diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "nexus-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Malek <pocmalek@gmail.com>, Marceline Cramer <cramermarceline@gmail.com>"]
+edition = '2021'
+description = "nexus-common is a shared library for nexus-client and nexus-server."
+repository = "https://git.tebibyte.media/nexus"
+license = "MIT"
+publish = false #we don't wanna publish yet
+
+[dependencies]
+serde_json = "1.0.82"
+serde = {version = "1.0.140", features = ["derive"]}
+bevy = "0.7.0"
+
+[workspace]
+members = ["server", "client"]
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "nexus-client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Malek <pocmalek@gmail.com>", "Marceline Cramer <cramermarceline@gmail.com>"]
+edition = '2021'
+description = "A client for nexus"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://git.tebibyte.media/nexus"
+publish = false #nope
+
+[dependencies]
+bincode = "2.0.0-rc.1"
+nexus-common = { path = ".." }
+serde_json = "1.0.82"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5.6"
+bevy = "0.7.0"
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
+bytes = "1.2.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.20.0", features = ["full"] }
+qp2p = "0.28.7"
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diff --git a/client/src/main.rs b/client/src/main.rs
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+++ b/client/src/main.rs
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+pub fn main() {
+    println!("hello world!")
+}
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "nexus-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Malek <pocmalek@gmail.com>", "Marceline Cramer <cramermarceline@gmail.com>"]
+edition = '2021'
+description = "A server implemntation for nexus"
+repository = "https://git.tebibyte.media/nexus"
+license = "MIT"
+publish = false #nope
+
+[dependencies]
+qp2p = "0.28.7"
+tokio = {version = "1.20.0", features = ["full"]}
+bytes = "1.2.0"
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
+bevy = "0.7.0"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5.6"
+serde_json = "1.0.82"
+nexus-common = { path = ".."}
+bincode = "2.0.0-rc.1"
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
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+++ b/server/src/main.rs
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+pub fn main() {
+    println!("hello world!");
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+++ b/src/lib.rs
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+//this is a lib