diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c97f49f..8085ddf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ build/
 dist/
 condenser.spec
 .idea/
+.venv/
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3c6be9..4844064 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ How to build an .exe file
   * using pip:
     - ensure you use Python version from 3.10 to 3.12
     - run pip install -r ./requirements.txt
+  * ensure you have `ffmpeg` and `ffprobe` (available at https://ffmpeg.org/)
 * Run build script:
   ./make_exe.bat
+  > For Linux/Mac, use `./make_exe.bat`
 * You can find the output in the dist/condenser directory.
 
 
diff --git a/distcondenserREADME.txt b/distcondenserREADME.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/make_exe.bat b/make_exe.bat
index 210ec9e..9fc870c 100644
--- a/make_exe.bat
+++ b/make_exe.bat
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ del dist\condenser\_internal\_lzma.pyd
 del dist\condenser\_internal\unicodedata.pyd
 del dist\condenser\_internal\libcrypto-3.dll
 del dist\condenser\_internal\ucrtbase.dll
-del dist\condenser\_internal\api-ms-win-*
\ No newline at end of file
+del dist\condenser\_internal\api-ms-win-*
+del dist\condenser\_internal\api-ms-win-*
diff --git a/make_exe.linux.bat b/make_exe.linux.bat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1b39ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make_exe.linux.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+pyinstaller --exclude-module PIL --onedir -y -i "./condenser_icon.png" "./condenser.py"
+mkdir -p dist/condenser/utils/ffmpeg
+cp $(which ffmpeg) dist/condenser/utils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
+cp $(which ffprobe) dist/condenser/utils/ffmpeg/ffprobe
+cp config.json dist/condenser/config.json
+grep -v '^!\[Condenser\].*' README.md | grep '^\[!\[codecov\].*' > dist/condenser/README.txt
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/_bz2.pyd
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/_hashlib.pyd
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/_socket.pyd
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/_lzma.pyd
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/unicodedata.pyd
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/libcrypto-3.dll
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/ucrtbase.dll
+rm dist/condenser/_internal/api-ms-win-*
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4a7fbe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
+# python -m venv .venv
+# source .venv/bin/activate
+# pip install -r requirements.txt
+let
+    pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
+in pkgs.mkShell {
+    packages = [
+        pkgs.python312Full
+        pkgs.ffmpeg_6-full
+    ];
+}