diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-app.yml b/.github/workflows/c-app.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41c71e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-app.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: C application
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.8
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install meson ninja
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    - name: Setup meson build
+      run: |
+        meson setup build
+    - name: Compile with meson
+      run: |
+        meson compile -C build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c7f5067..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
-# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
-
-name: Python application
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ master ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.8
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install flake8 pytest
-        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      run: |
-        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-    - name: Test with pytest
-      run: |
-        pytest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2b9b60..19bf526 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-__pycache__
-pyvenv.cfg
-.vscode
-.cache
-.pytest_cache
-
-# virtual environments for win and linux
-wenv
-lenv
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+build
+.venv
+*.o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 189bc27..8f2e933 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
-## Textbrowser
+### Prereqs
+- ncurses
+- curl
 
-### Setting up
-```bash
-    python3 -m venv venv
-
-    # linux/macoss
-    source ./venv/bin/activate
-    # windows
-    venv\Scripts\activate.bat
-
-    pip3 install -r ./requirements.txt
-```
-### Running
-```bash
-	python3 -m textbrowser
-```
-### Testing
-```bash
-	pytest .
-```
+### Setup
+```python
+    python3 -m venv .venv
+    source .venv/bin/activate
+    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+```
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diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfe9d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+project('textbrowser', 'c')
+
+ncurses = dependency('ncurses', version: '>=5.7')
+curl = dependency('libcurl', version: '>=8.5')
+
+executable('textbrowser', 'src/main.c', dependencies: [ncurses, curl])
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diff --git a/old/.gitignore b/old/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2b9b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/old/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+__pycache__
+pyvenv.cfg
+.vscode
+.cache
+.pytest_cache
+
+# virtual environments for win and linux
+wenv
+lenv
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diff --git a/old/README.md b/old/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..189bc27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/old/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## Textbrowser
+
+### Setting up
+```bash
+    python3 -m venv venv
+
+    # linux/macoss
+    source ./venv/bin/activate
+    # windows
+    venv\Scripts\activate.bat
+
+    pip3 install -r ./requirements.txt
+```
+### Running
+```bash
+	python3 -m textbrowser
+```
+### Testing
+```bash
+	pytest .
+```
diff --git a/old/requirements.txt b/old/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..839b7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/old/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+aiocontextvars==0.2.2
+appdirs==1.4.3
+astroid==2.4.1
+attrs==19.3.0
+beautifulsoup4==4.8.0
+certifi==2024.7.4
+chardet==3.0.4
+colorama==0.4.1
+contextvars==2.4
+distlib==0.3.0
+filelock==3.0.12
+idna==3.7
+immutables==0.12
+importlib-metadata==1.6.0
+importlib-resources==1.5.0
+isort==4.3.21
+lazy-object-proxy==1.4.3
+loguru==0.6.0
+mccabe==0.6.1
+more-itertools==8.2.0
+packaging==20.3
+pluggy==0.13.1
+py==1.10.0
+pyfakefs==4.2.1
+pylint==2.5.2
+pyparsing==2.4.7
+pytest==5.4.1
+requests==2.32.4
+six==1.14.0
+soupsieve==2.0
+toml==0.10.0
+typed-ast==1.4.1
+urllib3==2.5.0
+virtualenv==20.26.6
+wcwidth==0.1.9
+wrapt==1.12.1
+zipp==3.19.1
diff --git a/test/__init__.py b/old/test/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/__init__.py
rename to old/test/__init__.py
diff --git a/test/test_browser.py b/old/test/test_browser.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/test_browser.py
rename to old/test/test_browser.py
diff --git a/test/test_caching.py b/old/test/test_caching.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/test_caching.py
rename to old/test/test_caching.py
diff --git a/textbrowser/__init__.py b/old/textbrowser/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from textbrowser/__init__.py
rename to old/textbrowser/__init__.py
diff --git a/textbrowser/__main__.py b/old/textbrowser/__main__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from textbrowser/__main__.py
rename to old/textbrowser/__main__.py
diff --git a/textbrowser/argparser.py b/old/textbrowser/argparser.py
similarity index 100%
rename from textbrowser/argparser.py
rename to old/textbrowser/argparser.py
diff --git a/textbrowser/browser.py b/old/textbrowser/browser.py
similarity index 100%
rename from textbrowser/browser.py
rename to old/textbrowser/browser.py
diff --git a/textbrowser/cache.py b/old/textbrowser/cache.py
similarity index 100%
rename from textbrowser/cache.py
rename to old/textbrowser/cache.py
