diff --git a/hpk-package/.gitignore b/hpk-package/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..985a402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/target
+/Cargo.lock
+tags
diff --git a/hpk-package/Cargo.toml b/hpk-package/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..648bf57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[package]
+name = "hpk-package"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "GPL-3.0-only"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+deku = "0.16"
+rayon = "1.7"
+ron = "0.8"
+sha2 = "0.10"
+walkdir = "2.3"
+thiserror = "1.0"
+libc = "0.2"
+
+[dependencies.chrono]
+version = "0.4"
+features = ["serde"]
+
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0"
+features = ["derive"]
+
+[profile.release]
+codegen-units = 1
+lto = true
+strip = true
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/lib.rs b/hpk-package/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb56ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+mod package;
+mod plist;
+pub mod tar;
+mod version;
+
+pub use {
+    deku,
+    package::{Arch, Dependency, Group, Package, Specs, User},
+    plist::*,
+    ron, sha2,
+    version::*,
+};
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/package/arch.rs b/hpk-package/src/package/arch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59f1c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/package/arch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::{error::Error, fmt, str::FromStr};
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "arm")]
+pub const HOST_ARCH: Arch = Arch::armv7l;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+pub const HOST_ARCH: Arch = Arch::aarch64;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
+pub const HOST_ARCH: Arch = Arch::i486;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "riscv64")]
+pub const HOST_ARCH: Arch = Arch::riscv64;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+pub const HOST_ARCH: Arch = Arch::x86_64;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+pub enum Arch {
+    armv7l,
+    aarch64,
+    i486,
+    i586,
+    i686,
+    riscv64,
+    x86_64,
+    any,
+}
+
+impl Default for Arch {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        HOST_ARCH
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Arch {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "{}",
+            match self {
+                Self::armv7l => "armv7l",
+                Self::aarch64 => "aarch64",
+                Self::i486 => "i486",
+                Self::i586 => "i586",
+                Self::i686 => "i686",
+                Self::riscv64 => "riscv64",
+                Self::x86_64 => "x86_64",
+                Self::any => "any",
+            }
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ParseArchError;
+
+impl fmt::Display for ParseArchError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "error parsing architecture")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ParseArchError {}
+
+impl FromStr for Arch {
+    type Err = ParseArchError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s {
+            "i486" | "x86" => Ok(Self::i486),
+            "i586" => Ok(Self::i586),
+            "i686" => Ok(Self::i686),
+            "armv7l" | "arm" => Ok(Self::armv7l),
+            "arm64" | "aarch64" | "armv8" => Ok(Self::aarch64),
+            "riscv" | "riscv64" => Ok(Self::riscv64),
+            "any" => Ok(Self::any),
+            _ => Err(ParseArchError),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/package/dependency.rs b/hpk-package/src/package/dependency.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9e99a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/package/dependency.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use {
+    super::Package,
+    crate::Version,
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+/// Specifies a dependency requirement
+pub struct Dependency {
+    /// The name of the dependency. All packages must have a unique name.
+    pub name: String,
+    /// The version requirements for this dependency. If the low
+    /// version is `Some`, then the version must be equal to or
+    /// greater than this version. If the high version is `Some`,
+    /// then the version must be less than this version.
+    pub version: (Option<Version>, Option<Version>),
+}
+
+impl Dependency {
+    #[allow(clippy::must_use_candidate)]
+    /// Checks whether a package satisfies a given dependency
+    pub fn satisfied(&self, package: &Package) -> bool {
+        if self.name.as_str() == package.name.as_str() {
+            match &self.version {
+                (Some(low), Some(high)) => &package.version >= low && &package.version < high,
+                (Some(low), None) => &package.version >= low,
+                (None, Some(high)) => &package.version < high,
+                // no version requirements
+                _ => true,
+            }
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/package/mod.rs b/hpk-package/src/package/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcef93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/package/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+mod arch;
+mod dependency;
+mod specs;
+
+use {
+    crate::tar::{Node, Owner},
+    crate::{Plist, Version},
+    ron::ser::{to_string_pretty, PrettyConfig},
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+    std::{
+        error::Error,
+        fs,
+        fs::File,
+        io::{BufWriter, Write},
+        path::Path,
+    },
+};
+
+pub use {arch::Arch, dependency::Dependency, specs::Specs};
+
+#[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, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+/// the metadata associated with a package
+pub struct Package {
+    /// The name of the package minus all version information
+    pub name: String,
+    /// The `Version` of the package
+    pub version: Version,
+    /// The architecture the package is built for
+    pub arch: Arch,
+    /// The release number for this package
+    pub release: u8,
+    /// a single line description of the package
+    pub description: String,
+    /// a more verbose description of the package
+    pub long_description: String,
+    /// a listing of all files, directories and symlinks which are a part of
+    /// this package
+    pub plist: Plist,
+    /// the total size of this package
+    pub size: usize,
+    /// all of this package's runtime dependencies
+    pub dependencies: Vec<Dependency>,
+    /// an optional list of users to be created upon installation
+    pub users: Option<Vec<User>>,
+    /// an optional list of groups to be created upon installation
+    pub groups: Option<Vec<Group>>,
+    /// an optional post installation shell script to be run
+    pub post_install: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl From<Specs> for Package {
+    fn from(value: Specs) -> Self {
+        Package {
+            name: value.name,
