diff --git a/libmamba/include/mamba/core/activation.hpp b/libmamba/include/mamba/core/activation.hpp
index 08164fe63e..ea175b73b0 100644
--- a/libmamba/include/mamba/core/activation.hpp
+++ b/libmamba/include/mamba/core/activation.hpp
@@ -230,6 +230,26 @@ namespace mamba
         fs::u8path hook_source_path() override;
     };
 
+    class NuActivator : public Activator
+    {
+    public:
+
+        explicit NuActivator(const Context& context)
+            : Activator(context)
+        {
+        }
+        virtual ~NuActivator() = default;
+
+        std::string script(const EnvironmentTransform& env_transform) override;
+        std::pair<std::string, std::string>
+        update_prompt(const std::string& conda_prompt_modifier) override;
+        std::string shell_extension() override;
+        std::string shell() override;
+
+        std::string hook_preamble() override;
+        std::string hook_postamble() override;
+        fs::u8path hook_source_path() override;
+    };
 
     std::vector<fs::u8path> get_path_dirs(const fs::u8path& prefix);
 
diff --git a/libmamba/src/api/shell.cpp b/libmamba/src/api/shell.cpp
index acdf11798d..95a5a14db3 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/api/shell.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/api/shell.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ namespace mamba
             {
                 return std::make_unique<mamba::FishActivator>(context);
             }
+            if (name == "nu")
+            {
+                return std::make_unique<mamba::NuActivator>(context);
+            }
             throw std::invalid_argument(fmt::format("Shell type not handled: {}", name));
         }
     }
diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/activation.cpp b/libmamba/src/core/activation.cpp
index 302f1b8c43..d0ba112918 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/activation.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/activation.cpp
@@ -1216,4 +1216,73 @@ namespace mamba
 
         return out.str();
     }
+
+    std::string NuActivator::shell_extension()
+    {
+        return ".nu";
+    }
+
+    std::string NuActivator::shell()
+    {
+        return "nu";
+    }
+
+    std::string NuActivator::hook_preamble()
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    std::string NuActivator::hook_postamble()
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    fs::u8path NuActivator::hook_source_path()
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    std::pair<std::string, std::string>
+    NuActivator::update_prompt(const std::string& conda_prompt_modifier)
+    {
+        // hook is implemented in shell_init.cpp as nushell behaves like a compiled language;
+        // one cannot dynamically evaluate strings
+        return { "", "" };
+    }
+
+    std::string NuActivator::script(const EnvironmentTransform& env_transform)
+    {
+        std::stringstream out;
+
+        if (!env_transform.export_path.empty())
+        {
+            out << "PATH = " << env_transform.export_path << ";";
+        }
+
+        for (const fs::u8path& ds : env_transform.deactivate_scripts)
+        {
+            out << "source " << ds << ";";
+        }
+
+        for (const std::string& uvar : env_transform.unset_vars)
+        {
+            out << "hide-env " << uvar << ";";
+        }
+
+        for (const auto& [skey, svar] : env_transform.set_vars)
+        {
+            out << "let " << skey << " = " << svar << ";";
+        }
+
+        for (const auto& [ekey, evar] : env_transform.export_vars)
+        {
+            out << ekey << " = " << evar << ";";
+        }
+
+        for (const fs::u8path& p : env_transform.activate_scripts)
+        {
+            out << "source " << p << ";";
+        }
+        return out.str();
+    }
 }  // namespace mamba
diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp b/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp
index 252a21f72a..4c6e08d0af 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/shell_init.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ namespace mamba
         {
             return "dash";
         }
+        if (util::contains(parent_process_name, "nu"))
+        {
+            return "nu";
+        }
 
         // xonsh in unix, Python in macOS
         if (util::contains(parent_process_name_lower, "python"))
@@ -382,6 +386,59 @@ namespace mamba
         return content.str();
     }
 
