diff --git a/dev-python/nab-index/Manifest b/dev-python/nab-index/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/nab-index/Manifest
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+DIST nab_index-0.0.22.tar.gz 110621 BLAKE2B 0035db4909a8a3492192463b45a98dd95c1d41e30e9d76f3ceb84ad31d003577ab91a86e2bee73ef04e0f71244cf2b9cf154a0c5b37126b3837539214729ddd7 SHA512 0df1c2a9447247eafffc1dd07200099b24a86ffc1d41def6136e38e7b2715e21b466be4d3df70daa8dcfdb568f0c5247be6404b8f659b56d36aa2755b16b56bc
+DIST nab_index-0.0.22.tar.gz.provenance 9988 BLAKE2B f458658a014574064ae6d357a57a2035897586266a89ee9ea40259e2215dbf2087db94daee78cf591e87122132cd937a870ea3096eba0444bcbb1ce5a9a87809 SHA512 4a6a04b85cfec89116e8aa265814892329653ca9d9e379f0d8ca9dca179fa07371226d6b5fbf7b98ea69e7ab30a4715b9942a71973dd9eb319cb8145b0f11dca
diff --git a/dev-python/nab-index/metadata.xml b/dev-python/nab-index/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>bakedsnake@vagrantz.xyz</email>
+		<name>bakedsnake</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">notatallshaw/nab</remote-id> 
+		<remote-id type="pypi">nab-index</remote-id> 
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/nab-index/nab-index-0.0.22.ebuild b/dev-python/nab-index/nab-index-0.0.22.ebuild
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+++ b/dev-python/nab-index/nab-index-0.0.22.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2022-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/notatallshaw/nab
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Pypi Simple-API client and on-disk cache for nab"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/notatallshaw/nab/
+	https://pypi.org/project/nab-index/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/nab-provider[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/hatch-vcs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest )
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	# skip tests that expect monorepo
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		tests/test_index_parsed_cache.py::TestReadPathRebuild::test_over_nested_blob_warns_and_reparses
+		tests/test_parsed_listing_codec.py::test_over_nested_blob_is_miss
+		tests/test_parsed_listing_codec.py::test_over_nested_blob_names_its_depth
+		tests/test_read_fresh_parsed_listing.py::TestReadFreshParsedListing::test_over_nested_policy_returns_none
+		tests/test_read_fresh_parsed_listing.py::TestReadFreshParsedListing::test_over_nested_blob_returns_none
+	)
+
+	epytest
+}