+            version: value.version,
+            release: value.release,
+            description: value.description,
+            long_description: value.long_description,
+            dependencies: value.dependencies,
+            users: value.users,
+            groups: value.groups,
+            post_install: value.post_install,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Package {
+    fn as_ron(&self) -> Result<String, ron::Error> {
+        let cfg = PrettyConfig::new().struct_names(true);
+        to_string_pretty(self, cfg)
+    }
+
+    pub fn save_ron_and_create_tar_node(&self, outdir: &Path) -> Result<Node, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        if !outdir.exists() {
+            fs::create_dir_all(outdir)?;
+        }
+        let mut outfile = outdir.to_path_buf();
+        outfile.push("package.ron");
+        let fd = File::create(&outfile)?;
+        let s = self.as_ron()?;
+        let mut writer = BufWriter::new(&fd);
+        writer.write_all(s.as_bytes())?;
+        writer.flush()?;
+        let node = Node::read_data_to_tar(
+            s.as_bytes(),
+            "package.ron",
+            &outfile.metadata()?,
+            Some(Owner::default()),
+        )?;
+        Ok(node)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the formatted full package name including version and release strings
+    pub fn fullname(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "{}-{}_{}_{}",
+            self.name, self.version, self.release, self.arch
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the name of the package archive
+    pub fn archive_name(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "{}-{}_{}_{}.tar.zstd",
+            self.name, self.version, self.release, self.arch
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Tests whether this package is an update for another
+    pub fn is_upgrade(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.arch == other.arch
+            && self.name == other.name
+            && (self.version > other.version
+                || (self.version == other.version && self.release > other.release))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/package/specs.rs b/hpk-package/src/package/specs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abe182b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/package/specs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use {
+    super::{Group, User},
+    crate::{Dependency, Version},
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Specs {
+    /// The name of the package minus all version information
+    pub name: String,
+    /// The `Version` of the package
+    pub version: Version,
+    /// The release number for this package
+    pub release: u8,
+    /// a single line description of the package
+    pub description: String,
+    /// a more verbose description of the package
+    pub long_description: String,
+    /// all of this package's runtime dependencies
+    pub dependencies: Vec<Dependency>,
+    /// an optional list of users to be created upon installation
+    pub users: Option<Vec<User>>,
+    /// an optional list of groups to be created upon installation
+    pub groups: Option<Vec<Group>>,
+    /// an optional post installation shell script to be run
+    pub post_install: Option<String>,
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/plist/mod.rs b/hpk-package/src/plist/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3551aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/plist/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+use {
+    rayon::prelude::*,
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+    sha2::{digest::Digest, Sha256},
+    std::{
+        error::Error,
+        fmt::Write,
+        fs,
+        io::Read,
+        os::unix::fs::MetadataExt,
+        path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    },
+    walkdir::WalkDir,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Plist {
+    pub entries: Vec<Entry>,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&Path> for Plist {
+    type Error = Box<dyn Error>;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &Path) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let entries = WalkDir::new(value)
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .par_iter()
+            .filter(|x| x.is_ok())
+            .filter_map(|x| {
+                Entry::try_from(x.as_ref().unwrap().path().to_path_buf().as_path()).ok()
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Ok(Self { entries })
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Entry {
+    File {
+        path: PathBuf,
+        sha256sum: String,
+        mode: u32,
+        size: usize,
+    },
+    Directory {
+        path: PathBuf,
+        mode: u32,
+    },
+    Link {
+        path: PathBuf,
+        target: PathBuf,
+    },
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&Path> for Entry {
+    type Error = Box<dyn Error>;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &Path) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let mut path = PathBuf::from("/");
+        path.push(value);
+        let meta = fs::metadata(value)?;
+        if meta.is_file() {
+            let mut buf = vec![];
+            let mut fd = fs::File::open(value)?;
+            let size = fd.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+            let mut sha256sum = String::new();
+            let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+            hasher.update(&buf);
+            let res = hasher.finalize();
+            for c in res {
+                write!(sha256sum, "{c:02x}")?;
+            }
+            let mode = meta.mode();
+            Ok(Self::File {
+                path,
+                sha256sum,
+                mode,
+                size,
+            })
+        } else if meta.is_dir() {
+            let mode = meta.mode();
+            Ok(Self::Directory { path, mode })
+        } else if meta.is_symlink() {
+            let target = fs::read_link(value)?;
+            Ok(Self::Link { path, target })
+        } else {
+            unreachable!();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/tar/README.md b/hpk-package/src/tar/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..062958e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/tar/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## About
+Derived originally from [minitar](https://github.com/genonullfree/minitar), this
+crate implements basic functionality for creating and extracting tar archives. It
+has been adapted to allow creation of a Node (Tar header + 512byte blocks of data)
+from the raw data plus file metadata. This allows for better efficiency when it
+is embedded into another application (such as a package manager), as the raw data
+and metadata about each file can be extracted once and reused for purposes such
+as generating checksums, getting file sizes and creating packing lists.
