diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rich/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rich/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71166b86f18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rich/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, CommonMark
+, colorama
+, dataclasses
+, ipywidgets
+, poetry
+, pygments
+, typing-extensions
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rich";
+  version = "8.0.0";
+
+  # tests not included in pypi tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "willmcgugan";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0hv27b22x7dbx1i7nzsd8y8fymmvdak2hcx9242jwk4c1a7jr151";
+  };
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    CommonMark
+    colorama
+    ipywidgets
+    pygments
+    typing-extensions
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.7") dataclasses;
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rich" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Render rich text, tables, progress bars, syntax highlighting, markdown and more to the terminal";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ris ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 59b7c2be0935..43a1956d9eb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6178,6 +6178,8 @@ in {
 
   rhpl = disabledIf isPy3k (callPackage ../development/python-modules/rhpl { });
 
+  rich = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rich { };
+
   rig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rig { };
 
   ripser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ripser { };