{
  stdenv,
  fetchurl,
  cmake,
  dbus,
  fftwFloat,
  file,
  freetype,
  jansson,
  lib,
  libGL,
  libX11,
  libXcursor,
  libXext,
  libXrandr,
  libarchive,
  libjack2,
  liblo,
  libsamplerate,
  libsndfile,
  makeWrapper,
  pkg-config,
  python3,
  speexdsp,
  libglvnd,
  headless ? false,
}:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  pname = "cardinal";
  version = "24.09";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/download/${version}/cardinal+deps-${version}.tar.xz";
    hash = "sha256-vJxKtZ0rVjf0RJfTNRxpzps1F2k0hHuiPnd1OwpULhQ=";
  };

  prePatch = ''
    patchShebangs ./dpf/utils/generate-ttl.sh
  '';

  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
  enableParallelBuilding = true;
  strictDeps = true;

  nativeBuildInputs = [
    cmake
    file
    pkg-config
    makeWrapper
    python3
  ];

  buildInputs = [
    dbus
    fftwFloat
    freetype
    jansson
    libGL
    libX11
    libXcursor
    libXext
    libXrandr
    libarchive
    liblo
    libsamplerate
    libsndfile
    speexdsp
    libglvnd
  ];

  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
  makeFlags =
    [
      "SYSDEPS=true"
      "PREFIX=$(out)"
    ]
    ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) "CROSS_COMPILING=true"
    ++ lib.optional headless "HEADLESS=true";

  postInstall = ''
    wrapProgram $out/bin/Cardinal \
    --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libjack2 ]}

    wrapProgram $out/bin/CardinalMini \
    --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libjack2 ]}

    # this doesn't work and is mainly just a test tool for the developers anyway.
    rm -f $out/bin/CardinalNative
  '';

  meta = {
    description = "Plugin wrapper around VCV Rack";
    homepage = "https://github.com/DISTRHO/cardinal";
    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
      magnetophon
      PowerUser64
    ];
    mainProgram = "Cardinal";
    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
    # never built on aarch64-darwin, x86_64-darwin since first introduction in nixpkgs
    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
  };
}