{
  nixpkgs,
  home-manager,
  hostsFolder,
  hardwaresFolder,
  modulesFolder,
  flakeRoot,
  homeDirectory ? "/home",
  inputs,
  globalConfig ? { },
  globalOverlays ? [ ],
  defaultUser ? "meow",
}:
let
  inherit (nixpkgs) lib;

  self = rec {
    inherit
      hostsFolder
      hardwaresFolder
      modulesFolder
      globalConfig
      globalOverlays
      flakeRoot
      ;
    moduleList = builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir modulesFolder);
    mergedModules = mergeModules (
      builtins.listToAttrs (
        map (fn: {
          name = fn;
          value = (import "${modulesFolder}/${fn}" { });
        }) moduleList
      )
    );

    generateHostname =
      {
        hostName,
        hardwareName,
        system,
      }:
      "${hardwareName}-${hostName}-${system}";

    mkHost =
      {
        host,
        hardware,
        system,
        stateVersion,
        overlays ? [ ],
        nixpkgsConfig ? { },
        nixpkgsHostPlatform ? null,
        user ? defaultUser,
      }:
      let
        hostSystemConfig = "${hostsFolder}/${host}/nixos.nix";
        hardwareSystemConfig = "${hardwaresFolder}/${hardware}/nixos.nix";
        hostHomeConfig = "${hostsFolder}/${host}/home.nix";
        hardwareHomeConfig = "${hardwaresFolder}/${hardware}/home.nix";

        hostSystemExists = builtins.pathExists hostSystemConfig;
        hardwareSystemExists = builtins.pathExists hardwareSystemConfig;
        hostHomeExists = builtins.pathExists hostHomeConfig;
        hardwareHomeExists = builtins.pathExists hardwareHomeConfig;

        hasNixos = hostSystemExists || hardwareSystemExists;
        hasHome = hostHomeExists || hardwareHomeExists;

        importIfExists = path: if builtins.pathExists path then [ (import path) ] else [ ];

        nixosModules =
          (importIfExists hostSystemConfig) ++ (importIfExists hardwareSystemConfig) ++ mergedModules.nixos;

        homeModules =
          (importIfExists hostHomeConfig) ++ (importIfExists hardwareHomeConfig) ++ mergedModules.home;

        hostname = generateHostname {
          hostName = host;
          hardwareName = hardware;
          inherit system;
        };

        extraArgs = {
          inherit inputs;
          hostname = "${hardware}-${host}";
          nix-meow = self;
        };

        mergedNixpkgsConfig = deepMerge [
          globalConfig
          nixpkgsConfig
        ];
        mergedOverlays = overlays ++ globalOverlays;

        nixosConfigurations = lib.optionalAttrs hasNixos {
          ${hostname} = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
            specialArgs = extraArgs // {
              inherit user system;
              installer = false;
            };
            inherit system;
            modules = [
              {
                nixpkgs.config = mergedNixpkgsConfig;
                nixpkgs.overlays = mergedOverlays;
              }
              {
                system.stateVersion = lib.mkForce stateVersion;
              }
            ]
            ++ nixosModules;
          };
        };

        homeConfigurations = lib.optionalAttrs hasHome {
          ${hostname} = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
            pkgs = import nixpkgs {
              inherit system;
              config = mergedNixpkgsConfig;
              overlays = mergedOverlays;
            };
            extraSpecialArgs = extraArgs // {
              inherit system user;
            };
            modules = [
              {
                home = {
                  stateVersion = lib.mkForce stateVersion;
                  homeDirectory = "${homeDirectory}/${user}";
                  username = user;
                };
              }
            ]
            ++ homeModules;
          };
        };
      in
      {
        debug.${hostname} = {
          inherit
            host
            hardware
            system
            stateVersion
            hostSystemConfig
            hardwareSystemConfig
            hostHomeConfig
            hardwareHomeConfig
            hostSystemExists
            hardwareSystemExists
            hostHomeExists
            hardwareHomeExists
            hasNixos
            hasHome
            hostname
            ;
        };
        inherit nixosConfigurations homeConfigurations;
      };
    mergeHosts =
      { hosts, hardwares }:
      let
        inherit (builtins)
          attrNames
          map
          filter
          concatMap
          removeAttrs
          elem
          ;

        hostNames = attrNames hosts;
        hardwareNames = attrNames hardwares;
      in
      concatMap (
        hostName:
        let
          hostAttrs = hosts.${hostName};
          hostNoSystems = removeAttrs hostAttrs [ "systems" ];
          hostSystems = hostAttrs.systems;
        in
        concatMap (
          system:
          let
            matchingHardwares = filter (
              hardwareName: elem system hardwares.${hardwareName}.systems
            ) hardwareNames;
          in
          map (hardwareName: {
            hardware = removeAttrs hardwares.${hardwareName} [ "systems" ];
            host = hostNoSystems;
            inherit system hardwareName hostName;
          }) matchingHardwares
        ) hostSystems
      ) hostNames;
    deepMergeInner =
      a: b:
      builtins.foldl' (
        merged: key:
        merged
        // {
          ${key} =
            if (a ? ${key}) && (b ? ${key}) && (builtins.isAttrs a.${key}) && (builtins.isAttrs b.${key}) then
              deepMergeInner a.${key} b.${key}
            else if
              (a ? ${key}) && (b ? ${key}) && (builtins.isList a.${key}) && (builtins.isList b.${key})
            then
              a.${key} ++ b.${key}
            else
              b.${key} or a.${key};
        }
      ) { } (builtins.attrNames (a // b));

    deepMerge = sets: builtins.foldl' deepMergeInner { } sets;
    mergeModules =
      modules:
      let
        mergedModules = builtins.attrValues (
          builtins.mapAttrs (name: module: {
            nixos = if builtins.hasAttr "nixos" module then [ module.nixos ] else [ ];
            home = if builtins.hasAttr "home" module then [ module.home ] else [ ];
          }) modules
        );
      in
      deepMerge mergedModules;
  };
in
self