diff --git a/packages/.gitignore b/packages/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9f5c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!**/Makefile
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/Makefile b/packages/Makefile
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index 0000000..51218a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/Makefile
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+LANG_NAME=$(or ${NAME},none)
+LANG_VERSION=$(or ${VERSION},0.0.0)
+LANG_AUTHOR=$(or ${AUTHOR},HexF <thomas@hexf.me>)
+LANG_DEPS=$(or ${DEPS})
+LANG_COMPILED=$(or ${COMPILED}, false)
+
+LANG_PKG_TARGETS=pkg-info.json ${LANG_NAME}-${LANG_VERSION}/ ${LANG_NAME}-${LANG_VERSION}/environment run
+
+ifeq (${LANG_COMPILED}, true)
+${LANG_NAME}-${LANG_VERSION}.pkg.tar.gz: $(LANG_PKG_TARGETS) compile
+endif
+${LANG_NAME}-${LANG_VERSION}.pkg.tar.gz: $(LANG_PKG_TARGETS)
+	tar czvf $@ $?
+
+%.json: %.jq
+	jq '$(shell tr '\n' '|' < $<).' <<< "{}" > $@
+	
+pkg-info.jq:
+	echo '.language="${LANG_NAME}"' > pkg-info.jq
+	echo '.version="${LANG_VERSION}"' >> pkg-info.jq
+	echo '.author="${LANG_AUTHOR}"' >> pkg-info.jq
+	echo '.dependencies={}' >> pkg-info.jq
+	$(foreach dep, ${LANG_DEPS}, echo '.dependencies.$(word 1,$(subst =, ,${dep}))="$(word 2,$(subst =, ,${dep}))"' >> pkg-info.jq)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: 
+	rm -rf $(filter-out Makefile, $(wildcard *))
+	
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/python/3.9.1/Makefile b/packages/python/3.9.1/Makefile
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index 0000000..6854683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/python/3.9.1/Makefile
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+NAME=python
+VERSION=3.9.1
+AUTHOR=Thomas Hobson <thomas@hexf.me>
+DEPS=
+COMPILED=false
+
+MAKE_JOBS=64
+
+include ../../Makefile
+
+run:
+	echo "python3.9 $*" > run
+
+python-${VERSION}/environment:
+	echo 'export PATH=$$PWD/python-${VERSION}/bin:$$PATH' > $@
+
+python-${VERSION}/: Python-${VERSION}/
+	cd $< && ./configure --prefix /
+	make -j${MAKE_JOBS} -C $<
+	DESTDIR=../$@ make -j${MAKE_JOBS} -C $< altinstall || true
+
+Python-${VERSION}.tgz: 
+	curl "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${VERSION}/$@" -o $@
+
+%/: %.tgz
+	tar xzvf $<
+
+