diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+/cmutton.a
+/cmutton.h
+/test.c
+/a.out
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# cmutton
+Official C bindings for [libmutton](https://github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton).
+
+# Usage
+Build the C library + headers w/`go build -buildmode=c-archive`.
+
+# Progress
+- [ ] age
+    - [ ] AllPasswordEntries(forceReage bool) error
+    - [ ] Entry(vanityPath string, timestamp int64) error
+    - [ ] TranslateAgeTimestamp(timestamp *int64) uint8
+- [ ] clip
+    - [ ] ClearArgument() error
+    - [ ] ClearProcess(assignedContents string) error
+    - [ ] CopyShortcut(realPath string, field int) error
+    - [ ] CopyString(clearClipboardAutomatically bool, copySubject string) error
+    - [ ] LaunchClearProcess(copySubject string)
+    - [ ] TOTPCopier(secret string, errorChan chan<- error, done <-chan bool)
+- [ ] config
+    - [ ] Write(cfg *CfgT, appendMode bool) error
+    - [ ] Load() (*CfgT, error)
+- [ ] core
+    - [ ] ClampTrailingWhitespace(note []string)
+    - [ ] EntryAddPrecheck(realPath string) (uint8, error)
+    - [ ] EntryIsNotEmpty(entryData []string) bool
+    - [ ] EntryRefresh(oldRCWPassword, newRCWPassword []byte, removeOldDir bool) error
+    - [ ] GenTOTP(secret string, time time.Time) (string, error)
+    - [ ] GetOldEntryData(realPath string, field int) ([]string, error)
+    - [ ] LibmuttonInit(inputCB func(prompt string) string, rcwPassword []byte, ...) error
+    - [ ] RCWSanityCheckGen(password []byte) error
+    - [ ] WriteEntry(realPath string, decSlice []string, passwordIsNew bool) error
+- [ ] crypt
+    - [ ] DecryptFileToSlice(realPath string) ([]string, error)
+    - [ ] EncryptBytes(decBytes []byte) []byte
+    - [ ] RCWDArgument()
+- [ ] global
+    - [X] DirInit(preserveOldCfgDir bool) (string, error)
+    - [ ] GenDeviceIDList() ([]fs.DirEntry, error)
+    - [ ] GetCurrentDeviceID() (string, error)
+    - [ ] GetRealAgePath(vanityPath string) string
+    - [ ] GetRealPath(vanityPath string) string
+    - [ ] GetSysProcAttr() *syscall.SysProcAttr
+    - [ ] GetVanityPath(realPath string) string
+- [ ] syncclient
+    - [ ] AddFolderRemote(vanityPath string) error
+    - [ ] GenDeviceID(oldDeviceID, prefix string) (string, string, bool, error)
+    - [ ] GetSSHClient() (*ssh.Client, bool, *bool, *string, *string, error)
+    - [ ] GetSSHOutput(sshClient *ssh.Client, cmd, stdin string) ([]byte, error)
+    - [ ] RenameRemote(oldVanityPath, newVanityPath string) error
+    - [ ] ShearRemote(vanityPath string, onlyShearAgeFile bool) error
+    - [ ] RunJob() (*syncListsT, error)
+- [ ] synccommon
+    - [ ] AddFolderLocal(vanityPath string) error
+    - [ ] RenameLocal(oldVanityPath, newVanityPath string) error
+    - [ ] ShearAgeFileLocal(vanityPath string) error
+    - [ ] ShearLocal(vanityPath, clientDeviceID string, onlyShearAgeFile bool) (string, bool, error)
+    - [ ] WalkEntryDir() ([]string, []string, error)
+    - [ ] GetAllEntryData() (EntryMapT, error)
+- [ ] syncserver
+    - [ ] GetRemoteDataFromServer(clientDeviceID string)
diff --git a/genChecklist.sh b/genChecklist.sh
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+++ b/genChecklist.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Get all packages in libmutton
+mapfile -s 1 -t packages < <(go list github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton/... 2>/dev/null | sed 's|github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton/||')
+
+# If no packages found, exit
+if [ ${#packages[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "No packages found in libmutton"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Iterate through each package
+for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+    echo "- [ ] $package"
+    mapfile -t lines < <(go doc -short "github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton/$package" 2>/dev/null | grep "func ")
+    for line in "${lines[@]}"; do
+        line="${line#"${line%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+        echo "    - [ ] ${line:5}"
+    done
+done
diff --git a/global.go b/global.go
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+++ b/global.go
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+package main
+
+/*
+#include <stdlib.h>
+*/
+import "C"
+import (
+	"github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton/global"
+)
+
+// DirInit returns:
+// r0: oldDeviceID (special case: see libmutton docs)
+//
+// r1: err
+//
+//export DirInit
+func DirInit(preserveOldCfgDir bool) (*C.char, *C.char) {
+	oldDeviceID, err := global.DirInit(preserveOldCfgDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, C.CString(err.Error())
+	}
+	return C.CString(oldDeviceID), nil
+}
+
+func main() {}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+++ b/go.mod
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+module cmutton
+
+go 1.25.6
+
+require github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton v0.4.3-0.20260111043639-f82b35bc4398
+
+require (
+	github.com/rwinkhart/go-boilerplate v0.1.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+github.com/rwinkhart/go-boilerplate v0.1.1 h1:C+yyscGWeqvNpR91iw0i91zqX0LcxnCr1VOyT7iM4JY=
+github.com/rwinkhart/go-boilerplate v0.1.1/go.mod h1:/NVRKGslU20E5xU5YOgXzWxA6aa94BMtv5MtHRTb5Ek=
+github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton v0.4.3-0.20260111043639-f82b35bc4398 h1:QufX3nG3H1N986Xh7NZWsVELxmGms1yhNP7/fejBeHY=
+github.com/rwinkhart/libmutton v0.4.3-0.20260111043639-f82b35bc4398/go.mod h1:qInUv19lzX1adFNI6Ih/IEVy+pktSTh/yA7cRTdVPH8=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 h1:DBZZqJ2Rkml6QMQsZywtnjnnGvHza6BTfYFWY9kjEWQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=