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/tar/error.rs b/hpk-package/src/tar/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52f9f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/tar/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use std::{fmt, io, num::ParseIntError, str::Utf8Error};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("DekuError: {0}")]
+    Deku(#[from] deku::DekuError),
+    #[error("IoError: {0}")]
+    Io(#[from] io::Error),
+    #[error("Error in conversion of oct_to_dev")]
+    Utf8Error(#[from] Utf8Error),
+    #[error("Error in conversion of oct_to_dev")]
+    ParseIntError(#[from] ParseIntError),
+    #[error("End of tar")]
+    EndOfTar,
+    #[error("Invalid magic")]
+    InvalidMagic,
+    #[error("Invalid Checksum")]
+    InvalidChecksum,
+    #[error("Parse int failed")]
+    Parse(#[from] fmt::Error),
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/tar/header.rs b/hpk-package/src/tar/header.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..697f974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/tar/header.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,482 @@
+use crate::tar::Error;
+use deku::prelude::*;
+use std::{
+    env,
+    ffi::CStr,
+    fmt::{self, Write},
+    fs::{self, Metadata},
+    io,
+    ops::Deref,
+    os::{linux::fs::MetadataExt, unix::fs::FileTypeExt},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
+
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum FileType {
+    Normal = 0x30,
+    Hardlink = 0x31,
+    Symlink = 0x32,
+    Char = 0x33,
+    Block = 0x34,
+    Dir = 0x35,
+    FIFO = 0x36,
+    Unknown = 0x00,
+}
+
+impl<T> From<T> for FileType
+where
+    T: Deref<Target = Metadata>,
+{
+    fn from(meta: T) -> Self {
+        if meta.is_dir() {
+            return FileType::Dir;
+        }
+
+        let file_type = meta.file_type();
+        if file_type.is_fifo() {
+            return FileType::FIFO;
+        } else if file_type.is_char_device() {
+            return FileType::Char;
+        } else if file_type.is_block_device() {
+            return FileType::Block;
+        } else if file_type.is_fifo() {
+            return FileType::FIFO;
+        } else if file_type.is_symlink() {
+            return FileType::Symlink;
+        } else if file_type.is_file() {
+            return FileType::Normal;
+        }
+
+        FileType::Unknown
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Owner {
+    pub uid: u32,
+    pub gid: u32,
+    pub username: String,
+    pub groupname: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for Owner {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            uid: 0,
+            gid: 0,
+            username: "root".into(),
+            groupname: "root".into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, DekuRead, DekuWrite)]
+#[deku(endian = "little")]
+pub struct Header {
+    pub(crate) fname: [u8; 100],
+    pub(crate) mode: [u8; 8],
+    pub(crate) uid: [u8; 8],
+    pub(crate) gid: [u8; 8],
+    pub(crate) size: [u8; 12],
+    pub(crate) mtime: [u8; 12],
+    pub(crate) header_checksum: [u8; 8],
+    pub(crate) link_indicator: [u8; 1],
+    pub(crate) link_name: [u8; 100],
+    pub(crate) ustar_magic: [u8; 6],
+    pub(crate) ustar_version: [u8; 2],
+    pub(crate) username: [u8; 32],
+    pub(crate) groupname: [u8; 32],
+    pub(crate) device_major: [u8; 8],
+    pub(crate) device_minor: [u8; 8],
+    pub(crate) file_prefix: [u8; 155],
+    pub(crate) reserved: [u8; 12],
+}
+
+impl Default for Header {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            fname: [0; 100],
+            mode: [0; 8],
+            uid: [0; 8],
+            gid: [0; 8],
+            size: [0; 12],
+            mtime: [0; 12],
+            header_checksum: [0x20; 8],
+            link_indicator: [0; 1],
+            link_name: [0; 100],
+            ustar_magic: [0x75, 0x73, 0x74, 0x61, 0x72, 0x20],
+            ustar_version: [0x20, 0x00],
+            username: [0; 32],
+            groupname: [0; 32],
+            device_major: [0; 8],
+            device_minor: [0; 8],
+            file_prefix: [0; 155],
+            reserved: [0; 12],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Header {
+    /// Get the filename of this archive member
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Header;
+    ///
+    /// let header = Header::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// let filename = header.filename().unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(filename.as_str(), "1.txt");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn filename(&self) -> Result<String, fmt::Error> {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        for c in self.fname {
+            if c == 0 {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                write!(s, "{}", char::from(c))?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(s)
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the Unix mode of this archive member
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Header;
+    ///
+    /// let header = Header::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// let mode = header.mode().unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(mode, 420);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn mode(&self) -> Result<u32, Error> {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        for c in self.mode {
+            if c == 0 {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                write!(s, "{}", char::from(c))?;
+            }
+        }
+        let mode = u32::from_str_radix(&s, 8)?;
+        Ok(mode)
+    }
+
+    fn uid(&self) -> Result<u32, Error> {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        for c in self.mode {
+            if c == 0 {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                write!(s, "{}", char::from(c))?;
+            }
+        }
+        let uid = u32::from_str_radix(&s, 8)?;
+        Ok(uid)
+    }
+
+    fn gid(&self) -> Result<u32, Error> {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        for c in self.mode {
+            if c == 0 {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                write!(s, "{}", char::from(c))?;
+            }
+        }
+        let gid = u32::from_str_radix(&s, 8)?;
+        Ok(gid)
+    }
+
+    fn username(&self) -> Result<String, fmt::Error> {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        for c in self.username {
+            if c == 0 {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                write!(s, "{}", char::from(c))?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(s)
+    }
+
+    fn groupname(&self) -> Result<String, fmt::Error> {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        for c in self.groupname {
+            if c == 0 {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                write!(s, "{}", char::from(c))?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(s)
+    }
+
+    pub fn owner(&self) -> Result<Owner, Error> {
+        let uid = self.uid()?;
+        let gid = self.gid()?;
+        let username = self.username()?;
+        let groupname = self.groupname()?;
+        Ok(Owner {
+            uid,
+            gid,
+            username,
+            groupname,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the path to the file minus it's final component
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Header;
+    ///
+    /// let header = Header::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// let prefix = header.prefix().unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(prefix.as_str(), "test");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn prefix(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        for c in self.file_prefix {
+            if c != 0 {
+                write!(s, "{}", char::from(c)).ok()?;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if s.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(s)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the full file path to this archive member.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Header;
+    /// use std::path::PathBuf;
+    ///
+    /// let header = Header::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// let path = header.file_path().unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(PathBuf::from("test/1.txt"), path);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn file_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, fmt::Error> {
+        let mut path = match self.prefix() {
+            Some(p) => PathBuf::from(&p),
+            None => PathBuf::new(),
+        };
+        let name = self.filename()?;
+        path.push(&name);
+        Ok(path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(filename: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut header = Header::default();
+        let meta = fs::symlink_metadata(filename)?;
+        let (filename, prefix) = {
+            // Original tar has a maximum file name length of 100 bytes. The ustar
+            // revision allows storing the path prefix separately, with 100 bytes
+            // reserved for the file name and 150 bytes for the rest of the path.
