diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c1a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "proto/proto"]
+	path = proto/proto
+	url = https://github.com/SteamDatabase/Protobufs
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd16e7a..aa2d450 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6d36fc52c7f6c869915e99412912f22093507da8d9e942ceaf66fe4b7c14422a"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -57,9 +57,27 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5bf74e1b6e971609db8ca7a9ce79fd5768ab6ae46441c572e46cf596f59e57f8"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.86"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -76,6 +94,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_filter"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -99,18 +123,77 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "534c5cf6194dfab3db3242765c03bbe257cf92f22b38f6bc0c58d59108a820ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fc0510504f03c51ada170672ac806f1f105a88aa97a5281117e1ddc3368e51a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3d1354bf6b7235cb4a0576c2619fd4ed18183f689b12b006a0ee7329eeff9a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
 version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93ead53efc7ea8ed3cfb0c79fc8023fbb782a5432b52830b6518941cebe6505c"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.158"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8adc4bb1803a324070e64a98ae98f38934d91957a99cfb3a43dcbc01bc56439"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.22"
@@ -123,6 +206,12 @@ version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -132,6 +221,57 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf"
+version = "3.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bcc343da15609eaecd65f8aa76df8dc4209d325131d8219358c0aaaebab0bf6"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "protobuf-support",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf-codegen"
+version = "3.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4d0cde5642ea4df842b13eb9f59ea6fafa26dcb43e3e1ee49120e9757556189"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "once_cell",
+ "protobuf",
+ "protobuf-parse",
+ "regex",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf-parse"
+version = "3.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b0e9b447d099ae2c4993c0cbb03c7a9d6c937b17f2d56cfc0b1550e6fcfdb76"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "protobuf",
+ "protobuf-support",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror",
+ "which",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf-support"
+version = "3.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0766e3675a627c327e4b3964582594b0e8741305d628a98a5de75a1d15f99b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.37"
@@ -170,6 +310,19 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.75"
@@ -181,6 +334,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04cbcdd0c794ebb0d4cf35e88edd2f7d2c4c3e9a5a6dab322839b321c6a87a64"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.63"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0342370b38b6a11b6cc11d6a805569958d54cfa061a29969c3b5ce2ea405724"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.63"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4558b58466b9ad7ca0f102865eccc95938dca1a74a856f2b57b6629050da261"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -202,14 +388,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vapore-proto"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "protobuf",
+ "protobuf-codegen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vapored"
-version = "0.0.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "which"
+version = "4.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87ba24419a2078cd2b0f2ede2691b6c66d8e47836da3b6db8265ebad47afbfc7"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "home",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustix",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -219,6 +425,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.59.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db369f4..7ccd37a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = [
     "client",
     "daemon",
+    "proto",
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
diff --git a/daemon/Cargo.toml b/daemon/Cargo.toml
index 4464633..3c5e562 100644
--- a/daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "vapored"
 edition = "2021"
+version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 env_logger.workspace = true
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4c922e8..0d9d6df 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
               rustPackages.rustc
               rustPackages.rustfmt
               rustPackages.clippy
+
+              protobuf
             ];
             RUST_SRC_PATH = "${rustPackages.rustPlatform.rustLibSrc}";
             RUST_LOG = "trace";
diff --git a/proto/Cargo.toml b/proto/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3b296b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "vapore-proto"
+edition = "2021"
+version.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+protobuf = "3.5.1"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+protobuf-codegen = "3.5.1"
diff --git a/proto/build.rs b/proto/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..763d92c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use std::{fs, io};
+
+pub fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    let mut files = Vec::new();
+
+    for file in fs::read_dir("proto/steam")? {
+        let path = file?.path();
+        eprintln!("Got path {:?}", path);
+        files.push(path);
+    }
+
+
+    protobuf_codegen::Codegen::new()
+        .includes(&["proto/steam", "proto"])
+        .inputs(files)
+        .cargo_out_dir("gen")
+        .run_from_script();
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/proto/proto b/proto/proto
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..3873936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/proto
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3873936b20de1221ed7f8de3d2457612b7795804
diff --git a/proto/src/lib.rs b/proto/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3a26bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/gen/mod.rs"));