diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2015df401..cdfa26a82 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@
         devShell = with pkgs; mkShell {
           nativeBuildInputs = [
             icu
+            imagemagick
             libidn
             libz
             nodejs
             postgresql
+            redis
             ruby
             yarn
           ];
diff --git a/run-services.sh b/run-services.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f100537a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-services.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+if ! pg_ctl -D ./postgres/15 status; then
+  pg_ctl -D ./postgres/15 -l ./postgres/postgresql.log start
+fi
+
+redis-server > ./redis/redis.log 2> ./redis/redis.err &
+
+echo
+echo "Launched postgres and redis"
+echo "Hit [enter] to stop services"
+
+read -e
+
+for pid in $(jobs -p); do
+  kill -9 $pid
+done
+
+pg_ctl -D ./postgres/15 stop