diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f00c8e..dc5b3fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include(CTest)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(tools)
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if (BUILD_TESTING)
     find_package(Catch2 CONFIG REQUIRED)
     add_subdirectory(test)
-endif()
+endif ()
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb2db5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Copyright 2025 Evan Burkey <evan@burkey.co>
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e03291e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# edbg
+
+Linux debugger and debugging library. Implementation is based on Sy Brand's book [Building A Debugger](https://nostarch.com/building-a-debugger)
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diff --git a/include/libedbg/error.hpp b/include/libedbg/error.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c799e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/libedbg/error.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_ERROR_H
+#define LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_ERROR_H
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace edbg {
+class error final : public std::runtime_error {
+public:
+    [[noreturn]]
+    static void send(const std::string &msg) {
+        throw error(msg);
+    }
+
+    [[noreturn]]
+    static void send_errno(const std::string &pfx) {
+        throw error(pfx + ": " + std::strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+private:
+    explicit error(const std::string &msg) : std::runtime_error(msg) {
+    }
+};
+}
+
+#endif //LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_ERROR_H
diff --git a/include/libedbg/libedbg.hpp b/include/libedbg/libedbg.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0515776..0000000
--- a/include/libedbg/libedbg.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_LIBEDBG_H
-#define LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_LIBEDBG_H
-
-namespace edbg {
-    void hello();
-}
-
-#endif //LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_LIBEDBG_H
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diff --git a/include/libedbg/process.hpp b/include/libedbg/process.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a03211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/libedbg/process.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#ifndef LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_PROCESS_H
+#define LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_PROCESS_H
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <memory>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+namespace edbg {
+enum class process_state {
+    stopped,
+    running,
+    exited,
+    terminated
+};
+
+struct stop_reason {
+    stop_reason(int wait_status);
+
+    process_state reason;
+    std::uint8_t info;
+};
+
+class process {
+public:
+    process() = delete;
+
+    process(const process &) = delete;
+
+    process &operator=(const process &) = delete;
+
+    ~process();
+
+    static std::unique_ptr<process> launch(std::filesystem::path path);
+
+    static std::unique_ptr<process> attach(pid_t pid);
+
+    void resume();
+
+    stop_reason wait_on_signal();
+
+    [[nodiscard]] pid_t pid() const { return pid_; }
+    [[nodiscard]] process_state state() const { return state_; }
+
+private:
+    process(pid_t pid, bool terminate_on_end)
+        : pid_(pid), terminate_on_end_(terminate_on_end) {
+    }
+
+    pid_t pid_ = 0;
+    bool terminate_on_end_ = true;
+    process_state state_ = process_state::stopped;
+};
+}
+
+#endif //LIBEDBG_INCLUDE_PROCESS_H
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fa4fb50..f79fa3b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,39 +1,42 @@
-add_library(libedbg libedbg.cpp)
+SET(SRC
+        process.cpp
+)
+add_library(libedbg ${SRC})
 add_library(edbg::libedbg ALIAS libedbg)
 
 set_target_properties(
-   libedbg
-   PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME edbg
+        libedbg
+        PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME edbg
 )
 
 target_compile_features(libedbg PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 
 target_include_directories(
-   libedbg
-   PUBLIC
+        libedbg
+        PUBLIC
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE::include>
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
-    PRIVATE
+        PRIVATE
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/include
 )
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 install(TARGETS libedbg
-    EXPORT edbg-targets
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-    INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+        EXPORT edbg-targets
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+        INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
 )
 
 install(
-    DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+        DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
 )
 
 install(
-    EXPORT edbg-targets
-    FILE edbg-config.cmake
-    NAMESPACE edbg::
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/edbg
+        EXPORT edbg-targets
+        FILE edbg-config.cmake
+        NAMESPACE edbg::
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/edbg
 )
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diff --git a/src/libedbg.cpp b/src/libedbg.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a35cf6c..0000000
--- a/src/libedbg.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#include <iostream>
-#include <libedbg/libedbg.hpp>
-
-void edbg::hello() {
-    std::cout << "Hello edbg!\n";
-}
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diff --git a/src/process.cpp b/src/process.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8801297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/process.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <libedbg/process.hpp>
+#include <libedbg/error.hpp>
+
+
+edbg::stop_reason::stop_reason(const int wait_status) {
+    if (WIFEXITED(wait_status)) {
+        reason = process_state::exited;
+        info = WEXITSTATUS(wait_status);
+    } else if (WIFSIGNALED(wait_status)) {
+        reason = process_state::terminated;
+        info = WTERMSIG(wait_status);
+    } else if (WIFSTOPPED(wait_status)) {
+        reason = process_state::stopped;
+        info = WSTOPSIG(wait_status);
+    }
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<edbg::process> edbg::process::launch(std::filesystem::path path) {
+    pid_t pid;
+    if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {
+        error::send_errno("fork failed");
+    }
+
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        if (ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, nullptr, nullptr) < 0) {
+            error::send_errno("ptrace failed");
+        }
+        if (execlp(path.c_str(), path.c_str(), nullptr) < 0) {
+            error::send_errno("execlp failed");
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<edbg::process> proc(new process(pid, true));
+    proc->wait_on_signal();
+
+    return proc;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<edbg::process> edbg::process::attach(const pid_t pid) {
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        error::send("invalid pid of 0");
+    }
+    if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, pid, 0, nullptr) < 0) {
+        error::send_errno("ptrace attach failed");
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<edbg::process> proc(new process(pid, false));
+    proc->wait_on_signal();
+
+    return proc;
+}
+
+void edbg::process::resume() {
+    if (ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid_, 0, nullptr) < 0) {
+        error::send_errno("ptrace resume failed");
+    }
+    state_ = process_state::running;
+}
+
+edbg::stop_reason edbg::process::wait_on_signal() {
+    int wait_status;
+    if (waitpid(pid_, &wait_status, 0) < 0) {
+        error::send_errno("waitpid failed");
+    }
+    const stop_reason reason(wait_status);
+    state_ = reason.reason;
+    return reason;
+}
+
+edbg::process::~process() {
+    if (pid_ != 0) {
+        int status;
+        if (state_ == process_state::running) {
+            kill(pid_, SIGSTOP);
+            waitpid(pid_, &status, 0);
+        }
+        ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid_);
+        kill(pid_, SIGCONT);
+
+        if (terminate_on_end_) {
+            kill(pid_, SIGKILL);
+            waitpid(pid_, &status, 0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/tests.cpp b/test/tests.cpp
index df871cd..3bf5d4d 100644
--- a/test/tests.cpp
+++ b/test/tests.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
 
-TEST_CASE("validate environment") {
+TEST_CASE (
+"validate environment"
+)
+ {
     REQUIRE(true);
 }
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diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 38fdf82..0023361 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ target_link_libraries(edbg PRIVATE edbg::libedbg)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 install(
-    TARGETS edbg
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+        TARGETS edbg
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(edbg PRIVATE edbg::libedbg PkgConfig::libedit)
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diff --git a/tools/edbg.cpp b/tools/edbg.cpp
index 0d7c0f4..31110ef 100644
--- a/tools/edbg.cpp
+++ b/tools/edbg.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,114 @@
-#include <libedbg/libedbg.hpp>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <vector>
+#include <editline/readline.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#include "libedbg/error.hpp"
+#include "libedbg/process.hpp"
+
+namespace {
+std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string_view str, char delimiter) {
+    std::vector<std::string> out{};
+    std::stringstream ss{std::string{str}};
+    std::string item;
+
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, delimiter)) {
+        out.push_back(item);
+    }
+
+    return out;
+}
+
+bool is_prefix(std::string_view str, std::string_view of) {
+    if (str.size() < of.size()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return std::equal(str.begin(), str.end(), of.begin());
+}
+
+void print_stop_reason(const edbg::process& process, edbg::stop_reason reason) {
+    std::cout << "Process " << process.pid() << ' ';
+
+    switch (reason.reason) {
+        case edbg::process_state::exited:
+            std::cout << "exited with status " << static_cast<int>(reason.info);
+            break;
+        case edbg::process_state::terminated:
+            std::cout << "terminated with signal " << sigabbrev_np(reason.info);
+        case edbg::process_state::stopped:
+            std::cout << "stopped with signal " << sigabbrev_np(reason.info);
+        default: ;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+}
+
+void handle_command(const std::unique_ptr<edbg::process>& process, const std::string_view line) {
+    const auto args = split(line, ' ');
+    const auto& command = args[0];
+    if (is_prefix(command, "continue")) {
+        process->resume();
+        const auto reason = process->wait_on_signal();
+        print_stop_reason(*process, reason);
+    } else {
+        std::cerr << "Unknown command: " << command << "\n";
+    }
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<edbg::process> attach(const int argc, const char **argv) {
+    if (argc == 3 && argv[1] == std::string_view("-p")) {
+        const auto pid = static_cast<pid_t>(std::strtol(argv[2], nullptr, 10));
+        return edbg::process::attach(pid);
+    }
+
+    const char *program_path = argv[1];
+    return edbg::process::launch(program_path);
+}
+
+void main_loop(std::unique_ptr<edbg::process>& process) {
+    char *line = nullptr;
+    while ((line = readline("edbg> ")) != nullptr) {
+        std::string line_str;
+
+        if (line == std::string_view("")) {
+            free(line);
+            if (history_length > 0) {
+                line_str = history_list()[history_length - 1]->line;
+            }
+        } else {
+            line_str = line;
+            add_history(line_str.c_str());
+            free(line);
+        }
+
+        if (!line_str.empty()) {
+            try {
+                handle_command(process, line_str);
+            } catch (const edbg::error& err) {
+                std::cout << err.what() << "\n";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+}
+
+int main(const int argc, const char **argv) {
+    if (argc == 1) {
+        std::cerr << "No arguments given\n";
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        auto process = attach(argc, argv);
+        main_loop(process);
+    } catch (const edbg::error& err) {
+        std::cout << err.what() << "\n";
+    }
 
-int main() {
-    edbg::hello();
 }
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