diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63b4de9..76be36b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-bin/
-build/
+yait
 *.o
-config.mak
-config.status
-*cache*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69acf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Makefile for yait
+
+# Make the build silent by default
+V =
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(V)),)
+	E = @echo
+	Q = @
+else
+	E = @\#
+	Q =
+endif
+export E Q
+
+PROGRAM = yait
+SRC     = $(wildcard *.c)
+OBJ     = $(SRC:.c=.o)
+
+CC       = gcc
+WARNINGS = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
+CFLAGS   = -O2 $(WARNINGS) -g
+DEFINES  =
+LIBS     =
+LDFLAGS  =
+BINDIR   = /usr/bin
+LIBDIR   = /usr/lib
+
+$(PROGRAM): $(OBJ)
+	$(E) "  LINK    " $@
+	$(Q) $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -o $@ $(OBJ) $(LIBS)
+
+clean:
+	$(E) "  CLEAN"
+	$(Q) rm -f $(PROGRAM) $(OBJ)
+
+.c.o:
+	$(E) "  CC      " $@
+	$(Q) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -c $< -o $@
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6388567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
++---------------+
+| yait/fSD 1.0 |
++---------------+
+
+        Highly opinionated C and SH project generator
+
+        yait was written by vx-clutch
+
+        Copyright Notices:
+
+        yait 1.0 (c) Copyright 2025 fSD. 
+  Reference the COPYING file for detailed information
+
+
+WHAT IS yait/fSD?
+
+yait/fSD 1.0 is an optionated C and SH project generator. For C project
+generation is produces a similar layout to the source of this project. On
+SH it generates a shell script with useful useful scaffolding for a
+script.
+
+
+WHAT IS NEW
+
+Features:
+
+o  This is the inital commit, EVERYTHING is new!
+
+Bug fixes - not very interesting:
+
+o  None
+
+Something is gone:
+
+o  None
+
+
+HOW TO BUILD yait/fSD?
+
+o  UNIX: Compile the packge with make and install manually with for your
+        given system.
+
+
+ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND STATUS
+
+This project's file strucutre, file format, and certain contents are
+derived from uEmacs/PK 4.0 specifically from the Linux Torvalds
+distribution on GitHub. The README on from uEmacs/PK 4.0 has greater and
+more accurate attributions, if you desire.
diff --git a/estruct.h b/estruct.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63e9f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/estruct.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef ESTRUCT_H_
+#define ESTRUCT_H_
+
+/* Configuration options */
+
+#define QLICENSE 0 /* Force use the default license option */
+#define LICENSE "BSD-3-Clause" /* Default SPDX-License-Identifier */
+
+#define QAUTHOR 0 /* Force use the default author option */
+#define AUTHOR "fSD" /* Default author*/
+
+#endif  /* ESTRUCT_H_ */
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a675866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*  file.c
+ *
+ *  The routines in this file handle the reading, writing
+ *  and lookup of disk files. All of details about the
+ *  reading and writing of the disk are in "fileio.c".
+ *
+ *  written by vx-clutch
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "file.h"
+#include "globals.h"
+
+int ffwrite(char *path, char *fmt, ...) {
+  FILE *f;
+  va_list ap;
+  int r;
+
+  f = fopen(path, "w");
+  if (!f)
+    return -1;
+
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  r = vfprintf(f, fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+
+  fclose(f);
+  return r < 0 ? -1 : 0;
+}
+
+int fmkdir(char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  char path[NPAT];
+  char tmp[NPAT];
+  char *p;
+
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  vsnprintf(path, sizeof(path), fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+
+  strncpy(tmp, path, sizeof(tmp) - 1);
+  tmp[sizeof(tmp) - 1] = '\0';
+
+  for (p = tmp + 1; *p; p++) {
+    if (*p == '/') {
+      *p = '\0';
+      if (mkdir(tmp, 0755) < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
+        return -1;
+      *p = '/';
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (mkdir(tmp, 0755) < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
+    return -1;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int ffexist(char *fmt, ...) {
+  char path[NPAT];
+  va_list ap;
+  struct stat st;
+
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  vsnprintf(path, sizeof(path), fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+
