diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
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index 00000000..c111b331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.gem
diff --git a/client/.rbenv-version b/client/.rbenv-version
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index 00000000..0a95b9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/.rbenv-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.9.2-p290
diff --git a/client/Gemfile b/client/Gemfile
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index 00000000..f3d13863
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+++ b/client/Gemfile
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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in barkeep-client.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/client/README.md b/client/README.md
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index 00000000..78e6b4ce
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+++ b/client/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Barkeep Client
+==============
+
+## Coming soon!
diff --git a/client/Rakefile b/client/Rakefile
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index 00000000..29955274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
diff --git a/client/barkeep_client.gemspec b/client/barkeep_client.gemspec
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index 00000000..6c77a8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/barkeep_client.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "barkeep-client"
+  s.version     = "0.0.1"
+  s.authors     = ["Caleb Spare"]
+  s.email       = ["caleb@ooyala.com"]
+  s.homepage    = ""
+  s.summary     = %q{Who is the barkeep?}
+  s.description = %q{Who is the barkeep?}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = "barkeep-client"
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  # specify any dependencies here; for example:
+  # s.add_development_dependency "rspec"
+  # s.add_runtime_dependency "rest-client"
+end
diff --git a/client/bin/barkeep b/client/bin/barkeep
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index 00000000..820dc560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/bin/barkeep
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+puts <<-'EOS'
+          _             _       _   _            _                _                  ___
+         | |           (_)     | | | |          | |              | |                |__ \
+__      _| |__   ___    _ ___  | |_| |__   ___  | |__   __ _ _ __| | _____  ___ _ __   ) |
+\ \ /\ / / '_ \ / _ \  | / __| | __| '_ \ / _ \ | '_ \ / _` | '__| |/ / _ \/ _ \ '_ \ / /
+ \ V  V /| | | | (_) | | \__ \ | |_| | | |  __/ | |_) | (_| | |  |   <  __/  __/ |_) |_|
+  \_/\_/ |_| |_|\___/  |_|___/  \__|_| |_|\___| |_.__/ \__,_|_|  |_|\_\___|\___| .__/(_)
+                                                                               | |
+                                                                               |_|
+EOS