diff --git a/templates/rde/.gitignore b/templates/rde/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d058db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/rde/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Devenv
+.devenv*
+devenv.local.nix
+
+# direnv
+.direnv
+
+# pre-commit
+.pre-commit-config.yaml
diff --git a/templates/rde/flake.lock b/templates/rde/flake.lock
index d9a39ee..574efc3 100644
--- a/templates/rde/flake.lock
+++ b/templates/rde/flake.lock
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1756550918,
-        "narHash": "sha256-mo6XrElAe5n7TZNWtRfEoBuQ5W79aCp8sl5uW9a9B/Q=",
+        "lastModified": 1756653911,
+        "narHash": "sha256-3mtwO3Dh3zD/1ubNQHgJuhoLAbxq0BMCS02hMqmJKrk=",
         "owner": "dwinkler1",
         "repo": "nixCatsConfig",
-        "rev": "939026aba71b37e01040502d7af6dc58500f9097",
+        "rev": "f83b5dd42bcfbcca40a6f905d7abd9eaaca09e3a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1756381814,
-        "narHash": "sha256-tzo7YvAsGlzo4WiIHT0ooR59VHu+aKRQdHk7sIyoia4=",
+        "lastModified": 1756536218,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ynQxPVN2FIPheUgTFhv01gYLbaiSOS7NgWJPm9LF9D0=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "aca2499b79170038df0dbaec8bf2f689b506ad32",
+        "rev": "a918bb3594dd243c2f8534b3be01b3cb4ed35fd1",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/templates/rde/flake.nix b/templates/rde/flake.nix
index bf9fc86..69c5f94 100644
--- a/templates/rde/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/rde/flake.nix
@@ -508,6 +508,13 @@
                           value = "${pkgs.initProject}/bin/initProject";
                         };
                       };
+                      initDevenv = {
+                        enable = true;
+                        path = {
+                          value = "${pkgs.devenv}/bin/devenv";
+                          args = ["--add-flags" "init"];
+                        };
+                      };
                       updateDeps = {
                         enable = true;
                         path = {
@@ -556,6 +563,7 @@
         pkgs.mkShell {
           name = config.defaultPackageName;
           packages = [projectConfig.${system}.default];
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [devenv];
           inputsFrom = [];
           shellHook = ''
             echo ""