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+# Copyright 2013-2024 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class PyNuitka(PythonPackage):
+    """Nuitka is the Python compiler. It is written in Python. It is a
+    seamless replacement or extension to the Python interpreter and
+    compiles every construct that Python has, when itself run with that
+    Python version."""
+
+    homepage = "https://nuitka.net/"
+    pypi = "Nuitka/Nuitka-2.2.1.tar.gz"
+    git = "https://github.com/Nuitka/Nuitka.git"
+
+    license("Apache-2.0")
+
+    version("2.2.1", sha256="7bf67e80f94c93017fbaacfe1e277b92422d234a3c849a1555e43848f5fb27a1")
+
+    depends_on("py-setuptools", type="build")
+    depends_on("py-ordered-set", type="build")