diff --git a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
index eaecbda5fa6fd0c6667c7cf60a5336970d973ca9..1f24225ff7da61788db58f4596d3e040de7c4b86 100644
--- a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
+++ b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           nsd-app-wrap
-Version:        2.13
+Version:        2.14
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper scripts to launch python applications installed via anaconda
 Vendor:         Peter F. Peterson
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ install -m 755 nr_launcher                            %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 nsd-app-wrap.sh                        %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 nsd-conda-wrap.sh                      %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 nseplot                                %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
+install -m 755 nxs2taco                               %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 paraview                               %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 pyrs                                   %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 quicknxs                               %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
@@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ install -m 644 desktop/ibeatles.desktop                %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/a
 %{_prefix}/share/applications/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 16 2025 John Hetrick
+- Added nxs2taco, a pysen utility
+
 * Thu Dec 04 2025 Daniel Caballero
 - Added McStas
 
diff --git a/src/nxs2taco b/src/nxs2taco
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6bb5810f91adbdbe23a20ea03a29885b49a5da5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nxs2taco
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# select the environment to use
+# current default is system version
+PIXI_ENVIRON=pysen
+
+# import library to do the real work
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/nsd-app-wrap.sh" ||
+    . /bin/nsd-app-wrap.sh
+
+# put together arguments - conda_env, application, argv
+args=("${PIXI_ENVIRON}" "nxs2taco" "$@")
+# launch the tool
+pixi_launch "${args[@]}"