+            let path = PathBuf::from(&filename);
+            let name = match path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) {
+                Some(n) => n.to_string(),
+                None => {
+                    return Err(Error::Io(io::Error::new(
+                        io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                        "Cannot get file name",
+                    )))
+                }
+            };
+            let dir = path.parent().map(|x| format!("{}", x.display()));
+            (name, dir)
+        };
+
+        /* Fill in metadata */
+        header.fname[..filename.len()].copy_from_slice(filename.as_bytes());
+        let mode = format!("{:07o}", (meta.st_mode() & 0o777));
+        header.mode[..mode.len()].copy_from_slice(mode.as_bytes());
+        let user = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_uid());
+        header.uid[..user.len()].copy_from_slice(user.as_bytes());
+        let group = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_gid());
+        header.gid[..group.len()].copy_from_slice(group.as_bytes());
+        let size = format!("{:011o}", meta.st_size());
+        header.size[..size.len()].copy_from_slice(size.as_bytes());
+        let mtime = format!("{:011o}", meta.st_mtime());
+        header.mtime[..mtime.len()].copy_from_slice(mtime.as_bytes());
+        if let Some(prefix) = prefix {
+            header.file_prefix[..prefix.len()].copy_from_slice(prefix.as_bytes());
+        }
+
+        /* Get the file type and conditional metadata */
+        header.link_indicator[0] = FileType::from(&meta) as u8;
+        if header.link_indicator[0] == FileType::Symlink as u8 {
+            let link = fs::read_link(filename)?.to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+            header.link_name[..link.len()].copy_from_slice(link.as_bytes());
+        } else if header.link_indicator[0] == FileType::Block as u8 {
+            let major = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_dev());
+            header.device_major[..major.len()].copy_from_slice(major.as_bytes());
+            let minor = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_rdev());
+            header.device_minor[..minor.len()].copy_from_slice(minor.as_bytes());
+        }
+
+        /* TODO: Find better way to get username */
+        let key = "USER";
+        if let Ok(val) = env::var(key) {
+            header.username[..val.len()].copy_from_slice(val.as_bytes())
+        }
+        /* TODO: Find way to get groupname */
+
+        /* Update the header checksum value */
+        header.update_checksum()?;
+
+        Ok(header)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_from_meta(
+        filename: &str,
+        meta: &Metadata,
+        owner: Option<Owner>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut header = Header::default();
+        let (filename, prefix) = {
+            // Original tar has a maximum file name length of 100 bytes. The ustar
+            // revision allows storing the path prefix separately, with 100 bytes
+            // reserved for the file name and 150 bytes for the rest of the path.
+            let path = PathBuf::from(&filename);
+            let name = match path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) {
+                Some(n) => n.to_string(),
+                None => {
+                    return Err(Error::Io(io::Error::new(
+                        io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                        "Cannot get file name",
+                    )))
+                }
+            };
+            let dir = path.parent().map(|x| format!("{}", x.display()));
+            (name, dir)
+        };
+        header.fname[..filename.len()].copy_from_slice(filename.as_bytes());
+        let mode = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_mode());
+        header.mode[..mode.len()].copy_from_slice(mode.as_bytes());
+        let owner = match owner {
+            Some(o) => o,
+            None => Owner {
+                uid: meta.st_uid(),
+                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());
+        let gid = format!("{:07o}", owner.gid);
+        header.gid[..gid.len()].copy_from_slice(gid.as_bytes());
+        let size = format!("{:011o}", meta.len());
+        header.size[..size.len()].copy_from_slice(size.as_bytes());
+        let mtime = format!("{:011o}", meta.st_mtime());
+        header.mtime[..mtime.len()].copy_from_slice(mtime.as_bytes());
+        if let Some(prefix) = prefix {
+            header.file_prefix[..prefix.len()].copy_from_slice(prefix.as_bytes());
+        }
+        header.link_indicator[0] = FileType::from(meta) as u8;
+        if header.link_indicator[0] == FileType::Symlink as u8 {
+            let link = fs::read_link(filename)?.to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+            header.link_name[..link.len()].copy_from_slice(link.as_bytes());
+        } else if header.link_indicator[0] == FileType::Block as u8 {
+            let major = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_dev());
+            header.device_major[..major.len()].copy_from_slice(major.as_bytes());
+            let minor = format!("{:07o}", meta.st_rdev());
+            header.device_minor[..minor.len()].copy_from_slice(minor.as_bytes());
+        }
+        header.username[..owner.username.len()].copy_from_slice(owner.username.as_bytes());
+        header.groupname[..owner.groupname.len()].copy_from_slice(owner.groupname.as_bytes());
+        header.update_checksum()?;
+        Ok(header)
+    }
+
+    /// Validates that the magic value received matches the magic value required in the Tar specification.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Header;
+    /// let header = Header::default();
+    /// if !header.validate_magic() {
+    ///     println!("Magic value is invalid");
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn validate_magic(self) -> bool {
+        self.ustar_magic == "ustar ".as_bytes()
+    }
+
+    /// Validates the header checksum computes to the expected value.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Header;
+    /// let header = Header::default();
+    /// if header.validate_checksum().unwrap() {
+    ///     println!("Checksum is valid");
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn validate_checksum(self) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        let mut test = self;
+        let mut new = [0x20u8; 8];
+        test.header_checksum.copy_from_slice(&[0x20; 8]);
+
+        let tmp = format!("{:06o}\x00", test.calc_checksum()?);
+        new[..tmp.len()].copy_from_slice(tmp.as_bytes());
+
+        Ok(self.header_checksum == new)
+    }
+
+    /// Updates the header checksum value.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Header;
+    /// let mut header = Header::default();
+    ///
+    /// /* Fill in header information */
+    ///
+    /// header.update_checksum();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn update_checksum(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let checksum = format!("{:06o}\x00", self.calc_checksum()?);
+        self.header_checksum[..checksum.len()].copy_from_slice(checksum.as_bytes());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn calc_checksum(self) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+        let out = self.to_bytes()?;
+        let mut checksum = 0;
