diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
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+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 160
+exclude = docs/*, .git, __pycache__, build
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68bc17f..e05e2e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,3 +158,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v3.2.0
+  hooks:
+  -   id: trailing-whitespace
+  -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+  -   id: check-yaml
+  -   id: check-added-large-files
+- repo: https://github.com/asottile/reorder_python_imports
+  rev: v3.9.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: reorder-python-imports
+    args: [--application-directories, '.:drawbridge', --py39-plus]
+- repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+  rev: 23.3.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: black
+    language_version: python3.11
+- repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
+  rev: 1.7.5
+  hooks:
+  - id: bandit
+    args: ["-c", "pyproject.toml"]
+    additional_dependencies: ["bandit[toml]"]
+- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+  rev: 6.0.0
+  hooks:
+  -   id: flake8
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<div align="center">
+<img src="drawbridge.png" alt="drawbridge Logo">
+
+# drawbridge
+
+drawbridge description
+
+and witty subtitle<br/>
+
+[Installation](#installation) •
+[Examples](#examples) •
+[Frequently Asked Questions](#faq) •
+[Contributing](#contributing) •
+[License](#license)
+</div>
+
+## Installation
+
+### with pip
+TBD
+
+## Examples
+
+TBD
+
+## FAQ
+
+**What problem does drawbridge solve?**
+
+TBD
+
+**What's your roadmap?**
+
+TBD
+
+## Contributing
+
+If you would like to contribute to this project, feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue on GitHub.
+
+This tool was written as part of my coursework for CSC 842 - Security Tool Development at Dakota State University. Consequently, I may choose not to maintain this tool beyond the length of the course, but have selected a license that enables open contributions in any case.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the `LICENSE` file for details.
diff --git a/drawbridge.png b/drawbridge.png
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diff --git a/drawbridge/__init__.py b/drawbridge/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=67.8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "drawbridge"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = [{ name = "drawbridge", email = "git@nixon.mozmail.com" }]
+description = "An nfqueue abstraction module for building security tools"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+license = { text = "GPLv3" }
+dependencies = [
+  "fnfqueue>=1.1.2",
+  "scapy>=2.5.0",
+  "python-iptables>=1.0.1",
+  "loguru>=0.7.0",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://github.com/DarrylNixon/drawbridge"
+repository = "https://github.com/DarrylNixon/drawbridge"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+py-modules = ["drawbridge"]
+
+[tool.bandit]
+exclude_dirs = ["/doc", "/build"]
+# TODO: Stop skipping B104 (binding on 0.0.0.0), is there a nice way to get a good docker bind address?
+skips = ["B104"]
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 120