diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tabview/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tabview/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35a7f7d8a7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tabview/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tabview";
+  version = "1.4.4";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  # newest release only available as wheel on pypi
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "TabViewer";
+    repo = "tabview";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1d1l8fhdn3w2zg7wakvlmjmgjh9lh9h5fal1clgyiqmhfix4cn4m";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python curses command line CSV and tabular data viewer";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/TabViewer/tabview";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/TabViewer/tabview/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77dad75554ff..7499fb7dbd3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7501,6 +7501,8 @@ in
 
   tab = callPackage ../tools/text/tab { };
 
+  tabview = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication tabview;
+
   tautulli = python3Packages.callPackage ../servers/tautulli { };
 
   pleroma-otp = callPackage ../servers/pleroma-otp { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 57da419a7da7..d25569ecd266 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7689,6 +7689,8 @@ in {
 
   tabulate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tabulate { };
 
+  tabview = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tabview { };
+
   tadasets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tadasets { };
 
   tag-expressions = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tag-expressions { };