diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 9bbafb9..b3a1c32 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1790742243,
-        "narHash": "sha256-kaNo6xHiL31AbNNEreG0OTKf4j6Cxlo5bPawjX7lnbQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1790996401,
+        "narHash": "sha256-f+kOxEmOUnQazVAmGg0i8hzwgd1kX/geY+k/Dpheye8=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "e5fcd298a00f08b6e8390baf04aa8edb62203070",
+        "rev": "db7d5e2332710f5abb088f6b5de927d7f9511b35",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1790750587,
-        "narHash": "sha256-VfjaoJ1Uyb7JZTrBgE5Jf2nhjtQPmD9KOd19HJwmZwM=",
+        "lastModified": 1791426274,
+        "narHash": "sha256-MWhktfFtFE8Jl7bf9Pkp7TR5MSdYCjCswSo0Gkb4ywc=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "78e9c786dc08cd4f3420c2395cd977206a9b1da2",
+        "rev": "7c8764b7c7b09b34f632464276218ef9090eaa11",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -37,10 +37,27 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-unstable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1791260994,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Miqqk/ammqnTUxaoCyvtwoPeLbI1ksFyLxi/CazZpWY=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "151fa4e8ddfdd8dd25d945ad94ed54a13de9f6e4",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "151fa4e8ddfdd8dd25d945ad94ed54a13de9f6e4",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable"
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 78824da..9865bc4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     nixpkgs = {
       url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-26.05";
     };
+    nixpkgs-unstable = {
+      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/151fa4e8ddfdd8dd25d945ad94ed54a13de9f6e4";
+    };
     home-manager = {
       url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-26.05";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@
   outputs = inputs @ {
     self,
     nixpkgs,
+    nixpkgs-unstable,
     home-manager,
     ...
   }: {
diff --git a/home/coyote/default.nix b/home/coyote/default.nix
index 6970cfb..8007c09 100644
--- a/home/coyote/default.nix
+++ b/home/coyote/default.nix
@@ -29,16 +29,18 @@
     subtitlecomposer
     kid3
     kdePackages.kdenlive
-    audacity
+    unstable.audacity
     # games
     osu-lazer-bin
     pcsx2
     # emulation
-    (bottles.override {removeWarningPopup = true;})
+    (unstable.bottles.override {removeWarningPopup = true;})
     # devel
-    ocaml
-    racket
-    lazygit
+    unstable.ocaml
+    unstable.racket
+    unstable.lazygit
+    unstable.opencode
+    unstable.nodejs
   ];
 
   programs = {
@@ -62,6 +64,9 @@
     };
 
     yt-dlp.enable = true;
+    yt-dlp.package = pkgs.unstable.yt-dlp;
+
+    starship.package = pkgs.unstable.starship;
 
     obs-studio.enable = true;
     obs-studio.plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
diff --git a/home/coyote/vim.nix b/home/coyote/vim.nix
index 9c7dae6..fc97f1a 100644
--- a/home/coyote/vim.nix
+++ b/home/coyote/vim.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {pkgs, ...}: {
   programs.vim = {
     enable = true;
-    packageConfigurable = pkgs.vim-full;
+    packageConfigurable = pkgs.unstable.vim-full;
     defaultEditor = true;
 
-    plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
+    plugins = with pkgs.unstable.vimPlugins; [
       gruvbox
       rainbow
       undotree
diff --git a/modules/common.nix b/modules/common.nix
index bd15b36..e6a3b54 100644
--- a/modules/common.nix
+++ b/modules/common.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
   nixpkgs.overlays = [
+    (final: prev: {
+      unstable = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
+        system = prev.stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
+        config.allowUnfree = true;
+      };
+    })
     (final: prev: {
       inherit
         (prev.lixPackageSets.stable)
diff --git a/modules/users/coyote/default.nix b/modules/users/coyote/default.nix
index b5f4a69..92ab002 100644
--- a/modules/users/coyote/default.nix
+++ b/modules/users/coyote/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in {
     extraGroups = ["wheel" "networkmanager" "lp" "scanner"];
     uid = USER_ID;
   };
-  users.defaultUserShell = pkgs.fish;
+  users.defaultUserShell = pkgs.unstable.fish;
 
   # daemon blurb to get SSH for Git working
   environment.sessionVariables.SSH_AUTH_SOCK = "/run/user/${builtins.toString USER_ID}/ssh-agent";