diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 12b3a99..0e36d5e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+# Rust
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
+
+# NodeJS
+
 # Output
 out
 
diff --git a/gui/Cargo.toml b/gui/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a15883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "gui"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/gui/src/main.rs b/gui/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a11a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 6b825f1..b354c84 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 {
   pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { },
 }: pkgs.mkShell {
-  buildInputs = [ pkgs.nodejs pkgs.openssl pkgs.postgresql pkgs.lsof ];
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ 
+    # gui/
+    cargo
+    rustc
+    
+    # api/
+    nodejs
+    openssl
+    postgresql
+    lsof
+  ];
+
   shellHook = ''
     export PRISMA_QUERY_ENGINE_BINARY=${pkgs.prisma-engines}/bin/query-engine
     export PRISMA_QUERY_ENGINE_LIBRARY=${pkgs.prisma-engines}/lib/libquery_engine.node