+    std::string
+    nu_content(const fs::u8path& env_prefix, const std::string& /*shell*/, const fs::u8path& mamba_exe)
+    {
+        std::stringstream content;
+        std::string s_mamba_exe;
+        if (util::on_win)
+        {
+            s_mamba_exe = native_path_to_unix(mamba_exe.string());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            s_mamba_exe = mamba_exe.string();
+        }
+
+        content << "\n# >>> mamba initialize >>>\n";
+        content << "# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'mamba init' !!\n";
+        content << "$env.MAMBA_EXE = " << mamba_exe << "\n";
+        content << "$env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX = " << env_prefix << "\n";
+        content << "$env.PATH = ($env.PATH | prepend ([$env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX bin] | path join) | uniq)\n";
+        content << R"###(def-env "micromamba activate"  [name: string] {
+    #add condabin when root
+    if $env.MAMBA_SHLVL? == null {
+        $env.MAMBA_SHLVL = 0
+        $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | prepend $"($env.MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX)/condabin")
+    }
+    #ask mamba how to setup the environment and set the environment
+    (^($env.MAMBA_EXE) shell activate --shell nu $name
+      | split row ";"
+      | parse  "{key} = {value}"
+      | transpose --header-row
+      | into record
+      | load-env
+    )
+    $env.PROMPT_COMMAND = {$env.CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER + (create_left_prompt)}
+}
+def-env "micromamba deactivate" [] {
+    #remove active environment except micromamba root
+    if $env.CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER? != null {
+     (^($env.MAMBA_EXE) shell deactivate  --shell nu
+      | split row ";"
+      | str trim
+      | parse --regex '(.*?)(?:\s*=\s*|\s+)(.*?)'
+      | transpose --header-row
+      | into record
+      | load-env
+    )
+    $env.PROMPT_COMMAND = (create_left_prompt)
+  }})###"
+                << "\n";
+        content << "# <<< mamba initialize <<<\n";
+        return content.str();
+    }
+
     std::string
     csh_content(const fs::u8path& env_prefix, const std::string& /*shell*/, const fs::u8path& mamba_exe)
     {
@@ -445,6 +502,10 @@ namespace mamba
         {
             conda_init_content = fish_content(conda_prefix, shell, mamba_exe);
         }
+        else if (shell == "nu")
+        {
+            conda_init_content = nu_content(conda_prefix, shell, mamba_exe);
+        }
         else if (shell == "csh")
         {
             conda_init_content = csh_content(conda_prefix, shell, mamba_exe);
@@ -579,6 +640,11 @@ namespace mamba
             util::replace_all(contents, "$MAMBA_EXE", exe.generic_string());
             return contents;
         }
+        else if (shell == "nu")
+        {
+            // not implemented due to inability in nu to evaluate dynamically generated code
+            return "";
+        }
         return "";
     }
 
@@ -760,6 +826,18 @@ namespace mamba
             std::ofstream sh_file = open_ofstream(sh_source_path);
             sh_file << data_mamba_fish;
         }
+        else if (shell == "nu")
+        {
+            NuActivator a{ context };
+            auto sh_source_path = a.hook_source_path();
+            try
+            {
+                fs::create_directories(sh_source_path.parent_path());
+            }
+            catch (...)
+            {
+            }
+        }
         else if (shell == "cmd.exe")
         {
             init_root_prefix_cmdexe(context, root_prefix);
@@ -1052,6 +1130,11 @@ namespace mamba
             fs::u8path fishrc_path = home / ".config" / "fish" / "config.fish";
             modify_rc_file(context, fishrc_path, conda_prefix, shell, mamba_exe);
         }
+        else if (shell == "nu")
+        {
+            fs::u8path nu_config_path = home / ".config" / "nushell" / "config.nu";
+            modify_rc_file(context, nu_config_path, conda_prefix, shell, mamba_exe);
+        }
         else if (shell == "cmd.exe")
         {
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -1121,6 +1204,11 @@ namespace mamba
             fs::u8path fishrc_path = home / ".config" / "fish" / "config.fish";
             reset_rc_file(context, fishrc_path, shell, mamba_exe);
         }
+        else if (shell == "nu")
+        {
+            fs::u8path nu_config_path = home / ".config" / "nushell" / "config.nu";
+            reset_rc_file(context, nu_config_path, shell, mamba_exe);
+        }
         else if (shell == "cmd.exe")
         {
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -1178,6 +1266,10 @@ namespace mamba
         {
             config_path = home / ".config" / "fish" / "config.fish";
         }
+        else if (shell == "nu")
+        {
+            config_path = "";
+        }
         return config_path;
     }
 