+        for i in out {
+            checksum += i as usize;
+        }
+        Ok(checksum)
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_username_for_uid<'a>(uid: u32) -> Result<&'a str, std::str::Utf8Error> {
+    let user = unsafe {
+        let pw = libc::getpwuid(uid);
+        let name = (*pw).pw_name;
+        CStr::from_ptr(name)
+    };
+    user.to_str()
+}
+
+fn get_groupname_for_gid<'a>(gid: u32) -> Result<&'a str, std::str::Utf8Error> {
+    let group = unsafe {
+        let gr = libc::getgrgid(gid);
+        let name = (*gr).gr_name;
+        CStr::from_ptr(name)
+    };
+    group.to_str()
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/tar/mod.rs b/hpk-package/src/tar/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f94798d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/tar/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io::{self, BufReader, Write},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
+
+use rayon::prelude::{IntoParallelRefIterator, ParallelIterator, IndexedParallelIterator};
+
+mod error;
+mod header;
+mod node;
+pub use {
+    error::Error,
+    header::{FileType, Header, Owner},
+    node::Node,
+};
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Archive {
+    pub nodes: Vec<Node>,
+}
+
+impl Archive {
+    pub fn to_vec(self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+        let mut buf = vec![];
+        for node in self.nodes {
+            buf.extend(node.to_vec()?);
+        }
+        buf.write_all(&[0; 9216])?;
+        Ok(buf)
+    }
+
+    /// Write out a vector of `TarNodes` to a file or something that implements
+    /// ``std::io::Write`` and ``std::io::Copy``.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::fs::File;
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Archive;
+    ///
+    /// let data = Archive::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    ///
+    /// let out = File::create("test/2.tar".to_string()).unwrap();
+    /// data.write(&out).unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn write<T: io::Write + Copy>(self, mut input: T) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+        let mut written = 0;
+        for f in self.nodes.clone() {
+            written += f.write(input)?;
+        }
+
+        /* Complete the write with 18 blocks of 512 ``0x00`` bytes per the specification */
+        if !self.nodes.is_empty() {
+            input.write_all(&[0; 9216])?;
+            written += 9216;
+        }
+
+        Ok(written)
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new `TarFile` struct and initialize it with a `filename` file.
+    /// This will read in the file to the `TarFile` struct as a `TarNode`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Archive;
+    ///
+    /// let data = Archive::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn new(filename: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            nodes: vec![Node::read_file_to_tar(filename)?],
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Append another file to the `TarFile.file` vector. This adds a file to the
+    /// internal representation of the tar file.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Archive;
+    ///
+    /// let mut data = Archive::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// data.append("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn append(&mut self, filename: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.nodes.push(Node::read_file_to_tar(filename)?);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Open and load an external tar file into the internal `TarFile` struct. This
+    /// parses and loads up all the files contained within the external tar file.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Archive;
+    ///
+    /// Archive::open("test/1.tar").unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn open(filename: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let file = File::open(filename)?;
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+        Self::read(&mut reader)
+    }
+
+    /// Read a tar archive from anything which implements `io::Read`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// 
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Archive;
+    /// use std::{fs::File, io::BufReader};
+    ///
+    /// let file = File::open("test/1.tar").unwrap();
+    /// let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+    /// Archive::read(&mut reader).unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn read<T: io::Read>(mut input: T) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut out = Self {
+            nodes: Vec::<Node>::new(),
+        };
+        while let Ok(t) = Node::read(&mut input) {
+            out.nodes.push(t);
+        }
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+
+    /// Remove the first file from the Tar that matches the filename and path.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Archive;
+    ///
+    /// let mut data = Archive::new("test/1.tar").unwrap();
+    /// data.remove("test/1.tar").unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, filename: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        let mut name = [0u8; 100];
+        name[..filename.len()].copy_from_slice(filename.as_bytes());
+        if let Some(i) = &self.nodes.par_iter().position_any(|x| x.header.fname == name) {
+            self.nodes.remove(*i);
+            return Ok(true);
+        }
+
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the first node from the archive that matches the given filename.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use hpk_package::tar::Archive;
+    /// let archive = Archive::new("test/1.txt").unwrap();
+    /// let node = archive.get("test/1.txt");
+    /// assert!(node.is_some());
+    /// ```
+    pub fn get(&self, filename: &str) -> Option<Node> {
+        self.nodes.par_iter().find_any(|x| {
+            x.header.file_path() == Ok(PathBuf::from(filename))
+        }).cloned()
+    }
+
+    pub fn pop(&mut self, filename: &str) -> Option<Node> {
+        if let Some(i) = self.nodes.par_iter().position_any(|x| {
+            x.header.file_path() == Ok(PathBuf::from(filename))
+        }) {
+            let node = self.nodes.get(i).cloned();
+            self.nodes.remove(i);
+            return node;
+        }
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn open_get() {
+        let archive = Archive::open("test/1.tar").unwrap();
+        let node = archive.get("1.txt");
+        assert!(node.is_some());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/tar/node.rs b/hpk-package/src/tar/node.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e618910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/tar/node.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+use crate::tar::{header::Owner, Error, FileType, Header};
+use deku::prelude::*;
+use std::{
+    fs::{File, Metadata},
+    io::{self, BufReader},
+    str,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct Node {
+    pub header: Header,
+    pub data: Vec<[u8; 512]>,
+}
+
+impl Node {
+    pub fn to_vec(self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, DekuError> {
+        let mut buf = self.header.to_bytes()?;
+        for block in self.data {
+            buf.extend(block.to_vec());
+        }
+        Ok(buf)
+    }
+
+    /// Write out a single file within the tar to a file or something with a
+    /// ``std::io::Write`` trait.
