diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 115c78f08cf34..63ac5fda556c1 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -26621,6 +26621,11 @@
     githubId = 555003;
     name = "Taylor Everding";
   };
+  taylorhoward92 = {
+    github = "taylorhoward92";
+    githubId = 23712266;
+    name = "Taylor Howard";
+  };
   tazjin = {
     email = "mail@tazj.in";
     github = "tazjin";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/og/ogre-next-2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/og/ogre-next-2/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3dc745cade705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/og/ogre-next-2/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  testers,
+
+  addDriverRunpath,
+  autoAddDriverRunpath,
+  apple-sdk_15,
+  cmake,
+  freetype,
+  libGL,
+  libx11,
+  libxaw,
+  libxcb,
+  libxrandr,
+  libxt,
+  ninja,
+  openvr,
+  pkg-config,
+  rapidjson,
+  SDL2,
+  tinyxml,
+  shaderc,
+  vulkan-headers,
+  vulkan-loader,
+  zlib,
+  zziplib,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "ogre-next";
+  version = "2.3.3";
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "OGRECave";
+    repo = "ogre-next";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-elSj35LwsLzj1ssDPsk9NW/KSXfiOGYmw9hQSAWdpFM=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Backport from v2-3 branch: implement STBIImageCodec::magicNumberToFileExt()
+    # so Image2::load() can identify PNG/JPEG files by magic bytes.
+    # Without this, TextureGpuManager texture loading crashes.
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/commit/65e6a9bad2a2e8e8839a0b62b8a54d64e368a492.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-Zw6pFjHbDezbO79SLD/yo9tblgph1PKH58PV7r1dcZM=";
+    })
+
+    # Backport from v2-3 branch: fix infinite-loop typo (x << width → x < width)
+    # and wrong source stride in RGB→RGBA conversion in STBICodec::decode().
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/commit/5d2767e201f36e85ce8fb641449b87262e9674df.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-MgqoU9cw0vJcgI7hLuqlVRFdmOTwmQ93FBTgzDl69hg=";
+    })
+
+    # Fix RGB channel swap in STBICodec RGB→RGBA conversion: stb returns
+    # RGB but the code wrote r,g,b (actually B,G,R) into PFG_RGBA8_UNORM.
+    # master (v3-0) already has the correct write order; this backports it.
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/commit/e0126edeb3bc442741a8735c7221ae92024a5c14.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-WU/91+H7z8bUzFc0XH2zGc3Yv7Th0beVxdRFy9JWpDo=";
+    })
+
+    # Skip NSWindow creation for hidden (offscreen) Metal windows.
+    # NSWindow must be created on the main thread on macOS; skipping it
+    # makes hidden windows safe to create from any thread, analogous to
+    # VulkanWindowNull in the Vulkan backend.
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/pull/566.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-VG3qyVC8QZUe3AmzmIAIsb5Y0rUEqNWRMu5kt30Xllc=";
+    })
+
+    # GCC 15 enforces CWG DR 1518: explicit default constructors cannot be
+    # used in copy-list-initialization. Make STLAllocator's constructors
+    # constexpr (and non-explicit) so STL containers can value-initialize
+    # their allocator.
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/commit/8ec6166ea3a6453950edfba8a32d0e3fa5099833.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-Hs+seuQrQZY9G6H4NqV4QVevtDyBzd+qMyvxIK+buBI=";
+    })
+
+    # Guard macOS framework post-build commands (ditto, mkdir) behind
+    # OGRE_BUILD_LIBS_AS_FRAMEWORKS so they are skipped when disabled.
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/commit/06c53d072271276e07aef2233114a2dc5fa18ae2.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-tU8V/E2yWVkk7jp29t9oFeNH+sZwMjEdKONdGDcjjP4=";
+    })
+
+    # Respect externally-set CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT on macOS instead of
+    # unconditionally overriding it via xcodebuild.
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/commit/0630ccd923160c4c489d1b8eefe7e39a89807a30.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-pXlBWtsxkFAk/ffRJHv0lZwLYLHOJ5219cnfKJP/+Xk=";
+    })
+
+    # Fix pkgconfig plugindir on macOS: plugins install to lib/ directly,
+    # not lib/OGRE/.
+    # TODO: Remove after update to > 2.3.3
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next/commit/f6b76053837674d879ab1eafca23cab1c1cf10f2.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-lkSLBYg3i144Nj7tcFTXs5wF63LodSy1wEpe/cHRjsk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    autoAddDriverRunpath
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    freetype
+    rapidjson
+    tinyxml
+    zlib
+    zziplib
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    libGL
+    libx11
+    libxaw
+    libxcb
+    libxrandr
+    libxt
+    openvr
+    shaderc.dev
+    shaderc.static
+    vulkan-headers
+    vulkan-loader
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    apple-sdk_15
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_BUILD_COMPONENT_PLANAR_REFLECTIONS" true)
+    # Use STB instead of FreeImage (marked insecure in nixpkgs)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_CONFIG_ENABLE_FREEIMAGE" false)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_CONFIG_ENABLE_STBI" true)
+    # Framework bundles are incompatible with the Nix store
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_BUILD_LIBS_AS_FRAMEWORKS" false)
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    # OGRE-Next is a fork of OGRE; use the "OgreNext" library prefix
+    # (e.g. OgreNextMain, OgreNextHlmsPbs) to avoid conflicts with OGRE 1.x.
+    # macOS retains the "OGRE" name by convention (matching Homebrew builds).
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_USE_NEW_PROJECT_NAME" true)
+    # Render systems: GL3Plus and Vulkan are Linux-only; the GL3Plus window
+    # subsystem is not ported to the 2.x series on macOS, and Vulkan uses
+    # XCB windowing which is Linux-only.
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_BUILD_RENDERSYSTEM_GL3PLUS" true)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_GLSUPPORT_USE_EGL_HEADLESS" true)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_BUILD_RENDERSYSTEM_VULKAN" true)
+    # Headless Vulkan rendering (no display server required)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_VULKAN_WINDOW_NULL" true)
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # GL3Plus and Vulkan are not available on macOS; Metal is the
+    # primary render system (built automatically when on Darwin).
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_BUILD_RENDERSYSTEM_GL3PLUS" false)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_BUILD_RENDERSYSTEM_VULKAN" false)
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 [
+    # NEON and SSE2 SIMD paths cause build failures on aarch64
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_SIMD_NEON" false)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "OGRE_SIMD_SSE2" false)
+  ];
+
+  passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    # On Linux OGRE_USE_NEW_PROJECT_NAME renames modules to OGRE-Next-*;
+    # on macOS they retain the OGRE-* prefix.
+    moduleNames =
+      if stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then
+        [
+          "OGRE-Next"
+          "OGRE-Next-Hlms"
+          "OGRE-Next-MeshLodGenerator"
+          "OGRE-Next-Overlay"
+        ]
+      else
+        [
+          "OGRE"
+          "OGRE-Hlms"
+          "OGRE-MeshLodGenerator"
+          "OGRE-Overlay"
+        ];
+    versionCheck = true;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "3D Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine (2.x series)";
+    homepage = "https://www.ogre3d.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ taylorhoward92 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
+  };
+})