diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28)
+
+# Define the project
+project(SZS C)
+
+# Dependencies
+find_package(Curses REQUIRED)
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
+
+# Create the library
+add_library(SZS SHARED
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-basics.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-tables.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-numeric.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-color.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-file.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-debug.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-xdump.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-utf8.c
+        external/project/dclib/lib-dol.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-ui.c
+
+        external/project/src/lib-std.c
+        external/project/src/db-file.c
+        external/project/src/db-mkw.c
+        external/project/src/lib-szs.c
+        external/project/src/file-type.c
+        external/project/src/lib-pack.c
+        external/project/src/lib-file.c
+        external/project/src/lib-breff.c
+        external/project/src/lib-rarc.c
+        external/project/src/lib-brres.c
+        external/project/src/lib-checksum.c
+        external/project/src/lib-rkc.c
+        external/project/src/lib-bzip2.c
+        external/project/src/lib-lzma.c
+        external/project/src/libbz2/bzlib.c
+        external/project/src/libbz2/crctable.c
+        external/project/src/libbz2/randtable.c
+        external/project/src/liblzma/LzmaEnc.c
+        external/project/src/liblzma/LzmaDec.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-parser.c
+        external/project/dclib/lib-bmg.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-regex.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-shift-jis.c
+        external/project/src/liblzma/LzFind.c
+        external/project/src/liblzma/CpuArch.c
+        external/project/src/lib-object.c
+        external/project/src/db-object.c
+        external/project/src/libbz2/decompress.c
+        external/project/src/libbz2/huffman.c
+        external/project/src/lib-numeric.c
+        external/project/src/lib-objflow.c
+        external/project/src/lib-parser.c
+        external/project/src/lib-parser-func.c
+        external/project/dclib/lib-mkw.c
+        external/project/dclib/dclib-vector.c
+        external/project/src/lib-common.c
+        external/project/src/libbz2/compress.c
+        external/project/src/libbz2/blocksort.c
+        external/project/src/lib-geohit.c
+        external/project/src/crypto/sha1_one.c
+        external/project/src/lib-lecode.c
+        external/project/src/lib-ledis.c
+        external/project/src/lib-ctcode.c
+        external/project/src/db-ctcode.c
+        external/project/src/lib-xbmg.c
+        external/project/src/lib-analyze.c
+        external/project/src/lib-lex.c
+        external/project/src/lib-szs-create.c
+        external/project/src/lib-kcl.c
+        external/project/src/lib-transform.c
+        external/project/src/lib-kmp.c
+        external/project/src/db-kcl.c
+        external/project/src/lib-pat.c
+        external/project/src/lib-mdl.c
+        external/project/src/lib-image3.c
+        external/project/src/lib-image2.c
+        external/project/src/lib-image1.c
+        external/project/src/lib-kmp-pflags.c
+        external/project/src/lib-kmp-text.c
+        external/project/src/lib-kmp-draw.c
+        external/project/src/analyze.c
+
+        source/szs/szs.c
+        source/bmg/bmg.c
+        source/bmg/bmg.h
+)
+# Include additional directories
+target_include_directories(SZS PRIVATE
+        # Libraries
+        ${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+        ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
+        ${PNG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+
+        # Local
+        external/project
+        external/project/dclib
+        external/project/src
+        external/project/src/libbz2
+        external/project/src/liblzma
+        external/project/src/ui
+        external/project/src/crypto
+)
+# Link with additional libraries
+target_link_libraries(SZS PRIVATE
+        # External Libraries
+        ${CURSES_LIBRARIES}
+        ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
+        ${PNG_LIBRARY}
+)
+target_compile_definitions(SZS PRIVATE
+        # Library arguments
+        BUILD_SZS
+
+        # Original Wiimm's arguments
+        Z7_ST=1
+        USE_SHA_LIB=1
+        DCLIB_DEBUG_C
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/bmg/bmg.c b/source/bmg/bmg.c
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+++ b/source/bmg/bmg.c
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+#include "bmg.h"
+
+
+BmgFile* bmgFileNew() {
+    // allocate the memory for the object
+    BmgFile* file = (BmgFile*)malloc(sizeof(BmgFile));
+    file->_internal = (bmg_t*)malloc(sizeof(bmg_t));
+
+    // initialize the internal structure
+    InitializeBMG(file->_internal);
+
+    return file;
+}
+
+void bmgFileFree(BmgFile* file) {
+    // deallocate the memory of the object
+    free(file->_internal);
+    free(file);
+}
+
+BmgFile* bmgFileLoad(const char* path) {
+    // create a new bmg file
+    BmgFile* file = bmgFileNew();
+
+    // load the bmg file
+    LoadBMG(
+            file->_internal,
+            false,
+            NULL,
+            path,
+            FM_MODIFY
+    );
+
+    return file;
+}
+
+BmgRecord* bmgRecordNew(bmg_item_t* internal_record) {
+    // allocate memory for the record
+    BmgRecord* record = (BmgRecord*)malloc(sizeof(BmgRecord));
+    record->_internal = internal_record;
+
+    return record;
+}
+
+void bmgRecordFree(BmgRecord* record) {
+    // free the memory used for the record
+    free(record);
+}
+
+BmgRecord* bmgRecordGet(BmgFile* file, u32 id) {
+    // find the corresponding bmg record
+    bmg_item_t* internal_record = FindItemBMG(file->_internal, id);
+    // wrap it with our structure
+    BmgRecord* record = bmgRecordNew(internal_record);
+
+    return record;
+}
+
+BmgRecord* bmgRecordInsert(BmgFile* file, u32 id, const char* text) {
+    // insert the data into the bmg file
+    bmg_item_t* internal_record = InsertItemBMG(
+            file->_internal,
+            id,
+            NULL,
+            0,
+            NULL
+    );
+
+    // internal_record->text = strdup(text);
+
+    // wrap it with our structure
+    BmgRecord* record = bmgRecordNew(internal_record);
+
+    return record;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/bmg/bmg.h b/source/bmg/bmg.h
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+++ b/source/bmg/bmg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+
+
+#ifdef BUILD_SZS
+// if we are building the library, use the base Wiimm's types.
