diff --git a/dev-python/minny/Manifest b/dev-python/minny/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c98e2731a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/minny/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST minny-0.0.1_alpha2.tar.gz 181910 BLAKE2B 5de005f9bd6ca8002cc3ec5d3688646de9e382fc224c68fc8445dac484b8f845bbb27892a88461d8affdb7beb17d69973af65b0efad295f92e72d0b0d7ef6ad3 SHA512 f465843240f3f3851f4c1cc7c26120cae9f556cdd1d9cb60f1765335b745f772d788ac8edc08bc5eb1204dee58438ed6391c1656f2c189ea23260b382d74c00d
diff --git a/dev-python/minny/files/fix-metadata.patch b/dev-python/minny/files/fix-metadata.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c2335937c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/minny/files/fix-metadata.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Subject: Fix project meta-data
+Bug-Upstream: https://github.com/aivarannamaa/minny/issues/2
+From: Dominik George <nik+gentoo@squirrel.land>
+diff '--color=auto' -ru minny-fa7bcdfc54a846c604d1600db79a05e636de6667.orig/pyproject.toml minny-fa7bcdfc54a846c604d1600db79a05e636de6667/pyproject.toml
+--- minny-fa7bcdfc54a846c604d1600db79a05e636de6667.orig/pyproject.toml	2026-06-09 22:23:59.792619308 +0200
++++ minny-fa7bcdfc54a846c604d1600db79a05e636de6667/pyproject.toml	2025-12-19 21:58:35.000000000 +0100
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+ description = "Package and project manager for MicroPython and CircuitPython"
+ readme = "README.md"
+ license = "MIT"
+-license-files = ["LICEN[CS]E.*"]
++license-files = ["LICEN[CS]E"]
+ keywords = ["MicroPython", "CircuitPython"]
+ classifiers = [
+   "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
diff --git a/dev-python/minny/metadata.xml b/dev-python/minny/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0286eac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/minny/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <name>Dominik George</name>
+    <email>nik+gentoo@squirrel.land</email>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <bugs-to>https://github.com/aivarannamaa/minny/issues</bugs-to>
+    <remote-id type="github">aivarannamaa/minny</remote-id>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">minny</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/minny/minny-0.0.1_alpha2.ebuild b/dev-python/minny/minny-0.0.1_alpha2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..441cc21b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/minny/minny-0.0.1_alpha2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=uv-build
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Package and project manager for MicroPython and CircuitPython"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/aivarannamaa/minny
+	https://pypi.org/project/minny/
+"
+
+# Upstream has incomplete sdist on PyPI and missing tags in git
+#  reported upstream; temporary workaround
+MY_COMMIT=fa7bcdfc54a846c604d1600db79a05e636de6667
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/aivarannamaa/minny/archive/${MY_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_COMMIT}"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/fix-metadata.patch"
+)
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyserial[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/websockets[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}