diff --git a/textbrowser/utils.py b/old/textbrowser/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from textbrowser/utils.py
rename to old/textbrowser/utils.py
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 839b7a1..a2c9c7e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,37 +1,2 @@
-aiocontextvars==0.2.2
-appdirs==1.4.3
-astroid==2.4.1
-attrs==19.3.0
-beautifulsoup4==4.8.0
-certifi==2024.7.4
-chardet==3.0.4
-colorama==0.4.1
-contextvars==2.4
-distlib==0.3.0
-filelock==3.0.12
-idna==3.7
-immutables==0.12
-importlib-metadata==1.6.0
-importlib-resources==1.5.0
-isort==4.3.21
-lazy-object-proxy==1.4.3
-loguru==0.6.0
-mccabe==0.6.1
-more-itertools==8.2.0
-packaging==20.3
-pluggy==0.13.1
-py==1.10.0
-pyfakefs==4.2.1
-pylint==2.5.2
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-pytest==5.4.1
-requests==2.32.4
-six==1.14.0
-soupsieve==2.0
-toml==0.10.0
-typed-ast==1.4.1
-urllib3==2.5.0
-virtualenv==20.26.6
-wcwidth==0.1.9
-wrapt==1.12.1
-zipp==3.19.1
+meson==1.9.1
+ninja==1.13.0
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be2d97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+// request history
+static char ** history[100][100];
+static int history_ptr = 0;
+static int history_size = 100;
+
+// response cache
+// actual array of responses
+// keys of pages that point to responses
+
+typedef enum { InputOk = 0, InputInvalid = 1, InputUnsafe = 2 } InputError;
+
+typedef struct {
+    char* input;
+    InputError error;
+} InputResult;
+
+typedef struct {
+    char* content;
+    uint32_t size;
+    InputError error;
+} RequestResult;
+
+typedef enum { Noop = 0, Exit = 1, Help = 2, History = 3 } Command;
+
+void print_help() {
+    printw("Textbrowser provides a most simple way to peek at websites\n\
+        :help - print this help\n\
+        :exit - to exit browser\n\
+        :history - to exit browser");
+    refresh();
+}
+
+void print_history() {
+    for (int i = 0; i < history_ptr; i++) {
+        printw("%d: %s\n", i + 1, history[i]);
+    }
+    refresh();
+}
+
+Command is_command(const char * input) {
+    // trie is much more efficient here but for simplicity we use strcmp
+    if (strcmp(input, ":help") == 0) {
+        return Help;
+    } else if (strcmp(input, ":exit") == 0) {
+        return Exit;
+    } else if (strcmp(input, ":history") == 0) {
+        return History;
+    }
+
+    // clear or clean
+
+    return Noop;
+}
+
+void handle_command(Command cmd) {
+    switch (cmd) {
+        case Help:
+            print_help();
+            break;
+        case Exit:
+            printw("Exiting the application\n");
+            exit(0);
+            break;
+        case History:
+            print_history();
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+
+RequestResult request(const char * url) {
+    CURL* conn = curl_easy_init();
+    if (conn == NULL) {
+        return (RequestResult){ .content = NULL, .size = 0, .error = 1 };
+    }
+
+    curl_easy_setopt(conn, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+    CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(conn);
+
+    if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+        curl_easy_cleanup(conn);
+        return (RequestResult){ .content = NULL, .size = 0, .error = 1 };
+    }
+
+    char * buf = (char* ) malloc(4086 * sizeof(char));
+    uint32_t actual_size = 0;
+    curl_easy_recv(conn, buf, sizeof(buf), &actual_size);
+
+    curl_socket_t sockfd;
+
+    /* Extract the socket from the curl handle - we need it for waiting. */
+    res = curl_easy_getinfo(conn, CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET, &sockfd);
+    if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+        curl_easy_cleanup(conn);
+        return (RequestResult){ .content = NULL, .size = 0, .error = 1 };
+    }
+      /* read data */
+    res = curl_easy_recv(conn, buf, sizeof(buf), &actual_size);
+
+    curl_easy_cleanup(conn);
+
+    return (RequestResult){ .content = buf, .size = actual_size, .error = 0 };
+}
+
+InputResult validate_input(const char * input) {
+    return (InputResult){ .input = input, 0 };
+}
+
+InputResult sanitize_input(const char * input) {
+    return (InputResult){ .input = input, 0 };
+}
+
+int main() {
+    WINDOW* wnd = initscr();            // Start ncurses mode
+    
+    char buf[80];
+
+    do {
+        printw("\n> Where you want to go: ");
+        refresh();
+        getstr(buf);
+
+        Command cmd = is_command(buf);
+        if (cmd != Noop) {
+            handle_command(cmd);
+            continue;
+        }
+        
+        InputResult sanitized = sanitize_input(&buf);
+        if (sanitized.error != InputOk) {
+            printw("Dangerous input provided\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        InputResult validated = validate_input(sanitized.input);
+        if (validated.error != InputOk) {
+            printw("Invalid input provided\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // cache lookup first and then attempt to request
+        RequestResult response = request(validated.input);
+        if (response.error != 0) {
+            printw("Failed to fetch the page\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        printw("%s\n", buf);
+
+        // check if history is full
+        // have a deque structure for history
+        if (history_ptr < history_size) {
+            strcpy(history[history_ptr++], buf);
+        }
+
+    } while (true);
+    
+    endwin();
+    return 0;
+}
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