+  return stat(path, &st) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/file.h b/file.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fd9740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef FILE_H_
+#define FILE_H_
+
+int ffwrite(char *path, char *fmt, ...);
+int fmkdir(char *path, ...);
+int ffexist(char *fmt, ...);
+
+#endif  /* FILE_H_ */
diff --git a/globals.h b/globals.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93367a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/globals.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef GLOBALS_H_
+#define GLOBALS_H_
+
+#define NPAT 4096 /* number of bytes for path buffer */
+
+#endif  /* GLOBALS_H_ */
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a57703c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/input.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*  input.c
+ *
+ *  Various input routines
+ *
+ *  written by vx-clutch
+ */
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "input.h"
+
+char *getstring(char *fmt, ...) {
+  va_list args;
+  va_start(args, fmt);
+
+  printf("? ");
+  vprintf(fmt, args);
+  putc(' ', stdout);
+
+  va_end(args);
+  fflush(stdout);
+
+  char *buf = NULL;
+  size_t size = 0;
+  ssize_t len = getline(&buf, &size, stdin);
+
+  if (len < 0) {
+    free(buf);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
+    buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+
+  return buf;
+}
+
+int yes_no_prompt(const char *fmt, ...) {
+  char prompt[256];
+
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  vsnprintf(prompt, sizeof prompt, fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+
+  char buf[64];
+  for (;;) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "? %s", prompt);
+    fputs(" (y/n) ", stdout);
+    fflush(stdout);
+
+    if (!fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin))
+      return 0;
+
+    size_t i = 0;
+    while (buf[i] && isspace((unsigned char)buf[i]))
+      i++;
+    if (!buf[i])
+      continue;
+
+    char c = tolower((unsigned char)buf[i]);
+    if (c == 'y')
+      return 1;
+    if (c == 'n')
+      return 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/input.h b/input.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12b1e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/input.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef INPUT_H_
+#define INPUT_H_
+
+enum { TRUE, FALSE, GUARANTEE };
+
+char *getstring(char *fmt, ...);
+int mlyesno(char *fmt, ...);
+
+#endif  /* INPUT_H_ */
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b95ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * main.c
+ *
+ * yait/fSD 1.0
+ *
+ * Copying policy:
+ *
+ * yait 1.0 can be copied and distributed freely for any
+ * non-commercial purposes. yait 1.0 can only be incorporated
+ * into commercial software with the permission of the current author.
+ *
+ * This file contains the main driving routine, and some handling
+ * for C/SH distinction.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "shell.h"
+#include "usage.h"
+#include "version.h"
+#include "proj.h"
+
+void usage(int status)
+{
+  printf("Usage: %s filename\n", PROGRAM_NAME);
+  printf("   or: %s [options]\n\n", PROGRAM_NAME);
+  fputs("      -S         enable shell creation mode\n", stdout);
+  fputs("      --help     display this help and exit\n", stdout);
+  fputs("      --version  output version information and exit\n", stdout);
+
+  exit(status);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  int c = 0;
+  int S = 0;
+  int carg;
+
+  if (argc == 2) {
+    if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+      usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    if (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
+      version();
+      exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (carg = 0; carg < argc; ++carg) {
+    if (argv[carg][0] == '-') {
+      switch (argv[carg][1]) {
+        case 'S':
+          S = 1;
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (argc < 2 || c)
+    die("not enough arguments");
+
+  char *package = argv[carg - 1];
+
+  if (S)
+    makeshell(package);
+  else
+    makeproj(package);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/proj.c b/proj.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..923a240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proj.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/* proj.c
+ *
+ * The routines in this file generater an
+ * opinionated C project.
