diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86a5b9f..a701bd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -165,6 +165,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "301af1932e46185686725e0fad2f8f2aa7da69dd70bf6ecc44d6b703844a3933"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "862ed96ca487e809f1c8e5a8447f6ee2cf102f846893800b20cebdf541fc6bbd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c8bdeb6047d8983be085bab0ba1472e6dc604e7041dbf6fcd5e71523014fae9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "403f75924867bb1033c59fbf0797484329750cfbe3c4325cd33127941fabc882"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell_polyfill",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arboard"
 version = "3.5.0"
@@ -216,6 +266,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "assembler"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap",
  "common",
  "num_cpus",
  "threadpool",
@@ -603,6 +654,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40b6887a1d8685cebccf115538db5c0efe625ccac9696ad45c409d96566e910f"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0c66c08ce9f0c698cbce5c0279d0bb6ac936d8674174fe48f736533b964f59e"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2c7947ae4cc3d851207c1adb5b5e260ff0cca11446b1d6d1423788e442257ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clipboard-win"
 version = "5.4.0"
@@ -622,6 +713,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorful"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -641,6 +738,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "common"
 version = "0.2.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "object",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
@@ -1601,6 +1701,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -2208,12 +2314,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.37.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03fd943161069e1768b4b3d050890ba48730e590f57e56d4aa04e7e090e61b4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "hashbrown",
+ "indexmap",
+ "memchr",
+ "rustc-std-workspace-alloc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4895175b425cb1f87721b59f0f286c2092bd4af812243672510e1ac53e2e0ad"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2582,6 +2707,12 @@ version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "357703d41365b4b27c590e3ed91eabb1b663f07c4c084095e60cbed4362dff0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-std-workspace-alloc"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f9d441c3b2ebf55cebf796bfdc265d67fa09db17b7bb6bd4be75c509e1e8fec3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.44"
@@ -2831,6 +2962,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6637bab7722d379c8b41ba849228d680cc12d0a45ba1fa2b48f2a30577a06731"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.26.3"
@@ -3137,6 +3274,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.17.0"
diff --git a/assembler/Cargo.toml b/assembler/Cargo.toml
index 676d37d..d7a6efb 100644
--- a/assembler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/assembler/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ name = "assembler"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.5.40", features = ["derive"] }
 common = { path = "../common" }
 num_cpus = "1.17.0"
 threadpool = "1.8.1"
diff --git a/assembler/src/args.rs b/assembler/src/args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3d67cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assembler/src/args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser, Default)]
+pub struct Args {
+    /// The output format to assemble to. Currently just ELF or a flat binary.
+    #[arg(value_enum)]
+    output_format: Option<OutputFormat>,
+    /// Whether the relocatable object files should be statically linked into a single executable or library.
+    link: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, ValueEnum, Default)]
+/// The executable format the output should take.
+pub enum OutputFormat {
+    /// An ELF file.
+    #[default]
+    Elf,
+    /// A flat binary file.
+    Flat,
+}
diff --git a/assembler/src/lib.rs b/assembler/src/lib.rs
index bdc132f..65eae7a 100644
--- a/assembler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/assembler/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     clippy::match_wildcard_for_single_variants
 )]
 
+pub mod args;
 pub mod assembler;
 pub mod brainf;
 pub mod tooling;
diff --git a/assembler/src/main.rs b/assembler/src/main.rs
index aee5ff3..cd8c270 100644
--- a/assembler/src/main.rs
+++ b/assembler/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 use assembler::{brainf, prelude::*};
+use clap::Parser;
 use std::{fs, io::Write, path::PathBuf};
 
 fn main() {
     // Parse command line arguments
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
 
+    let _clap_args = assembler::args::Args::parse();
+
     if args.len() == 2 && args[1] == "init" {
         project::tool_libcreate();
         std::process::exit(0);
diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index 6d649a5..ed73a45 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+object = { version = "0.37.1", default-features = false, features = ["elf", "std", "read", "read_core", "write_std", "write", "alloc", "build"] }
diff --git a/common/README.md b/common/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d0b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Common types and methods for the DSA
+
+This library contains the instruction set, encoding and decoding routines, and ELF encoding and loading routines (WIP).
diff --git a/common/src/elf.rs b/common/src/elf.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19607d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/elf.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//! ELF file creation and parsing routines.
+
+use object::{Endianness, build::elf::Builder};
+
+#[allow(clippy::missing_const_for_fn)]
+pub fn write() {
+    let builder = Builder::new(Endianness::Little, false);
+}
diff --git a/common/src/lib.rs b/common/src/lib.rs
index f1bc305..bd8c0dd 100644
--- a/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     clippy::match_wildcard_for_single_variants
 )]
 
+pub mod elf;
 pub mod instructions;
 
 pub mod prelude {