+    pub fn write<T: io::Write>(&self, mut input: T) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+        input.write_all(&self.header.to_bytes()?)?;
+        let mut written = 512;
+        for d in &self.data {
+            input.write_all(d)?;
+            written += d.len();
+        }
+
+        Ok(written)
+    }
+
+    /// Read a TarNode in from a file or something with a ``std::io::Read`` trait.
+    pub fn read<T: io::Read>(mut input: T) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut h = vec![0u8; 512];
+        input.read_exact(&mut h)?;
+
+        let (_, header) = Header::from_bytes((&h, 0))?;
+        if header == Header::default() {
+            return Err(Error::EndOfTar);
+        }
+        if !header.validate_magic() {
+            return Err(Error::InvalidMagic);
+        }
+        if !header.validate_checksum()? {
+            return Err(Error::InvalidChecksum);
+        }
+
+        let chunks = (oct_to_dec(&header.size)? / 512) + 1;
+        Ok(Node {
+            header,
+            data: Node::chunk_file(&mut input, Some(chunks))?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Open and read a file from the ``filename`` argument to a TarNode.
+    pub fn read_file_to_tar(filename: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let header = Header::new(filename)?;
+        if header.link_indicator[0] != FileType::Normal as u8 {
+            return Ok(Node {
+                header,
+                data: Vec::<[u8; 512]>::new(),
+            });
+        }
+
+        let file = File::open(filename)?;
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+        Ok(Node {
+            header,
+            data: Node::chunk_file(&mut reader, None)?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// 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<Self, Error> {
+        let header = Header::new_from_meta(filename, meta, owner)?;
+        if header.link_indicator[0] != FileType::Normal as u8 {
+            return Ok(Node {
+                header,
+                data: Vec::<[u8; 512]>::new(),
+            });
+        }
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(data);
+        Ok(Node {
+            header,
+            data: Node::chunk_file(&mut reader, None)?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Read in and split a file into ``512`` byte chunks.
+    fn chunk_file<T: std::io::Read>(
+        file: &mut T,
+        max_chunks: Option<usize>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<[u8; 512]>, Error> {
+        /* Extract the file data from the tar file */
+        let mut out = Vec::<[u8; 512]>::new();
+        let mut n = if let Some(max) = max_chunks {
+            max
+        } else {
+            usize::MAX
+        };
+
+        /* Carve out 512 bytes at a time */
+        let mut buf: [u8; 512] = [0; 512];
+        loop {
+            let len = file.read(&mut buf)?;
+
+            n -= 1;
+
+            /* If read len == 0, we've hit the EOF */
+            if len == 0 || n == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            /* Save this chunk */
+            out.push(buf);
+        }
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+}
+
+fn oct_to_dec(input: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+    /* Convert the &[u8] to string and remove the null byte */
+    let mut s = str::from_utf8(input)?.to_string();
+    s.pop();
+
+    /* Convert to usize from octal */
+    Ok(usize::from_str_radix(&s, 8)?)
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/version/gitrev.rs b/hpk-package/src/version/gitrev.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b40331f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/version/gitrev.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+use {
+    crate::Version,
+    chrono::{offset::Utc, DateTime},
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+    std::{cmp::Ordering, error::Error, fmt, str::FromStr},
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+/// Represents a Git revision
+pub struct GitRev {
+    /// the short revision hash
+    pub hash: String,
+    /// the time of the revision commit
+    pub datetime: DateTime<Utc>,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for GitRev {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "git_{}.{}", self.hash, self.datetime.format("%Y%m%d"))
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for GitRev {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        self.datetime.partial_cmp(&other.datetime)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for GitRev {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        self.datetime.cmp(&other.datetime)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ParseGitRevError;
+
+impl fmt::Display for ParseGitRevError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Error parsing git version")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ParseGitRevError {}
+
+impl From<chrono::ParseError> for ParseGitRevError {
+    fn from(_value: chrono::ParseError) -> Self {
+        Self
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for GitRev {
+    type Err = ParseGitRevError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        if let Some(gitrev) = s.strip_prefix("git_") {
+            if let Some((hash, date)) = gitrev.split_once('_') {
+                if hash.len() == 7 {
+                    let datetime = DateTime::parse_from_str(date, "%Y%m%d")?;
+                    return Ok(Self {
+                        hash: hash.to_string(),
+                        datetime: datetime.into(),
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Err(ParseGitRevError)
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<Version> for GitRev {
+    type Error = ParseGitRevError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: Version) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match value {
+            Version::Git(g) => Ok(g),
+            _ => Err(ParseGitRevError),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use std::{thread, time::Duration};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ord() {
+        let a = GitRev {
+            hash: "aaab".to_string(),
+            datetime: Utc::now(),
+        };
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+        let b = GitRev {
+            hash: "aaaa".to_string(),
+            datetime: Utc::now(),
+        };
+        assert!(a < b);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/version/mod.rs b/hpk-package/src/version/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..903b117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpk-package/src/version/mod.rs
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+use {
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+    std::{error::Error, fmt, str::FromStr},
+};
+
+mod gitrev;
+mod rapid;
+mod semver;
+
+pub use {gitrev::GitRev, rapid::Rapid, semver::SemVer};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+/// An enum representing the most common versioning schemes.
+/// Each scheme must implement Eq and Ord with itself, and
+/// may optionally implement PartialEq and PartialOrd with
+/// other schemes. Number, Rapid, and SemVer do this, while
+/// Git can only compare with itself.
