diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000000..28f1ba7565f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/firebase b/bin/firebase
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index 00000000000..c1af1949ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/firebase
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var optimist = require('optimist'),
+        argv = optimist.usage('Usage: firebase (auth|app)').argv,
+         app = require('../lib/app')
+        auth = require('../lib/auth');
+
+if (argv._.length === 0) {
+
+  // Require at least one non-hyphenated option
+  optimist.showHelp();
+
+} else {
+  // Router
+  switch (argv._[0]) {
+    case 'app':
+      app(argv);
+      break;
+    case 'auth':
+      auth(argv);
+      break;
+    default:
+      optimist.showHelp();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
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index 00000000000..bf43e72de3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = app;
+
+function app(argv) {
+  console.log('app', argv);
+}
diff --git a/lib/auth.js b/lib/auth.js
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index 00000000000..e64e4508a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = auth;
+
+function auth(argv) {
+  console.log('auth', argv);
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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index 00000000000..e55d5727f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "firebase-cli",
+  "preferGlobal": true,
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "The Firebase command line interface",
+  "keywords": [
+    "firebase"
+  ],
+  "author": "Firebase <support@firebase.com>",
+  "contributors": [{
+    "name": "Chris Raynor",
+    "email": "chris@firebase.com"
+  }],
+  "repository": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-cli.git",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-cli",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "optimist": "0.6.x"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "firebase": "./bin/firebase"
+  }
+}