diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 21693cb..9d72b1b 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -337,6 +337,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "manifest": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1752588656,
+        "narHash": "sha256-clKPzQ43eDpukeiGHzXmd1hGb2s4N+MWXAzQ5u5+pHQ=",
+        "owner": "rrvsh",
+        "repo": "manifest",
+        "rev": "365902fba994f30469298dee0c98a5fc0f41ec38",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "rrvsh",
+        "repo": "manifest",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nix-darwin": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -488,6 +503,7 @@
         "impermanence": "impermanence",
         "import-tree": "import-tree",
         "make-shell": "make-shell",
+        "manifest": "manifest",
         "nix-darwin": "nix-darwin",
         "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5e22b8c..dcb6882 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
     files.url = "github:mightyiam/files";
     # text.nix lets us easily define markdown text to pass to files
     text.url = "github:rrvsh/text.nix";
+    # manifest lets us define all hosts in one file
+    manifest.url = "github:rrvsh/manifest";
     # make-shells.<name> creates devShells and checks
     make-shell = {
       url = "github:nicknovitski/make-shell";
diff --git a/nix/flake-parts/debug.nix b/nix/flake-parts/debug.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 38e2cb3..0000000
--- a/nix/flake-parts/debug.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  debug = true;
-}
diff --git a/nix/flake-parts/flake-parts.nix b/nix/flake-parts/flake-parts.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0d093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/flake-parts/flake-parts.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ inputs, ... }:
+{
+  debug = true;
+  imports = [
+    inputs.make-shell.flakeModules.default
+    inputs.manifest.flakeModules.default
+    inputs.flake-parts.flakeModules.modules
+    inputs.text.flakeModules.default
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/nix/flake-parts/make-shell.nix b/nix/flake-parts/make-shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 66ca600..0000000
--- a/nix/flake-parts/make-shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{ inputs, ... }:
-{
-  #TODO: add to readme
-  imports = [ inputs.make-shell.flakeModules.default ];
-}
diff --git a/nix/flake-parts/manifest.nix b/nix/flake-parts/manifest.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d121a1..0000000
--- a/nix/flake-parts/manifest.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, config, ... }:
-let
-  cfg = config.flake;
-  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption;
-  inherit (lib.types)
-    bool
-    str
-    lazyAttrsOf
-    deferredModule
-    submodule
-    ;
-  inherit (cfg.lib.options) mkStrOption;
-  inherit (cfg.lib.attrsets) firstAttrNameMatching;
-  userOpts = submodule {
-    options = {
-      primary = mkOption { type = bool; };
-      username = mkOption { type = str; };
-      name = mkOption { type = str; };
-      email = mkOption { type = str; };
-      shell = mkOption { type = str; };
-      pubkey = mkOption { type = str; };
-    };
-  };
-  monitorOpts = submodule {
-    options = {
-      id = mkStrOption "";
-      resolution = mkStrOption "";
-      refresh-rate = mkStrOption "";
-      scale = mkStrOption "";
-    };
-  };
-  hostOpts = submodule {
-    options = {
-      graphical = mkEnableOption "";
-      machine = {
-        platform = mkStrOption "";
-        gpu = mkStrOption "";
-        root.drive = mkStrOption "";
-        root.ephemeral = mkEnableOption "" // {
-          default = true;
-        };
-        monitors = mkOption {
-          type = lazyAttrsOf monitorOpts;
-          default = { };
-        };
-      };
-      extraCfg = mkOption {
-        type = deferredModule;
-        default = { };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-  username = firstAttrNameMatching (_: v: v.primary or false) config.manifest.users;
-in
-{
-  options.manifest = {
-    admin = mkOption {
-      type = userOpts;
-      readOnly = true;
-    };
-    users = mkOption {
-      type = lazyAttrsOf userOpts;
-      default = { };
-    };
-    hosts.nixos = mkOption {
-      type = lazyAttrsOf hostOpts;
-      default = { };
-    };
-    hosts.darwin = mkOption {
-      type = lazyAttrsOf hostOpts;
-      default = { };
-    };
-  };
-  config.manifest.admin = config.manifest.users.${username} // {
-    inherit username;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nix/flake-parts/modules.nix b/nix/flake-parts/modules.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c75663..0000000
--- a/nix/flake-parts/modules.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ inputs, ... }:
-{
-  imports = [ inputs.flake-parts.flakeModules.modules ];
-}
diff --git a/nix/flake-parts/text.nix b/nix/flake-parts/text.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 81b2f51..0000000
--- a/nix/flake-parts/text.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ inputs, ... }:
-{
-  imports = [ inputs.text.flakeModules.default ];
-}