package.nix")
+
+
+print("fetching latest release...")
 
 latest = requests.get(
     "https://api.github.com/repos/laurent22/joplin/releases/latest"
@@ -23,10 +38,97 @@
     "version": version,
 }
 
-for arch, suffix in SUFFIXES:
-    url = f"https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v{version}/Joplin-{version}{suffix}"
-    release[arch] = {"url": url, "sha256": nix_prefetch_url(url).strip()}
+print(version)
+
+
+print("prefetching source...")
+
+release["hash"] = nix_prefetch[
+    "--option",
+    "extra-experimental-features",
+    "flakes",
+    "--tag",
+    f"v{version}",
+    "--rev",
+    "--expr",
+    "null",
+    package
+]().strip()
+
+print(release["hash"])
+
+# use new version and hash
+write_release(release)
+
+src_dir = nix_build[
+    "--no-out-link",
+    "-E",
+    f"((import <nixpkgs> {{}}).callPackage {package} {{}}).src"
+]().strip()
+
+print(src_dir)
+
+
+print("prefetching default plugins...")
+
+default_plugins_dir = Path(src_dir).joinpath("packages/default-plugins")
+
+with default_plugins_dir.joinpath("pluginRepositories.json").open() as fd:
+    plugin_repositories = json.load(fd)
+
+release["plugins"] = dict()
+
+for key, value in plugin_repositories.items():
+    print(key)
+
+    plugin = {
+        "name": "",
+        "url": "",
+        "hash": "",
+        "npmDepsHash": "",
+    }
+
+    plugin["name"] = value["cloneUrl"].split("/")[-1].removesuffix(".git")
+
+    plugin["url"] = f"{value["cloneUrl"].removesuffix('.git')}/archive/{value["commit"]}.tar.gz"
+
+    plugin["hash"] = nix_prefetch.with_cwd(HERE)[
+        "--option",
+        "extra-experimental-features",
+        "flakes",
+        f"((import <nixpkgs> {{}}).callPackage ./buildPlugin.nix {dict_to_argstr(plugin)}).src"
+    ]().strip()
+
+    plugin_src = nix_build.with_cwd(HERE)[
+        "--no-out-link",
+        "-E",
+        f"((import <nixpkgs> {{}}).callPackage ./buildPlugin.nix {dict_to_argstr(plugin)}).src"
+    ]().strip()
+    plugin["npmDepsHash"] = prefetch_npm_deps(Path(plugin_src).joinpath("package-lock.json")).strip()
+
+    release["plugins"][key] = plugin
+
+
+print("fetching missing-hashes...")
+
+yarn_lock = Path(src_dir).joinpath("yarn.lock")
+missing_hashes = HERE.joinpath("missing-hashes.json")
+
+with missing_hashes.open("w") as fd:
+    new_missing_hashes = yarn_berry_fetcher[
+        "missing-hashes",
+        yarn_lock
+    ]()
+    fd.write(new_missing_hashes)
+
+
+print("prefetching offline cache...")
+
+release["deps_hash"] = yarn_berry_fetcher[
+    "prefetch",
+    yarn_lock,
+    missing_hashes
+]().strip()
+
 
-with HERE.joinpath("release-data.json").open("w") as fd:
-    json.dump(release, fd, indent=2)
-    fd.write("\n")
+write_release(release)