diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea8c4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target
diff --git a/src/.db.rs.swp b/src/.db.rs.swp
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diff --git a/src/.main.rs.swp b/src/.main.rs.swp
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diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5b2545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+use std::path::{PathBuf, Path};
+use std::fs;
+use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+//use crate::log;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Entry {
+    base_dir: PathBuf,
+    pub name: OsString
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Task {
+    name: OsString,
+    bin: PathBuf,
+    source: Option<String>,
+    dvcs: Option<String>,
+    config: HashMap<String, String>,
+    branch: Option<String>,
+    host: Option<String>
+}
+
+impl Task {
+    pub fn new(base_dir: PathBuf, name: OsString) -> Task {
+        let t = Entry::new(base_dir, name.clone());
+        Task {
+            name: name.clone(),
+            bin: PathBuf::from(name.clone()),
+            source: t.source(),
+            dvcs: t.dvcs(),
+            config: HashMap::new(),
+            branch: t.branch(),
+            host: t.host(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Entry {
+    pub fn new(base_dir: PathBuf, name: OsString) -> Entry {
+        Entry {
+            base_dir,
+            name
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn read_setting(&self, setting: &str) -> Option<String> {
+        let mut path = self.base_dir.clone();
+        path.push(&self.name);
+        path.set_extension(setting);
+        read_or_none(&path)
+    }
+
+    pub fn source(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.read_setting("source")
+    }
+
+    pub fn dvcs(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.read_setting("dvcs")
+    }
+
+    pub fn branch(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.read_setting("branch")
+    }
+
+    pub fn host(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.read_setting("branch")
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Database {
+    base_dir: PathBuf
+}
+
+impl Database {
+    pub fn from_folder(p: &str) -> Database {
+        let path = PathBuf::from(&p);
+        if !path.is_dir() {
+            panic!("Folder {} not found", &p);
+        }
+        Database {
+            base_dir: path
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn tasks(&self) -> Vec<Task> {
+        // If database doesn't exist, simply return an empty vec
+        let mut res = Vec::new();
+        for file in list_files(&self.base_dir) {
+            if is_executable(&file) {
+                res.push(
+                    Task::new(self.base_dir.clone(), file.file_name().expect("WTF").to_os_string())
+                );
+            }
+            println!("{:?}", file);
+        }
+        
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    pub fn task(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Task> {
+        let mut path = self.base_dir.clone();
+        path.push(name);
+        if !path.is_file() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        return Some(
+            Task::new(self.base_dir.clone(), path.file_name().expect("WTF").to_os_string())
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// Reads the file and strips whitespace (newline including)
+/// Useful for file-based key-value store
+fn read_or_none(path: &Path) -> Option<String> {
+    if !path.is_file() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    match fs::read_to_string(path) {
+        Ok(content) => {
+            // Remove trailing space/newlines
+            Some(content.trim().to_string())
+        },
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("IO ERROR: {}", e);
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+fn list_files(path: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let mut res = Vec::new();
+    match fs::read_dir(path) {
+        Ok(files) => {
+            for r in files {
+                match r {
+                    Ok(entry) => {
+                        let file = entry.path();
+                        if file.is_file() {
+                            res.push(file);
+                        }
+                    },
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("IOERROR: {}", e)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("IOERROR: {}", e);
+        }
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+// If the file doesn't exist or fails, return false
+fn is_executable(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    match fs::metadata(path) {
+        Ok(stat) => {
+            let mode = stat.mode();
+            // Check user exec permission)
+            if (mode & 0o100) == 0o100 {
+                true
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        },
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("IO Error: {}", e);
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 56e8eba..daacb14 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::env;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 mod log;
+mod db;
 
 fn main() {
 
@@ -12,5 +13,13 @@ fn main() {
     test.insert("$i18n_task".to_string(), "test");
     log::info("process", Some(&test));
 
+    let db = db::Database::from_folder(&base_dir);
+    let truc = db.tasks();
+    println!("{:?}", truc);
+
+    for task in truc {
+        println!("{:#?}", task);
+    }
+
     //let log_level = env::var("LOG").unwrap_or
 }