diff --git a/go/clago/command.go b/go/clago/command.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3db0db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/clago/command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package clago
+
+import (
+)
+
+type Command struct {
+  Name string
+  options []Option
+}
diff --git a/go/clago/command_test.go b/go/clago/command_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e054c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/clago/command_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package clago
+
+import (
+  //"testing"
+)
+
+//func TestFun(t *testing.T) {
+  //c := Command{Name:"example"}
+  //t.Errorf("Option: %v\n", c)
+//}
diff --git a/go/clago/option.go b/go/clago/option.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2278441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/clago/option.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package clago
+
+import (
+  "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var log = logrus.New()
+
+func init() {
+  log.Formatter = new(logrus.JSONFormatter)
+  log.Level = logrus.Debug
+}
+
+type Validator func(interface{}) error
+type Option struct {
+  Name string
+  Description string
+  Parser Parser
+
+  validators []Validator
+  value interface{}
+}
+
+func (o *Option) Set(str string) {
+  logger := log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"option": o.Name, "value": str})
+  var err error
+
+  logger.Debug("Parsing")
+  o.value, err = o.Parser.Parse(str)
+  if err != nil { panic("parse failure") }
+  logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"parsed": o.value}).Debug("Parsed")
+
+  logger.Debug("Validating")
+  for _, validator := range o.validators {
+    if err = validator(o.value); err != nil { panic("validate failure") }
+  }
+}
+
+func (o *Option) Value() interface{} {
+  return o.value
+}
+
+func (o *Option) AddValidation(v Validator) {
+  o.validators = append(o.validators, v)
+}
diff --git a/go/clago/option_parser.go b/go/clago/option_parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a1c8c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/clago/option_parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package clago
+
+import (
+  "strconv"
+)
+
+type Parser int
+const (
+  String Parser = iota // default parser
+  Bool
+  Uint8
+  Uint16
+  Uint32
+  Uint64
+  Int8
+  Int16
+  Int32
+  Int64
+  Float32
+  Float64
+
+  // Not really sure this is needed yet? ;)
+  //Complex64
+  //Complex128
+)
+
+func (p Parser) Parse(value string) (interface{}, error) {
+  switch p {
+  case Bool:
+    switch value {
+      case "true", "yes", "1": return true, nil
+      default: return false, nil
+    }
+  case Uint8:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 0, 8)
+    return uint8(conv), err
+  case Uint16:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 0, 16)
+    return uint16(conv), err
+  case Uint32:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 0, 32)
+    return uint32(conv), err
+  case Uint64:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 0, 64)
+    return uint64(conv), err
+  case Int8:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 0, 8)
+    return int8(conv), err
+  case Int16:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 0, 16)
+    return int16(conv), err
+  case Int32:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 0, 32)
+    return int32(conv), err
+  case Int64:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 0, 64)
+    return int64(conv), err
+  case Float32:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 32)
+    return float32(conv), err
+  case Float64:
+    conv, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64)
+    return float64(conv), err
+  //case Complex64:
+  //case Complex128:
+  case String:
+    return value, nil
+  }
+  return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/go/clago/option_test.go b/go/clago/option_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fd25eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/clago/option_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package clago
+
+import (
+  "testing"
+  //"reflect"
+)
+
+func TestDefaultParser(t *testing.T) {
+  p := String
+  str := "hello"
+  v, err := p.Parse(str)
+  if err != nil {
+    t.Errorf("String failed to parse")
+  }
+  if str != v {
+    t.Errorf("Strings didn't match")
+  }
+}
+
+func TestNumberParsers(t *testing.T) {
+  parsers := [...]Parser{ Uint8, Uint16, Uint32, Uint64, Int8, Int16, Int32, Int64, Float32, Float64 }
+
+  for _, p := range parsers {
+    testSpecificParser(t, p)
+  }
+}
+
+func testSpecificParser(t *testing.T, p Parser) {
+  v, err := p.Parse("100")
+  if err != nil {
+    t.Errorf("'100' failed to parse")
+  }
+
+  var ok bool
+  var equal bool
+  switch p {
+  case Uint8:
+    var i uint8
+    i, ok = v.(uint8)
+    equal = i == uint8(100)
+  case Uint16:
+    var i uint16
+    i, ok = v.(uint16)
+    equal = i == uint16(100)
+  case Uint32:
+    var i uint32
+    i, ok = v.(uint32)
+    equal = i == uint32(100)
+  case Uint64:
+    var i uint64
+    i, ok = v.(uint64)
+    equal = i == uint64(100)
+  case Int8:
+    var i int8
+    i, ok = v.(int8)
+    equal = i == int8(100)
+  case Int16:
+    var i int16
+    i, ok = v.(int16)
+    equal = i == int16(100)
+  case Int32:
+    var i int32
+    i, ok = v.(int32)
+    equal = i == int32(100)
+  case Int64:
+    var i int64
+    i, ok = v.(int64)
+    equal = i == int64(100)
+  case Float32:
+    var i float32
+    i, ok = v.(float32)
+    equal = i == float32(100)
+  case Float64:
+    var i float64
+    i, ok = v.(float64)
+    equal = i == float64(100)
+  case String:
+    ok = true
+    equal = v == "100"
+  }
+  if !ok {
+    t.Errorf("Parse %#v expected to return correct type. Got %t", p, v)
+  }
+  if !equal {
+    t.Errorf("Expected %s == %s", v, "100")
+  }
+}