@@ -1186,7 +1278,7 @@ namespace mamba
         fs::u8path home = env::home_directory();
 
         std::vector<std::string> result;
-        std::vector<std::string> supported_shells = { "bash", "zsh", "xonsh", "csh", "fish" };
+        std::vector<std::string> supported_shells = { "bash", "zsh", "xonsh", "csh", "fish", "nu" };
         for (const std::string& shell : supported_shells)
         {
             fs::u8path config_path = config_path_for_shell(shell);
diff --git a/micromamba/src/activate.cpp b/micromamba/src/activate.cpp
index 26e0b28d53..008f76f2eb 100644
--- a/micromamba/src/activate.cpp
+++ b/micromamba/src/activate.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ set_activate_command(CLI::App* subcom)
                 "Otherwise, this may be an issue. In the meantime you can run commands. See:\n"
                 "    $ micromamba run --help\n"
                 "\n"
-                "Supported shells are {{bash, zsh, csh, xonsh, cmd.exe, powershell, fish}}.\n",
+                "Supported shells are {{bash, zsh, csh, xonsh, cmd.exe, powershell, fish, nu}}.\n",
                 get_shell_hook(guessed_shell),
                 guessed_shell
             );
diff --git a/micromamba/src/shell.cpp b/micromamba/src/shell.cpp
index 29942547dd..b2bda88ed8 100644
--- a/micromamba/src/shell.cpp
+++ b/micromamba/src/shell.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace
         subcmd
             ->add_option("-s,--shell", shell_type.get_cli_config<std::string>(), shell_type.description())
             ->check(CLI::IsMember(std::set<std::string>(
-                { "bash", "posix", "powershell", "cmd.exe", "xonsh", "zsh", "fish", "tcsh", "dash" }
+                { "bash", "posix", "powershell", "cmd.exe", "xonsh", "zsh", "fish", "tcsh", "dash", "nu" }
             )));
     }
 
diff --git a/micromamba/tests/test_activation.py b/micromamba/tests/test_activation.py
index b3fc368519..4790e259ed 100644
--- a/micromamba/tests/test_activation.py
+++ b/micromamba/tests/test_activation.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "xonsh": ".sh",
     "fish": ".fish",
     "powershell": ".ps1",
+    "nu": ".nu",
 }
 
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, shell: str) -> str:
         "xonsh": "~/.xonshrc",
         "tcsh": "~/.tcshrc",
         "fish": "~/.config/fish/config.fish",
+        "nu": "~/.config/nushell/config.nu",
     },
     "linux": {
         "zsh": "~/.zshrc",
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, shell: str) -> str:
         "xonsh": "~/.xonshrc",
         "tcsh": "~/.tcshrc",
         "fish": "~/.config/fish/config.fish",
+        "nu": "~/.config/nushell/config.nu",
     },
 }
 
@@ -100,8 +103,8 @@ def write_script(interpreter, lines, path):
 
 
 possible_interpreters = {
-    "win": {"powershell", "cmd.exe", "bash"},
-    "unix": {"bash", "zsh", "fish", "xonsh", "tcsh"},
+    "win": {"powershell", "cmd.exe", "bash", "nu"},
+    "unix": {"bash", "zsh", "fish", "xonsh", "tcsh", "nu"},
 }
 
 
@@ -266,6 +269,8 @@ def shvar(v, interpreter):
         return f"$Env:{v}"
     elif interpreter == "cmd.exe":
         return f"%{v}%"
+    elif interpreter == "nu":
+        return f"$env.{v}"
 
 
 def env_to_dict(out, interpreter="bash"):
@@ -429,6 +434,8 @@ def test_shell_init_deinit_root_prefix_files(
         files = [tmp_root_prefix / "etc" / "profile.d" / "mamba.xsh"]
     elif interpreter in ["csh", "tcsh"]:
         files = [tmp_root_prefix / "etc" / "profile.d" / "micromamba.csh"]
+    elif interpreter == "nu":
+        files = []  # moved to ~/.config/nushell.nu controlled by micromamba activation
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown shell {interpreter}")
 
diff --git a/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py b/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py
index 5c8993a937..fc17c2741f 100644
--- a/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py
+++ b/micromamba/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def skip_if_shell_incompat(shell_type):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "shell_type",
-    ["bash", "posix", "powershell", "cmd.exe", "xonsh", "zsh", "fish", "tcsh"],
+    ["bash", "posix", "powershell", "cmd.exe", "xonsh", "zsh", "fish", "tcsh", "nu"],
 )
 def test_hook(tmp_home, tmp_root_prefix, shell_type):
     res = helpers.shell("hook", "-s", shell_type)
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ def test_hook(tmp_home, tmp_root_prefix, shell_type):
         assert res == ""
     elif shell_type == "tcsh":
         assert res.count(mamba_exe) == 3
+    elif shell_type == "nu":
+        # insert dummy test, as the nu scripts contains
+        # no mention of mamba_exe; path is added in config.nu
+        assert res.count(mamba_exe) == 0
 
     res = helpers.shell("hook", "-s", shell_type, "--json")
     expected_keys = {"success", "operation", "context", "actions"}