diff --git a/src/item/mod.rs b/src/item/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1031729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/item/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use crate::Entry;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use std::{error::Error, fmt::Write, fs, path::{Path, PathBuf}, io::Read, os::unix::fs::MetadataExt};
+use tar::{Node, Owner};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Item {
+    pub entry: Entry,
+    pub node: Node,
+}
+
+impl Item {
+    pub fn try_create(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let meta = fs::metadata(path)?;
+        let filename = format!("/{}", path.display());
+        let owner = Some(Owner::default());
+        if meta.is_file() {
+            let mut data = vec![];
+            let mut fd = fs::File::open(path)?;
+            let path = PathBuf::from(&filename);
+            let size = fd.read_to_end(&mut data)?;
+            let mut sha256sum = String::new();
+            let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+            hasher.update(&data);
+            let res = hasher.finalize();
+            for c in res {
+                write!(sha256sum, "{c:02x}")?;
+            }
+            let node = Node::read_data_to_tar(&data, &filename, &meta, owner)?;
+            let mode = meta.mode();
+            Ok(Self {
+                entry: Entry::File { path, sha256sum, mode, size },
+                node,
+            })
+        } else if meta.is_dir() {
+            let mode = meta.mode();
+            let path = PathBuf::from(&filename);
+            Ok(Self {
+                entry: Entry::Directory { path, mode },
+                node: Node::read_data_to_tar(&[0; 0], &filename, &meta, owner)?,
+            })
+        } else if meta.is_symlink() {
+            let target = fs::read_link(path)?;
+            let path = PathBuf::from(&filename);
+            Ok(Self {
+                entry: Entry::Link { path, target },
+                node: Node::read_data_to_tar(&[0; 0], &filename, &meta, owner)?,
+            })
+        } else {
+            unreachable!();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cd6305a..37c0913 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #![warn(clippy::all, clippy::pedantic)]
+mod item;
 mod package;
 mod plist;
 mod version;
 pub use {
+    item::Item,
     package::{Dependency, Package},
     plist::*,
     version::*,
diff --git a/src/package/dependency.rs b/src/package/dependency.rs
index ce267bf..966c0c1 100644
--- a/src/package/dependency.rs
+++ b/src/package/dependency.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use {
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
 };
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Dependency {
     name: String,
     version: (Option<Version>, Option<Version>),
diff --git a/src/package/mod.rs b/src/package/mod.rs
index 6ce1e99..a6529ff 100644
--- a/src/package/mod.rs
+++ b/src/package/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,19 @@ use {
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
 };
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct User {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub uid: Option<u32>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Group {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub gid: Option<u32>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Package {
     name: String,
     version: Version,
@@ -13,4 +25,6 @@ pub struct Package {
     plist: Plist,
     size: usize,
     dependencies: Vec<Dependency>,
+    users: Option<Vec<User>>,
+    groups: Option<Vec<Group>>,
 }
diff --git a/src/plist/mod.rs b/src/plist/mod.rs
index 847623c..216d810 100644
--- a/src/plist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/plist/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use {
     walkdir::WalkDir,
 };
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Plist {
     pub entries: Vec<Entry>,
 }
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&Path> for Plist {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Entry {
     File {
         path: PathBuf,
@@ -89,3 +89,4 @@ impl TryFrom<&Path> for Entry {
         }
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/version/gitrev.rs b/src/version/gitrev.rs
index 94f14b2..ba18c62 100644
--- a/src/version/gitrev.rs
+++ b/src/version/gitrev.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::cmp::Ordering;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct GitRev {
     hash: String,
     datetime: u64,
diff --git a/src/version/mod.rs b/src/version/mod.rs
index 56e53c9..c8df478 100644
--- a/src/version/mod.rs
+++ b/src/version/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod semver;
 
 pub use {gitrev::GitRev, semver::SemVer};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Version {
     Number(u32),
     SemVer(SemVer),
diff --git a/src/version/semver.rs b/src/version/semver.rs
index 115386a..23c8438 100644
--- a/src/version/semver.rs
+++ b/src/version/semver.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use {
     std::cmp::Ordering,
 };
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct SemVer {
     pub major: u32,
     pub minor: u32,
diff --git a/tar/src/header.rs b/tar/src/header.rs
index 85b5488..2479ca0 100644
--- a/tar/src/header.rs
+++ b/tar/src/header.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ impl Header {
         Ok(header)
     }
 
-    pub fn new_from_meta(filename: &str, meta: &Metadata, owner: Option<Owner>) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    pub fn new_from_meta(
+        filename: &str,
+        meta: &Metadata,
+        owner: Option<Owner>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut header = Header::default();
         header.fname[..filename.len()].copy_from_slice(filename.as_bytes());
         let mode = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_mode());
@@ -256,7 +260,7 @@ impl Header {
                 gid: meta.st_gid(),
                 username: get_username_for_uid(meta.st_uid())?.into(),
                 groupname: get_groupname_for_gid(meta.st_gid())?.into(),
-            }
+            },
         };
         let uid = format!("{:07o}", owner.uid);
         header.uid[..uid.len()].copy_from_slice(uid.as_bytes());
@@ -365,4 +369,3 @@ pub fn get_groupname_for_gid<'a>(gid: u32) -> Result<&'a str, std::str::Utf8Erro
     };
     group.to_str()
 }
-
diff --git a/tar/src/lib.rs b/tar/src/lib.rs
index 82ea03a..a8f22eb 100644
--- a/tar/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tar/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod header;
 mod node;
 pub use {
     error::Error,
-    header::{FileType, Header},
+    header::{FileType, Header, Owner},
     node::Node,
 };
 
diff --git a/tar/src/node.rs b/tar/src/node.rs
index f53d7cd..a4aa2f8 100644
--- a/tar/src/node.rs
+++ b/tar/src/node.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{Error, FileType, Header, header::Owner};
+use crate::{header::Owner, Error, FileType, Header};
 use deku::prelude::*;
 use std::{
     fs::{File, Metadata},
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ impl Node {
     }
 
     /// Create a Node from in memory data, given the filename and metadata
-    pub fn read_data_to_tar(data: &[u8], filename: &str, meta: &Metadata, owner: Option<Owner>) -> Result<Node, Error> {
+    pub fn read_data_to_tar(
+        data: &[u8],
+        filename: &str,
+        meta: &Metadata,
+        owner: Option<Owner>,
+    ) -> Result<Node, Error> {
         let header = Header::new_from_meta(filename, meta, owner)?;
         if header.link_indicator[0] != FileType::Normal as u8 {
             return Ok(Node {