diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 48bb7bf..b2baafd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
-version = "0.6.18"
+version = "0.6.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8acc5369981196006228e28809f761875c0327210a891e941f4c683b3a99529b"
+checksum = "3ae563653d1938f79b1ab1b5e668c87c76a9930414574a6583a7b7e11a8e6192"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "anstyle-parse",
@@ -19,56 +19,56 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle"
-version = "1.0.10"
+version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55cc3b69f167a1ef2e161439aa98aed94e6028e5f9a59be9a6ffb47aef1651f9"
+checksum = "862ed96ca487e809f1c8e5a8447f6ee2cf102f846893800b20cebdf541fc6bbd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle-parse"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b2d16507662817a6a20a9ea92df6652ee4f94f914589377d69f3b21bc5798a9"
+checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
 dependencies = [
  "utf8parse",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle-query"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79947af37f4177cfead1110013d678905c37501914fba0efea834c3fe9a8d60c"
+checksum = "9e231f6134f61b71076a3eab506c379d4f36122f2af15a9ff04415ea4c3339e2"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle-wincon"
-version = "3.0.8"
+version = "3.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6680de5231bd6ee4c6191b8a1325daa282b415391ec9d3a37bd34f2060dc73fa"
+checksum = "3e0633414522a32ffaac8ac6cc8f748e090c5717661fddeea04219e2344f5f2a"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.9.1"
+version = "2.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b8e56985ec62d17e9c1001dc89c88ecd7dc08e47eba5ec7c29c7b5eeecde967"
+checksum = "6a65b545ab31d687cff52899d4890855fec459eb6afe0da6417b8a18da87aa29"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+checksum = "9555578bc9e57714c812a1f84e4fc5b4d21fcb063490c624de019f7464c91268"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.39"
+version = "4.5.45"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd60e63e9be68e5fb56422e397cf9baddded06dae1d2e523401542383bc72a9f"
+checksum = "1fc0e74a703892159f5ae7d3aac52c8e6c392f5ae5f359c70b5881d60aaac318"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.39"
+version = "4.5.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89cc6392a1f72bbeb820d71f32108f61fdaf18bc526e1d23954168a67759ef51"
+checksum = "b3e7f4214277f3c7aa526a59dd3fbe306a370daee1f8b7b8c987069cd8e888a8"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.32"
+version = "4.5.45"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09176aae279615badda0765c0c0b3f6ed53f4709118af73cf4655d85d1530cd7"
+checksum = "14cb31bb0a7d536caef2639baa7fad459e15c3144efefa6dbd1c84562c4739f6"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -100,24 +100,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f46ad14479a25103f283c0f10005961cf086d8dc42205bb44c46ac563475dca6"
+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
+checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
-version = "0.3.12"
+version = "0.3.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cea14ef9355e3beab063703aa9dab15afd25f0667c341310c1e5274bb1d0da18"
+checksum = "778e2ac28f6c47af28e4907f13ffd1e1ddbd400980a9abd7c8df189bf578a5ad"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.172"
+version = "0.2.175"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d750af042f7ef4f724306de029d18836c26c1765a54a6a3f094cbd23a7267ffa"
+checksum = "6a82ae493e598baaea5209805c49bbf2ea7de956d50d7da0da1164f9c6d28543"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ name = "llm_json"
 version = "1.0.2"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "libc",
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
@@ -180,9 +181,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.7.4"
+version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
+checksum = "32a282da65faaf38286cf3be983213fcf1d2e2a58700e808f83f4ea9a4804bc0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
@@ -198,9 +199,9 @@ checksum = "a4895175b425cb1f87721b59f0f286c2092bd4af812243672510e1ac53e2e0ad"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.95"
+version = "1.0.101"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02b3e5e68a3a1a02aad3ec490a98007cbc13c37cbe84a3cd7b8e406d76e7f778"
+checksum = "89ae43fd86e4158d6db51ad8e2b80f313af9cc74f5c0e03ccb87de09998732de"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,21 +217,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "r-efi"
-version = "5.2.0"
+version = "5.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
+checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c71e83d6afe7ff64890ec6b71d6a69bb8a610ab78ce364b3352876bb4c801266"
+checksum = "11181fbabf243db407ef8df94a6ce0b2f9a733bd8be4ad02b4eda9602296cac8"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -261,9 +262,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.140"
