diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 Keenan Nemetz
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Ulimit
+
+A pure Go library for managing resource limits.
+
+## Usage
+
+```go
+import "github.com/nasdf/ulimit"
+```
+
+### Set limits
+
+```go
+err := ulimit.SetRlimit(2048)
+```
+
+### Get limits
+
+```go
+soft, hard, err := ulimit.GetRlimit()
+```
+
+## License
+
+MIT
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diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module github.com/nasdf/ulimit
+
+go 1.14
+
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210123111255-9b0068b26619
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210123111255-9b0068b26619 h1:yLLDsUUPDliIQpKl7BjVb1igwngIMH2GBjo1VpwLTE0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210123111255-9b0068b26619/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/ulimit.go b/ulimit.go
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+// Package ulimit contains methods for setting resource limits.
+package ulimit
+
+// GetRlimit returns the soft and hard resource limits.
+func GetRlimit() (uint64, uint64, error) {
+	return getRlimit()
+}
+
+// SetRlimit attempts to set the soft and hard resource limits.
+// If the hard limit fails to update only the soft limit is set.
+func SetRlimit(target uint64) error {
+	soft, hard, err := getRlimit()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if target <= soft {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err = setRlimit(target, target); err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if target > hard {
+		target = hard
+	}
+
+	return setRlimit(target, hard)
+}
diff --git a/ulimit_test.go b/ulimit_test.go
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+package ulimit
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSetRlimit(t *testing.T) {
+	const target = uint64(2048)
+	if err := SetRlimit(target); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to set rlimit")
+	}
+
+	soft, hard, err := GetRlimit()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to get rlimit")
+	}
+
+	if soft != target {
+		t.Error("unexpected soft target")
+	}
+
+	if hard != target {
+		t.Error("unexpected hard target")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetRlimit(t *testing.T) {
+	soft, hard, err := GetRlimit()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to get rlimit")
+	}
+
+	if soft == 0 {
+		t.Error("unexpected soft limit")
+	}
+
+	if hard == 0 {
+		t.Error("unexpected hard limit")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ulimit_unix.go b/ulimit_unix.go
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+++ b/ulimit_unix.go
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+// +build darwin linux netbsd openbsd freebsd
+
+package ulimit
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func getRlimit() (uint64, uint64, error) {
+	var limit unix.Rlimit
+	if err := unix.Getrlimit(unix.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit); err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	return limit.Cur, limit.Max, nil
+}
+
+func setRlimit(soft uint64, max uint64) error {
+	limit := unix.Rlimit{
+		Cur: soft,
+		Max: max,
+	}
+
+	return unix.Setrlimit(unix.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit)
+}
diff --git a/ulimit_windows.go b/ulimit_windows.go
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+// +build windows
+
+package ulimit
+
+func getRlimit() (uint64, uint64, error) {
+	return 0, 0, nil
+}
+
+func setRlimit(soft uint64, max uint64) error {
+	return nil
+}