+ *
+ * written by vx-clutch
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "estruct.h"
+#include "file.h"
+#include "input.h"
+#include "proj.h"
+#include "usage.h"
+
+int makeproj(char *src)
+{
+  if (ffexist(src))
+    die("%s already exists", src);
+
+  fmkdir(src);
+  if (chdir(src))
+	  die("could not cd into %s", src);
+
+  ffwrite("main.c", "\
+/*\n\
+ * main.c\n\
+ *\n\
+ * package/Author 1.0\n\
+ *\n\
+ * Copying policy\n\
+ *\n\
+ * yait 1.0 can be copied and distributed freely for any\n\
+ * non-commercial purposes. yait 1.0 can only be incorporated\n\
+ * into commercial software with the permission of the current author.\n\
+ *\n\
+ * This file contains the main driving routine.\n\
+ *\n\
+ */\n\
+\n\
+#include <stdio.h>\n\
+#include <stdlib.h>\n\
+#include <string.h>\n\
+\n\
+void usage(int status)\n\
+{\n\
+  printf(\"Usage: %%s REQUIRED POSITIONAL ARGUMENT\\n\", PROGRAM_NAME);\n\
+  printf(\"   or: %%s [options]\\n\\n\", PROGRAM_NAME);\n\
+  fputs(\"      --help     display this help and exit\\n\", stdout);\n\
+  fputs(\"      --version  output version information and exit\\n\", stdout);\n\
+\n\
+  exit(status);\n\
+}\n\
+\n\
+int main(int argc, char **argv)\n\
+{\n\
+  int carg;\n\
+\n\
+  if (argc == 2) {\n\
+    if (strcmp(argv[1], \"--help\") == 0) {\n\
+      usage(EXIT_FAILURE);\n\
+    }\n\
+    if (strcmp(argv[1], \"--version\") == 0) {\n\
+      version();\n\
+      exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);\n\
+    }\n\
+  }\n\
+\n\
+  return 0;\n\
+}");
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/proj.h b/proj.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70a996e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proj.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef PROJ_H_
+#define PROJ_H_
+
+int makeproj(char *src);
+
+#endif  /* PROJ_H_ */
diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f45e375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* shell.c
+ *
+ * The routines in this file generater an
+ * opiionated shell script.
+ *
+ * written by vx-clutch
+ */
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "estruct.h"
+#include "file.h"
+#include "input.h"
+#include "shell.h"
+#include "usage.h"
+
+int makeshell(char *src)
+{
+  if (ffexist(src))
+    die("%s already exists", src);
+
+  char *license = LICENSE;
+  if (!QLICENSE)
+	license = getstring("License");
+  char *description = getstring("Description");
+
+  ffwrite(src, "\
+#!/bin/sh\n\
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: %s\n\
+#\n\
+# %s\n\
+\n\
+me=$0\n\
+scriptversion=\"1.0.0\"\n\
+\n\
+version=\"$me $scriptversion\n\
+\n\
+Copyright (C) %d %s.\n\
+This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.\n\
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\"\n\
+\n\
+usage=\"\\\n\
+Usage: $me [OPTION]...\n\
+%s\n\
+\n\
+Options:\n\
+   --help     print this help and exit\n\
+   --version  output version information\n\"\n\
+\n\
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do\n\
+  case $1 in\n\
+    --help) echo \"$usage\"; exit 0 ;;\n\
+    --version) echo \"$version\"; exit 0 ;;\n\
+    -*)\n\
+      echo \"$0: Unknown option '$1'.\" >&2\n\
+      echo \"$0: Try '--help' for more information.\" >&2\n\
+      exit 1 ;;\n\
+  esac\n\
+  shift\n\
+done", license, description, 2025, "fSD", description);
+
+  struct stat st;
+  if (stat(src, &st) == 0)
+    chmod(src, st.st_mode | S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/shell.h b/shell.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d21aab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef SHELL_H_
+#define SHELL_H_
+
+int makeshell(char *src);
+
+#endif  /* SHELL_H_ */
diff --git a/usage.c b/usage.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d33500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usage.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include "usage.h"
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static void report(const char* prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
+{
+  char msg[4096];
+  vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), err, params);
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n", prefix, msg);
+}
+
+void die(const char* err, ...)
+{
+  va_list params;
+
+  va_start(params, err);
+  report("fatal: ", err, params);
+  va_end(params);
+  exit(128);
+}
diff --git a/usage.h b/usage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba78993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef USAGE_H_
+#define USAGE_H_
+
+void die(const char* err, ...);
+
+#endif  /* USAGE_H_ */
diff --git a/version.c b/version.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d974764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "version.h"
+
+void version(void)
+{
+	printf("%s version %s\n", PROGRAM_NAME_LONG, VERSION);
+}
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..800c888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef VERSION_H_
+#define VERSION_H_
+
+#define PROGRAM_NAME "yait"
+#define PROGRAM_NAME_LONG "yait/fSD"
+
+#define  VERSION  "1.0.0"
+
+/* Print the version string. */
+void version(void);
+
+#endif  /* VERSION_H_ */