+version = "1.0.142"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20068b6e96dc6c9bd23e01df8827e6c7e1f2fddd43c21810382803c136b99373"
+checksum = "030fedb782600dcbd6f02d479bf0d817ac3bb40d644745b769d6a96bc3afc5a7"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -279,9 +280,9 @@ checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.101"
+version = "2.0.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ce2b7fc941b3a24138a0a7cf8e858bfc6a992e7978a068a5c760deb0ed43caf"
+checksum = "ede7c438028d4436d71104916910f5bb611972c5cfd7f89b8300a8186e6fada6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -342,13 +343,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-link"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e6ad25900d524eaabdbbb96d20b4311e1e7ae1699af4fb28c17ae66c80d798a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.59.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.60.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2f500e4d28234f72040990ec9d39e3a6b950f9f22d3dba18416c35882612bcb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.53.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -357,14 +373,31 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
- "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.53.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5fe6031c4041849d7c496a8ded650796e7b6ecc19df1a431c1a363342e5dc91"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.53.0",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.53.0",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.53.0",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm 0.53.0",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.53.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.53.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.53.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.53.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -373,48 +406,96 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86b8d5f90ddd19cb4a147a5fa63ca848db3df085e25fee3cc10b39b6eebae764"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7651a1f62a11b8cbd5e0d42526e55f2c99886c77e007179efff86c2b137e66c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e9b5ad5ab802e97eb8e295ac6720e509ee4c243f69d781394014ebfe8bbfa0b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1dc67659d35f387f5f6c479dc4e28f1d4bb90ddd1a5d3da2e5d97b42d6272c3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ce6ccbdedbf6d6354471319e781c0dfef054c81fbc7cf83f338a4296c0cae11"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "581fee95406bb13382d2f65cd4a908ca7b1e4c2f1917f143ba16efe98a589b5d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2e55b5ac9ea33f2fc1716d1742db15574fd6fc8dadc51caab1c16a3d3b4190ba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a6e035dd0599267ce1ee132e51c27dd29437f63325753051e71dd9e42406c57"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.53.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "271414315aff87387382ec3d271b52d7ae78726f5d44ac98b4f4030c91880486"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
 version = "0.39.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bcefb00..440afd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ readme = "README.md"
 description = "Rust crate to fix malformed JSON outputs from LLMs"
 keywords = ["LLM", "json-fixer", "fix"]
 
+[lib]
+name = "llm_json"
+crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "llm_json"
 path = "src/bin/main.rs"
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/bin/main.rs"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive"] }
+libc = "0.2.175"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.0"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index efd563d..a175265 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
 //! let value = loads(broken_json, &Default::default()).unwrap();
 //! ```
 
+use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{self, Read};
 use std::path::Path;
+use libc::c_char;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 /// Errors that can occur during JSON repair
@@ -733,6 +735,23 @@ pub fn load<R: Read>(mut reader: R, options: &RepairOptions) -> Result<Value, Js
     loads(&content, options)
 }
 
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn free_string(s: *mut c_char) {
+    if !s.is_null() {
+        unsafe {
+            let _ = CString::from_raw(s); // Frees the string
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+extern "C" fn repair(json_str: *const c_char) -> *mut c_char {
+    let json_str = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(json_str) }.to_str().unwrap();
+    let options = RepairOptions::default();
+    let result = repair_json(json_str, &options).unwrap();
+    CString::new(result).unwrap().into_raw()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;