+pub enum Version {
+    /// A single replease number, as in Firefox 102
+    Number(u32),
+    /// Rapid versioning consists of two numbers separated by
+    /// a dot (.) character, and is used notably by Gnome
+    Rapid(Rapid),
+    /// SemVer is the most common versioning scheme and consists
+    /// of three dot (.) separated numbers. The numbers are major,
+    /// minor, and patch respctively.
+    SemVer(SemVer),
+    /// A git revision. Use of this scheme is to be avoided in
+    /// official packaging as it cannot be readily compared with
+    /// other versioning schemes for dependency resolution.
+    Git(GitRev),
+}
+
+impl Default for Version {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::SemVer(SemVer {
+            major: 0,
+            minor: 1,
+            patch: 0,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Version {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Number(n) => write!(f, "{n}"),
+            Self::SemVer(s) => write!(f, "{s}"),
+            Self::Rapid(r) => write!(f, "{r}"),
+            Self::Git(g) => write!(f, "{g}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SemVer> for Version {
+    fn from(value: SemVer) -> Self {
+        Self::SemVer(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Rapid> for Version {
+    fn from(value: Rapid) -> Self {
+        Self::Rapid(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<GitRev> for Version {
+    fn from(value: GitRev) -> Self {
+        Self::Git(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<u32> for Version {
+    fn from(value: u32) -> Self {
+        Self::Number(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for Version {
+    #[allow(clippy::many_single_char_names)]
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        match (self, other) {
+            (Self::Number(s), Self::Number(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::Number(s), Self::Rapid(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::Number(s), Self::SemVer(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::Rapid(s), Self::Number(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::Rapid(s), Self::Rapid(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::Rapid(s), Self::SemVer(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::SemVer(s), Self::Number(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::SemVer(s), Self::Rapid(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::SemVer(s), Self::SemVer(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            (Self::Git(s), Self::Git(o)) => s.partial_cmp(o),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for Version {
+    #[allow(clippy::many_single_char_names)]
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        match (self, other) {
+            (Self::Number(s), Self::Number(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::Number(s), Self::Rapid(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::Number(s), Self::SemVer(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::Rapid(s), Self::Number(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::Rapid(s), Self::Rapid(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::Rapid(s), Self::SemVer(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::SemVer(s), Self::Number(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::SemVer(s), Self::Rapid(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::SemVer(s), Self::SemVer(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            (Self::Git(s), Self::Git(o)) => s.eq(o),
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ParseVersionError;
+
+impl fmt::Display for ParseVersionError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "error parsing version")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ParseVersionError {}
+
+impl FromStr for Version {
+    type Err = ParseVersionError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        if let Ok(v) = s.parse::<SemVer>() {
+            Ok(v.into())
+        } else if let Ok(v) = s.parse::<Rapid>() {
+            Ok(v.into())
+        } else if let Ok(v) = s.parse::<GitRev>() {
+            Ok(v.into())
+        } else if let Ok(v) = s.parse::<u32>() {
+            Ok(v.into())
+        } else {
+            Err(ParseVersionError)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cmp_semver_rapid_gt() {
+        let sem = "1.42.1".parse::<SemVer>().unwrap();
+        let rpd = "1.42".parse::<Rapid>().unwrap();
+        assert!(sem > rpd);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cmp_semver_rapid_eq() {
+        let sem = "1.42.0".parse::<SemVer>().unwrap();
+        let rpd = "1.42".parse::<Rapid>().unwrap();
+        assert!(sem == rpd);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cmp_semver_num_gt() {
+        let sem = Version::SemVer("42.69.0".parse().unwrap());
+        let num = Version::Number(42);
+        assert!(sem > num);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cmp_semver_num_eq() {
+        let sem = Version::SemVer("42.0.0".parse().unwrap());
+        let num = Version::Number(42);
+        assert_eq!(sem, num);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/version/rapid.rs b/hpk-package/src/version/rapid.rs
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+use crate::SemVer;
+
+use {
+    crate::Version,
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+    std::{cmp::Ordering, error::Error, fmt, num::ParseIntError, str::FromStr},
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Rapid {
+    pub major: u32,
+    pub minor: u32,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Rapid {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}.{}", self.major, self.minor)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for Rapid {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        match self.major.partial_cmp(&other.major) {
+            Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            Some(Ordering::Equal) => self.minor.partial_cmp(&other.minor),
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for Rapid {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        match self.major.cmp(&other.major) {
+            Ordering::Greater => Ordering::Greater,
+            Ordering::Less => Ordering::Less,
+            Ordering::Equal => self.minor.cmp(&other.minor),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<u32> for Rapid {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &u32) -> bool {
+        self.major == *other && self.minor == 0
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd<u32> for Rapid {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &u32) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        match self.major.partial_cmp(other) {
+            Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            None => None,
+            Some(Ordering::Equal) => {
+                if self.minor == 0 {
+                    Some(Ordering::Equal)
+                } else {
+                    Some(Ordering::Greater)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<SemVer> for Rapid {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &SemVer) -> bool {
+        other.eq(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd<SemVer> for Rapid {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &SemVer) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        match other.partial_cmp(self) {
+            Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            Some(Ordering::Equal) => Some(Ordering::Equal),
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<Rapid> for u32 {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Rapid) -> bool {
+        other.eq(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd<Rapid> for u32 {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Rapid) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        match other.partial_cmp(self) {
+            Some(Ordering::Equal) => Some(Ordering::Equal),
+            Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ParseRapidError;
+
+impl fmt::Display for ParseRapidError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Error parsing Rapid version")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ParseRapidError {}
+
+impl From<ParseIntError> for ParseRapidError {
+    fn from(_value: ParseIntError) -> Self {
+        Self
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Rapid {
+    type Err = ParseRapidError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let split = s.split('.').collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        match split.len() {
+            2 => {
+                let major = split.first().unwrap().parse::<u32>()?;
+                let minor = split.get(1).unwrap().parse::<u32>()?;
+                Ok(Self { major, minor })
+            }
+            _ => Err(ParseRapidError),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<Version> for Rapid {
+    type Error = ParseRapidError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: Version) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match value {
+            Version::SemVer(s) => {
+                if s.patch == 0 {
+                    Ok(Self {
+                        major: s.major,
+                        minor: s.minor,
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    Err(ParseRapidError)
+                }
+            }
+            Version::Rapid(s) => Ok(s),
+            Version::Number(major) => Ok(Self { major, minor: 0 }),
+            Version::Git(_) => Err(ParseRapidError),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_semver() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            "93.0".parse::<Rapid>(),
+            Ok(Rapid {
+                major: 93,
+                minor: 0,
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rapid_num_eq() {
+        let rapid = Rapid { major: 42, minor: 0 };
+        assert_eq!(rapid, 42);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rapid_num_gt() {
+        let rapid = Rapid { major: 1, minor: 42 };
+        assert!(rapid > 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rapid_semver_eq() {
+        let rapid = Rapid { major: 42, minor: 69 };
+        let semver = SemVer { major: 42, minor: 69, patch: 0 };
+        assert_eq!(rapid, semver);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rapid_semver_lt() {
+        let rapid = Rapid { major: 42, minor: 69 };
+        let semver = SemVer { major: 42, minor: 69, patch: 1 };
+        assert!(rapid < semver);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hpk-package/src/version/semver.rs b/hpk-package/src/version/semver.rs
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+use {
+    crate::{Rapid, Version},
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+    std::{cmp::Ordering, error::Error, fmt, num::ParseIntError, str::FromStr},
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct SemVer {
+    pub major: u32,
+    pub minor: u32,
+    pub patch: u32,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for SemVer {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}.{}.{}", self.major, self.minor, self.patch)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for SemVer {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        match self.major.partial_cmp(&other.major) {
+            Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            None => None,
+            Some(Ordering::Equal) => match self.minor.partial_cmp(&other.minor) {
+                Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+                Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+                None => None,
+                Some(Ordering::Equal) => self.patch.partial_cmp(&other.patch),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for SemVer {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        match self.major.cmp(&other.major) {
+            Ordering::Greater => Ordering::Greater,
+            Ordering::Less => Ordering::Less,
+            Ordering::Equal => match self.minor.cmp(&other.minor) {
+                Ordering::Greater => Ordering::Greater,
+                Ordering::Less => Ordering::Less,
+                Ordering::Equal => self.patch.cmp(&other.patch),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<Rapid> for SemVer {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Rapid) -> bool {
+        self.major == other.major && self.minor == other.minor && self.patch == 0
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd<Rapid> for SemVer {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Rapid) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        match self.major.partial_cmp(&other.major) {
+            Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            None => None,
+            Some(Ordering::Equal) => match self.minor.partial_cmp(&other.minor) {
+                Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+                Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+                None => None,
+                Some(Ordering::Equal) => match self.patch {
+                    0 => Some(Ordering::Equal),
+                    _ => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+                },
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<u32> for SemVer {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &u32) -> bool {
+        self.major == *other && self.minor == 0 && self.patch == 0
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd<u32> for SemVer {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &u32) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        match self.major.cmp(other) {
+            Ordering::Greater => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Ordering::Less => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            Ordering::Equal => {
+                if self.minor == 0 && self.patch == 0 {
+                    Some(Ordering::Equal)
+                } else {
+                    Some(Ordering::Greater)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<SemVer> for u32 {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &SemVer) -> bool {
+        other.eq(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd<SemVer> for u32 {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &SemVer) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        match other.partial_cmp(self) {
+            Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
+            Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Less),
+            Some(Ordering::Equal) => Some(Ordering::Equal),
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ParseSemVerError;
+
+impl fmt::Display for ParseSemVerError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Error parsing SemVer")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for ParseSemVerError {}
+
+impl From<ParseIntError> for ParseSemVerError {
+    fn from(_value: ParseIntError) -> Self {
+        Self
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for SemVer {
+    type Err = ParseSemVerError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let split = s.split('.').collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        match split.len() {
+            3 => {
+                let major = split.first().unwrap().parse::<u32>()?;
+                let minor = split.get(1).unwrap().parse::<u32>()?;
+                let patch = split.get(2).unwrap().parse::<u32>()?;
+                Ok(Self {
+                    major,
+                    minor,
+                    patch,
+                })
+            }
+            _ => Err(ParseSemVerError),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<Version> for SemVer {
+    type Error = ParseSemVerError;
+    fn try_from(value: Version) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match value {
+            Version::SemVer(s) => Ok(SemVer {
+                major: s.major,
+                minor: s.minor,
+                patch: s.patch,
+            }),
+            Version::Rapid(r) => Ok(SemVer {
+                major: r.major,
+                minor: r.minor,
+                patch: 0,
+            }),
+            Version::Number(n) => Ok(Self {
+                major: n,
+                minor: 0,
+                patch: 0,
+            }),
+            Version::Git(_) => Err(ParseSemVerError),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_semver() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            "1.0.3".parse::<SemVer>(),
+            Ok(SemVer {
+                major: 1,
+                minor: 0,
+                patch: 3
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cmp_semver_num_gt() {
+        let sem = "42.69.0".parse::<SemVer>().unwrap();
+        let num = 42;
+        assert!(sem > num);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cmp_semver_num_eq() {
+        let sem = "42.0.0".parse::<SemVer>().unwrap();
+        let num = 42;
+        assert_eq!(sem, num);
+    }
+}
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