+#include "lib-bmg.h"
+#else
+#define bmg_t void
+#endif
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    bmg_t* _internal;
+} BmgFile;
+
+typedef struct {
+    bmg_item_t* _internal;
+} BmgRecord;
+
+
+BmgFile* bmgFileNew();
+
+void bmgFileFree(BmgFile* file);
+
+BmgFile* bmgFileLoad(const char* path);
diff --git a/source/szs/szs.c b/source/szs/szs.c
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+++ b/source/szs/szs.c
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+#include "szs.h"
+
+
+SzsFile* szsFileNew() {
+    // allocate the memory for the wrapper and the internal file
+    SzsFile* file = (SzsFile*)malloc(sizeof(SzsFile));
+    file->_internal = (szs_file_t*)malloc(sizeof(szs_file_t));
+
+    // initialize the internal structure
+    InitializeSZS(file->_internal);
+
+    return file;
+}
+
+void szsFileFree(SzsFile* file) {
+    // reset the SZS file
+    ResetSZS(file->_internal);
+
+    // free the memory
+    free(file->_internal);
+    free(file);
+}
+
+SzsFile* szsFileLoad(const char* path) {
+    // create a new empty SZS file
+    SzsFile* file = szsFileNew();
+
+    // load the file
+    if (LoadSZS(
+            file->_internal,
+            path,
+            true,
+            false,
+            false
+    ) > ERR_WARNING) {
+        // if an error occurred, cancel the file allocation and return NULL
+        szsFileFree(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return file;
+}
+
+SzsFile* szsFileCreate(const char* path) {
+    // create a new empty SZS file
+    SzsFile* file = szsFileNew();
+
+    // create the file from a directory
+    if (CreateSZS(
+            file->_internal,
+            NULL,
+            path,
+            NULL,
+            NULL,
+            -1,
+            -1,
+            false
+    ) > ERR_WARNING) {
+        // if an error occurred, cancel the file allocation and return NULL
+        szsFileFree(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return file;
+}
+
+void szsFileExtract(SzsFile* file, const char* path) {
+    // TODO(Faraphel): don't seem to work
+
+    // set the destination of the base archive
+    // TODO(Faraphel): the output directory name is the filename with a .d extension instead of .szs
+    //  for customizability, the extraction should instead be implemented manually.
