diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index daf9313..8729dfa 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@
             };
           };
         }
+        # Native-only packages — skip on s390x cross (gitea's pnpm step and
+        # cgo+sqlite link don't cross-compile cleanly).
+        // nixpkgs.lib.optionalAttrs (sys == "x86_64-linux" || sys == "aarch64-linux") {
+          gitea-projects-api =
+            let
+              # Our fork's go.mod requires Go 1.26.3; nixpkgs at this pin has
+              # only 1.26.0 (and unstable has 1.26.2). Bump the package's src.
+              go = pkgs.go_1_26.overrideAttrs (_: rec {
+                version = "1.26.3";
+                src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+                  url = "https://go.dev/dl/go${version}.src.tar.gz";
+                  hash = "sha256-HGRoddCqh5kTMYTtV895/yS97+jIggRwYCqdPW2Rkrg=";
+                };
+              });
+            in
+            pkgs.callPackage ./packages/gitea-projects-api.nix {
+              buildGoModule = pkgs.buildGoModule.override { inherit go; };
+            };
+        }
         # Xontribs: pass into `programs.xonsh.extraPackages` or
         # `pkgs.xonsh.override { extraPackages = ps: [...]; }`.
         // xontribs
diff --git a/packages/gitea-projects-api.nix b/packages/gitea-projects-api.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e90a28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gitea-projects-api.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchgit,
+  makeWrapper,
+  git,
+  bash,
+  coreutils,
+  gzip,
+  nodejs,
+  openssh,
+  fetchPnpmDeps,
+  pnpmConfigHook,
+  pnpm,
+  stdenv,
+  sqliteSupport ? true,
+}:
+
+# Custom Gitea built from oleks/gitea feat/projects-api — upstream PR #37518
+# (Projects REST API) on top of upstream main.
+#
+# Mirrors the structure of nixpkgs' gitea derivation (frontend pnpm sub-drv
+# + buildGoModule with go:embed of public/) but with our fork as src.
+
+let
+  pname = "gitea-projects-api";
+  version = "1.27.0-dev-projects-api";
+
+  rawSrc = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.oleks.space/oleks/gitea.git";
+    rev = "20f31b8967a4556fbdd32bc72c386d5a4c89bcc5";
+    hash = "sha256-Ws8I+q6Y8/X13C3uAAFLUUF+DHZRgFrsuo5XG2Cvyns=";
+  };
+
+  # Gitea's package.json requires pnpm >= 11; nixpkgs ships pnpm 10. The
+  # lockfile is v9 (forward-compatible), so strip the engine constraint and
+  # the packageManager preference before any pnpm tool sees the source.
+  src = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "${pname}-src";
+    inherit version;
+    src = rawSrc;
+    dontConfigure = true;
+    dontBuild = true;
+    installPhase = ''
+      cp -R . $out
+      chmod -R +w $out
+      ${nodejs}/bin/node -e '
+        const fs = require("fs");
+        const path = process.argv[1];
+        const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
+        if (pkg.engines) delete pkg.engines.pnpm;
+        delete pkg.packageManager;
+        fs.writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + "\n");
+      ' "$out/package.json"
+    '';
+  };
+
+  frontend = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+    pname = "${pname}-frontend";
+    inherit version src;
+
+    pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
+      inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
+      fetcherVersion = 3;
+      hash = "sha256-Egehno2w8XyfaY+JVyVzTBlIwBpusgnMaObWNPTvh3M=";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      nodejs
+      pnpmConfigHook
+      pnpm
+    ];
+
+    buildPhase = ''
+      make frontend
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cp -R public $out/
+    '';
+  });
+in
+buildGoModule {
+  inherit pname version src;
+
+  proxyVendor = true;
+  vendorHash = "sha256-TxLmmeMinazGmIx94iQvpsncWKXb+42ddZcxbwayVgk=";
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "data"
+  ];
+
+  subPackages = [ "." ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  tags = lib.optionals sqliteSupport [
+    "sqlite"
+    "sqlite_unlock_notify"
+  ];
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X main.Version=${version}"
+    "-X 'main.Tags=${lib.concatStringsSep " " (lib.optionals sqliteSupport [ "sqlite" "sqlite_unlock_notify" ])}'"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir $data
+    ln -s ${frontend}/public $data/public
+    cp -R ./{templates,options} $data
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp -R ./options/locale $out/locale
+
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/gitea \
+      --prefix PATH : ${
+        lib.makeBinPath [
+          bash
+          coreutils
+          git
+          gzip
+          openssh
+        ]
+      }
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Gitea fork with Projects REST API (upstream PR #37518)";
+    homepage = "https://git.oleks.space/oleks/gitea";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "gitea";
+    platforms = [
+      "x86_64-linux"
+      "aarch64-linux"
+    ];
+  };
+}