diff --git a/dev-nim/ws/Manifest b/dev-nim/ws/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5e5c8dbff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-nim/ws/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST ws-0.5.0.tar.gz 2279043 BLAKE2B 3bfce18e21113fa9d2b604a29bd0ed13929318885ba0e3012998848c043fc3348fc7a742103c0d10bc6d4a7754b15e08ec922609c063229fda26a7e36a0c796e SHA512 f0a4a54f42bddd1fb61400c2b5e2db08a1d2d47e533c0b2b3c65e6ee47e171c9339e85d38531e255b5520103f587c44c5722907d4f5b621f240273c460ac0f2f
diff --git a/dev-nim/ws/metadata.xml b/dev-nim/ws/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94123b7b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-nim/ws/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>cyber+gentoo@sysrq.in</email>
+		<name>Anna</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">treeform/ws</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-nim/ws/ws-0.5.0.ebuild b/dev-nim/ws/ws-0.5.0.ebuild
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index 0000000000..601325bfc6
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+++ b/dev-nim/ws/ws-0.5.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit nimble
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple WebSocket library for nim"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/treeform/ws
+	https://nimble.directory/pkg/ws
+"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/treeform/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="${PV}"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+set_package_url "https://github.com/treeform/ws"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# remove failing tests
+	rm tests/test_timeout.nim || die
+}