+    file->_internal->fname = strdup(path);
+
+    ExtractFilesSZS(
+            file->_internal,
+            -1,
+            false,
+            NULL,
+            path
+    );
+}
+
+SzsSubfile* szsSubfileNew(szs_subfile_t* internal_subfile) {
+    // allocate memory for our subfile wrapper
+    SzsSubfile* subfile = (SzsSubfile*)malloc(sizeof(SzsSubfile));
+
+    // save the base subfile
+    subfile->_internal = internal_subfile;
+    subfile->path_p = &subfile->_internal->path;
+    subfile->name_p = &subfile->_internal->name;
+    subfile->size_p = &subfile->_internal->size;
+    subfile->data_p = &subfile->_internal->data;
+    subfile->is_directory_p = (bool*)&subfile->_internal->is_dir;
+
+    return subfile;
+}
+
+void szsSubfileFree(SzsSubfile* subfile) {
+    free(subfile);
+}
+
+void szsFileDiscover(SzsFile* file, bool force) {
+    // if the subfiles are already loaded and force is disabled, directly exit
+    if (file->_internal->subfile.used != 0 && !force)
+        return;
+
+    // reset the list of subfiles and reload it
+    CollectFilesSZS(file->_internal, true, 0, -1, SORT_NONE);
+}
+
+SzsSubfileIterator* szsSubfileIterateNew(SzsFile* file) {
+    szsFileDiscover(file, false);
+    SzsSubfileIterator* iterator = malloc(sizeof(SzsSubfileIterator));
+
+    iterator->_internal_current = &file->_internal->subfile.list[0];
+    iterator->_internal_final = &file->_internal->subfile.list[file->_internal->subfile.size];
+
+    return iterator;
+}
+
+void szsSubfileIterateFree(SzsSubfileIterator* iterator) {
+    free(iterator);
+}
+
+SzsSubfile* szsSubfileIterateNext(SzsSubfileIterator* iterator) {
+    // if we went over the last file in the list, return NULL
+    if (iterator->_internal_current > iterator->_internal_final)
+        return NULL;
+
+    // get the next subfile
+    SzsSubfile* subfile = szsSubfileNew(iterator->_internal_current++);
+
+    return subfile;
+}
diff --git a/source/szs/szs.h b/source/szs/szs.h
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/szs/szs.h
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+#pragma once
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef BUILD_SZS
+// if we are building the library, use the base Wiimm's types.
+#include "lib-szs.h"
+#else
+// if we are importing the library, do not import the types directly to avoid potential incompatibilities
+// provoced by non-standard C code.
+#define szs_file_t void
+#define szs_subfile_t void
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+
+/**
+ * A structure representing a SZS subfile.
+ * Wrapper around Wiimm's szs_subfile_t.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    szs_subfile_t* _internal;  // this reference the original szs_subfile_t.
+
+    const char** path_p;  // pointer to the path of the subfile.
+    const char** name_p;  // pointer to the name of the subfile.
+    uint32_t* size_p;  // pointer to the size of the subfile.
+    uint8_t** data_p;  // pointer to the array of data.
+    bool* is_directory_p;  // pointer to a boolean indicating if the file is a directory.
+} SzsSubfile;
+
+/**
+ * A structure representing an SZS file.
+ * Wrapper around Wiimm's szs_file_t.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    szs_file_t* _internal;  // this reference the original szs_file_t. Type not used for the linking when used as a library.
+} SzsFile;
+
+typedef struct {
+    szs_subfile_t* _internal_current;  // this reference the current object in the list.
+    szs_subfile_t* _internal_final;  // this reference the last object in the list.
+} SzsSubfileIterator;
+
+// File
+
+/**
+ * Initialize a new empty SZS file.
+ * @return an empty SZS file
+ */
+SzsFile* szsFileNew();
+
+/**
+ * Free the memory from an SZS file.
+ * @param file the file to free
+ */
+void szsFileFree(SzsFile *file);
+
+/**
+ * Load an SZS file.
+ * @param path the path to the file
+ * @return the SZS instance
+ */
+SzsFile* szsFileLoad(const char* path);
+
+/**
+ * Create an SZS file from a directory.
+ * @param path the path of the directory
+ * @return the SZS instance
+ */
+SzsFile* szsFileCreate(const char* path);
+
+void szsFileExtract(SzsFile* file, const char* path);
+
+// Subfile
+
+/**
+ * Create a new subfile.
+ * @param internal_subfile the base Wiimm's szs_subfile_t structure
+ * @return a wrapper for this subfile
+ */
+SzsSubfile* szsSubfileNew(szs_subfile_t* internal_subfile);
+
+/**
+ * Free the memory from an SZS subfile.
+ * @param subfile the subfile to free
+ */
+void szsSubfileFree(SzsSubfile* subfile);
+
+/**
+ * Refresh the list of subfiles inside a SZS file.
+ * @param file the file to refresh the subfiles from
+ * @param force ignore the cache system and refresh the subfiles no matter what
+ */
+void szsFileDiscover(SzsFile* file, bool force);
+
+/**
+ * Create an iterator to iterate through the subfiles of a SZS file.
+ * @param file the file to iterate
+ * @return an iterator
+ */
+SzsSubfileIterator* szsSubfileIterateNew(SzsFile* file);
+
+/**
+ * Free from the memory a SZS subfile iterator.
+ * @param iterator the iterator
+ */
+void szsSubfileIterateFree(SzsSubfileIterator* iterator);
+
+/**
+ * Return the next subfile in the iterator
+ * @param iterator the iterator to the subfiles
+ * @return the next subfile
+ * @warning you need to manually free the returned SzsSubfile with `szsSubfileFree` after usage.
+ */
+SzsSubfile* szsSubfileIterateNext(SzsSubfileIterator* iterator);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif