diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f1ca0a..4a9767f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "cli",
+ "deku",
  "rayon",
  "ron",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f670f59..05b2e65 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ path = "src/hpk.rs"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 clap = "4.1"
+deku = "0.16"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
+deku.workspace = true
 cli = { path = "cli" }
 rayon = "1.7"
 ron = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/hooks/mod.rs b/src/hooks/mod.rs
index c8196d0..dc60598 100644
--- a/src/hooks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/hooks/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ impl Hooks {
         match self {
             Self::Man => makeinfo(),
             Self::GlibSchema => compile_schemas(),
-            Self::Info(path) => install_info(&path),
+            Self::Info(path) => install_info(path),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/item/mod.rs b/src/item/mod.rs
index a20d559..c25460c 100644
--- a/src/item/mod.rs
+++ b/src/item/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::Entry;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::{
     error::Error,
+    ffi::OsStr,
     fmt::Write,
     fs,
     io::Read,
@@ -13,13 +14,14 @@ use tar::{Node, Owner};
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Item {
     pub entry: Entry,
-    pub node: Node,
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl Item {
     pub fn try_create(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let meta = fs::metadata(path)?;
-        let filename = format!("/{}", path.display());
+        let path = fix_path(path);
+        let meta = fs::metadata(&path)?;
+        let filename = format!("{}", path.display());
         let owner = Some(Owner::default());
         if meta.is_file() {
             let mut data = vec![];
@@ -41,24 +43,44 @@ impl Item {
                     mode,
                     size,
                 },
-                node: Node::read_data_to_tar(&data, &filename, &meta, owner)?,
+                data: Node::read_data_to_tar(&data, &filename, &meta, owner)?.to_vec()?,
             })
         } 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)?,
+                data: Node::read_data_to_tar(&[0; 0], &filename, &meta, owner)?.to_vec()?,
             })
         } 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)?,
+                data: Node::read_data_to_tar(&[0; 0], &filename, &meta, owner)?.to_vec()?,
             })
         } else {
             unreachable!();
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn fix_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    if path.is_file() || path.is_symlink() {
+        match path.ancestors().last().and_then(Path::to_str) {
+            Some("etc" | "var") => {
+                let ext = if let Some(x) = path.extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str) {
+                    format!("{x}.new")
+                } else {
+                    "new".to_string()
+                };
+                let mut path = path.to_path_buf();
+                path.set_extension(ext);
+                path
+            }
+            _ => path.to_path_buf(),
+        }
+    } else {
+        path.to_path_buf()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 385cbc5..5bbcaf3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mod version;
 pub use {
     hooks::Hooks,
     item::Item,
-    package::{Dependency, Package, Specs},
+    package::{create as create_package, Dependency, Package, Specs},
     plist::*,
     repository::Repository,
     tar,
diff --git a/src/package/mod.rs b/src/package/mod.rs
index c6a4f82..972064a 100644
--- a/src/package/mod.rs
+++ b/src/package/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
+use crate::Item;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use zstd::Encoder;
+
 mod dependency;
 mod specs;
+
 use {
-    crate::{Plist, Version},
+    crate::{Entry, Plist, Version},
+    rayon::prelude::*,
+    ron::ser::{to_string_pretty, PrettyConfig},
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+    std::{
+        error::Error,
+        fs::File,
+        io::{BufWriter, Write},
+        path::Path,
+    },
+    tar::Node,
+    walkdir::WalkDir,
 };
+
 pub use {dependency::Dependency, specs::Specs};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
@@ -18,7 +34,7 @@ pub struct Group {
     pub gid: Option<u32>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Package {
     /// The name of the package minus all version information
     pub name: String,
@@ -48,3 +64,83 @@ pub struct Package {
     /// an optional post installation shell script to be run
     pub post_install: Option<String>,
 }
+
+impl From<Specs> for Package {
+    fn from(value: Specs) -> Self {
+        let mut package = Package::default();
+        package.name = value.name;
+        package.version = value.version;
+        package.release = value.release;
+        package.description = value.description;
+        package.long_description = value.long_description;
+        package.appstream_data = value.appstream_data;
+        package.dependencies = value.dependencies;
+        package.users = value.users;
+        package.groups = value.groups;
+        package.post_install = value.post_install;
+        package
+    }
+}
+
+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) -> Result<Node, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let buf = File::open("package.ron")?;
+        let meta = buf.metadata()?;
+        let s = self.as_ron()?;
+        let mut writer = BufWriter::new(buf);
+        writer.write_all(s.as_bytes())?;
+        let node = Node::read_data_to_tar(s.as_bytes(), "package.ron", &meta, None)?;
+        Ok(node)
+    }
+
+    pub fn fullname(&self) -> String {
+        format!("{}-{}_{}", self.name, self.version, self.release)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn create(path: &Path, specs: Specs) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut items = WalkDir::new(path)
+        .into_iter()
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .par_iter()
+        .filter(|x| x.is_ok())
+        .filter_map(|x| {
+            Item::try_create(x.as_ref().unwrap().path().to_path_buf().as_path()).ok()
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut plist = Plist::default();
+    let mut archive = vec![];
+    let mut totalsize = 0;
+    while let Some(item) = items.pop() {
+        match &item.entry {
+            Entry::File {
+                path: _,
+                sha256sum: _,
+                mode: _,
+                size,
+            } => totalsize += size,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        plist.entries.push(item.entry);
+        archive.extend(item.data);
+    }
+    let mut package: Package = specs.into();
+    package.plist = plist;
+    package.size = totalsize;
+    let node = package.save_ron_and_create_tar_node()?.to_vec()?;
+    archive.extend(node);
+    archive.write_all(&[0; 9216])?;
+    let name = package.fullname();
+    let mut path = PathBuf::from(&name);
+    path.set_extension("tar.zst");
+    let fd = File::open(&path)?;
+    let mut writer = Encoder::new(fd, 0)?;
+    writer.write_all(&archive)?;
+    let _fd = writer.finish()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/package/specs.rs b/src/package/specs.rs
index 45b460d..d3943ea 100644
--- a/src/package/specs.rs
+++ b/src/package/specs.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use {
     crate::{Dependency, Version},
     clap::ArgMatches,
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
-    std::{env, error::Error},
+    std::{env, error::Error, ffi::OsStr},
 };
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
@@ -35,34 +35,29 @@ pub struct Specs {
 impl TryFrom<&ArgMatches> for Specs {
     type Error = Box<dyn Error>;
 
+    #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
     fn try_from(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         let mut specs = Specs::default();
         let mut name: Option<String> = None;
         let mut version: Option<Version> = None;
         let cwd = env::current_dir()?;
-        if let Some(dir) = cwd.file_name() {
-            if let Some(n) = dir.to_str() {
-                if let Some((n, v)) = n.split_once('-') {
-                    name = Some(n.to_string());
-                    if let Ok(v) = v.parse() {
-                        version = Some(v);
-                    }
+        if let Some(dir) = cwd.file_name().and_then(OsStr::to_str) {
+            if let Some((n, v)) = dir.split_once('-') {
+                name = Some(n.to_string());
+                if let Ok(v) = v.parse() {
+                    version = Some(v);
                 }
             }
         }
         if let Some(name) = matches.get_one::<String>("name") {
             specs.name = name.to_string();
-        } else {
-            if let Some(n) = name {
-                specs.name = n;
-            }
+        } else if let Some(n) = name {
+            specs.name = n;
         }
         if let Some(version) = matches.get_one::<String>("package-version") {
             specs.version = version.parse()?;
-        } else {
-            if let Some(v) = version {
-                specs.version = v;
-            }
+        } else if let Some(v) = version {
+            specs.version = v;
         }
         if let Some(release) = matches.get_one::<usize>("release") {
             specs.release = *release as u8;
diff --git a/src/plist/mod.rs b/src/plist/mod.rs
index a7c1fff..3551aca 100644
--- a/src/plist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/plist/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use {
     walkdir::WalkDir,
 };
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Plist {
     pub entries: Vec<Entry>,
 }
diff --git a/src/version/mod.rs b/src/version/mod.rs
index d86bb07..7d7004d 100644
--- a/src/version/mod.rs
+++ b/src/version/mod.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,33 @@ impl Default for Version {
     }
 }
 
+impl fmt::Display for Version {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Number(n) => write!(f, "{n}"),
+            Self::SemVer {
+                major,
+                minor,
+                patch,
+            } => {
+                let v = SemVer {
+                    major: *major,
+                    minor: *minor,
+                    patch: *patch,
+                };
+                write!(f, "{v}")
+            }
+            Self::Git { hash, datetime } => {
+                let v = GitRev {
+                    hash: hash.to_owned(),
+                    datetime: *datetime,
+                };
+                write!(f, "{v}")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<SemVer> for Version {
     fn from(value: SemVer) -> Self {
         Self::SemVer {
@@ -45,7 +72,10 @@ impl From<SemVer> for Version {
 
 impl From<GitRev> for Version {
     fn from(value: GitRev) -> Self {
-        Self::Git { hash: value.hash, datetime: value.datetime }
+        Self::Git {
+            hash: value.hash,
+            datetime: value.datetime,
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +86,7 @@ impl From<u32> for Version {
 }
 
 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),
diff --git a/src/version/semver.rs b/src/version/semver.rs
index 8425f03..474bb31 100644
--- a/src/version/semver.rs
+++ b/src/version/semver.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl FromStr for SemVer {
         let split = s.split('.').collect::<Vec<_>>();
         match split.len() {
             3 => {
-                let major = split.get(0).unwrap().parse::<u8>()?;
+                let major = split.first().unwrap().parse::<u8>()?;
                 let minor = split.get(1).unwrap().parse::<u8>()?;
                 let patch = split.get(2).unwrap().parse::<u8>()?;
                 Ok(Self {
diff --git a/tar/Cargo.toml b/tar/Cargo.toml
index e031ebb..14443b9 100644
--- a/tar/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tar/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 
 [dependencies]
-deku = "0.16"
+deku = { workspace = true }
 libc = "0.2"
 thiserror = "1.0.40"
diff --git a/tar/src/lib.rs b/tar/src/lib.rs
index a8f22eb..d6c2752 100644
--- a/tar/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tar/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     fs::File,
-    io::{self, BufReader},
+    io::{self, BufReader, Write},
 };
 
 mod error;
@@ -12,11 +12,21 @@ pub use {
     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
diff --git a/tar/src/node.rs b/tar/src/node.rs
index a4aa2f8..eb1b6c2 100644
--- a/tar/src/node.rs
+++ b/tar/src/node.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ pub struct Node {
 }
 
 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()?)?;
@@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ impl Node {
     }
 
     /// 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<Node, Error> {
+    pub fn read<T: io::Read>(mut input: T) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut h = vec![0u8; 512];
         input.read_exact(&mut h)?;
 
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@ impl Node {
     }
 
     /// Open and read a file from the ``filename`` argument to a TarNode.
-    pub fn read_file_to_tar(filename: String) -> Result<Node, Error> {
+    pub fn read_file_to_tar(filename: String) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let header = Header::new(&filename)?;
         if header.link_indicator[0] != FileType::Normal as u8 {
             return Ok(Node {
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ impl Node {
         filename: &str,
         meta: &Metadata,
         owner: Option<Owner>,
-    ) -> Result<Node, Error> {
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let header = Header::new_from_meta(filename, meta, owner)?;
         if header.link_indicator[0] != FileType::Normal as u8 {
             return Ok(Node {