diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..403c8ef104b8bf3476b7a5155be3158eae28734e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+* text=auto
+*.zig text eol=lf
+zigmod.* text eol=lf
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..755aa68f03a30361a954cb1bfbf823ba9fa604ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.zig-cache
+zig-out
+.zigmod
+deps.zig
+files.zig
+zigmod.lock
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d086baf7a5a343fd8513a73903156fbed6c23f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 Meghan Denny
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..75c5d7e44afad086d26aa7078549fdfa0c1fe52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
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+const std = @import("std");
+const deps = @import("./deps.zig");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const mode = b.option(std.builtin.Mode, "mode", "") orelse .Debug;
+
+    const lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
+        .name = "icu",
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = mode,
+    });
+    deps.addAllTo(lib);
+    b.installArtifact(lib);
+}
diff --git a/licenses.txt b/licenses.txt
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6336b470e0dc9933d1fad883c84eaf86174573d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MIT:
+= https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT
+- This
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95a0b682a71942e4010a9c8ee96461fb9a3b53a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const std = @import("std");
diff --git a/src/root.zig b/src/root.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95a0b682a71942e4010a9c8ee96461fb9a3b53a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/root.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const std = @import("std");
diff --git a/zigmod.yml b/zigmod.yml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4741bbbe9f74447572c4e07f5c58af067d80097b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zigmod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+id: 47zkmuv464zqas12rhzf3y6im0u74rwbsqtdo4unbcw7wo2a
+name: icu
+main: src/root.zig
+license: MIT
+description: An implementation of International Components for Unicode in only Zig
+dependencies: