diff --git a/py/Makefile b/py/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b3f92f
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+++ b/py/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+SRC = ../src
+
+SOURCE_FILES = $(SRC)/spiffs_cache.c \
+	$(SRC)/spiffs_check.c \
+	$(SRC)/spiffs_gc.c \
+	$(SRC)/spiffs_hydrogen.c \
+	$(SRC)/spiffs_nucleus.c \
+	python_ops.c
+
+INCLUDES = -I . \
+	-I $(SRC)/ \
+	-I $(SRC)/default
+
+spiffs_.so: $(SOURCE_FILES)
+	$(CC) -g3 -fPIC -shared $(INCLUDES) -o $@ $(SOURCE_FILES) -lm
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf spiffs_.so *~ *.pyc
diff --git a/py/params_test.h b/py/params_test.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e81ff38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/params_test.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+typedef int32_t s32_t;
+typedef uint32_t u32_t;
+typedef int16_t s16_t;
+typedef uint16_t u16_t;
+typedef int8_t s8_t;
+typedef uint8_t u8_t;
diff --git a/py/python_ops.c b/py/python_ops.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..057be82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/python_ops.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "spiffs.h"
+
+static s32_t my_spiffs_read(u32_t addr, u32_t size, u8_t *dst) {
+	//my_spi_read(addr, size, dst);
+	printf("SPI read %d bytes at %x\n",size,addr);
+
+	return SPIFFS_OK;
+}
+
+static s32_t my_spiffs_write(u32_t addr, u32_t size, u8_t *src) {
+	//my_spi_write(addr, size, src);
+	printf("SPI write %d bytes at %x\n",size, addr);
+	return SPIFFS_OK;
+}
+
+static s32_t my_spiffs_erase(u32_t addr, u32_t size) {
+	//my_spi_erase(addr, size);
+	printf("SPI erase %d blocks at %x\n",size, addr);
+	return SPIFFS_OK;
+}
+
+#define LOG_PAGE_SIZE (256)
+
+void *my_spiffs_mount(int phys_size,
+                      int phys_addr,
+                      int phys_erase_block,
+                      int log_page_size,
+                      int log_block_size,
+                      s32_t (read_cb)(u32_t addr, u32_t size, u8_t *dst),
+                      s32_t (write_cb)(u32_t addr, u32_t size, u8_t *src),
+                      s32_t (erase_cb)(u32_t addr, u32_t size)
+                      ) {
+
+	spiffs *fs = malloc(sizeof(spiffs));
+
+	uint8_t *spiffs_work_buf = malloc(log_page_size*2);
+#define SPIFFS_FDS_SIZE (32*4)
+	uint8_t *spiffs_fds = malloc(SPIFFS_FDS_SIZE);
+#define SPIFFS_CACHE_BUF_SIZE ((log_page_size+32)*4)
+	uint8_t *spiffs_cache_buf = malloc(SPIFFS_CACHE_BUF_SIZE);
+
+	spiffs_config cfg;
+	cfg.phys_size = phys_size; // use all spi flash
+	cfg.phys_addr = phys_addr; // start spiffs at start of spi flash
+	cfg.phys_erase_block = phys_erase_block; // according to datasheet
+	cfg.log_block_size = log_block_size; // let us not complicate things
+	cfg.log_page_size = log_page_size; // as we said
+
+	cfg.hal_read_f = read_cb;
+	cfg.hal_write_f = write_cb;
+	cfg.hal_erase_f = erase_cb;
+
+	int res = SPIFFS_mount(fs,
+	                       &cfg,
+	                       spiffs_work_buf,
+	                       spiffs_fds,
+	                       SPIFFS_FDS_SIZE,
+	                       spiffs_cache_buf,
+	                       SPIFFS_CACHE_BUF_SIZE,
+	                       0);
+	//printf("mount res: %i\n", res);
+
+	return res?NULL:(void *)fs;
+}
+
+int my_dir(spiffs *fs,
+           void (entry_cb)(char *name, int size, int id))
+{
+
+	spiffs_DIR d;
+	struct spiffs_dirent e;
+	struct spiffs_dirent *pe = &e;
+
+	int ret;
+
+	SPIFFS_clearerr(fs);
+
+	if (NULL==SPIFFS_opendir(fs, "/", &d)) goto done;
+
+	while ((pe = SPIFFS_readdir(&d, pe))) {
+		entry_cb(pe->name, pe->size, pe->obj_id);
+	}
+
+	if (SPIFFS_closedir(&d)) goto done;
+	SPIFFS_clearerr(fs);
+
+ done:
+	return SPIFFS_errno(fs);
+}
diff --git a/py/spiffs.py b/py/spiffs.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1a4d65b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/spiffs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import ctypes
+
+import os,sys,copy,math
+this_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+assert(0==os.system('cd "%s" && make spiffs_.so' % this_path))
+
+spiffs_lib = ctypes.CDLL(os.path.join(this_path,'spiffs_.so'))
+
+SPIFFS_O_APPEND  = SPIFFS_APPEND = (1<<0)
+SPIFFS_O_TRUNC   = SPIFFS_TRUNC  = (1<<1)
+SPIFFS_O_CREAT   = SPIFFS_CREAT  = (1<<2)
+SPIFFS_O_RDONLY  = SPIFFS_RDONLY = (1<<3)
+SPIFFS_O_WRONLY  = SPIFFS_WRONLY = (1<<4)
+SPIFFS_O_RDWR    = SPIFFS_RDWR   = (SPIFFS_RDONLY | SPIFFS_WRONLY)
+SPIFFS_O_DIRECT  = SPIFFS_DIRECT = (1<<5)
+SPIFFS_O_EXCL    = SPIFFS_EXCL   = (1<<6)
+
+SPIFFS_SEEK_SET = 0
+SPIFFS_SEEK_CUR = 1
+SPIFFS_SEEK_END = 2
+
+class SpiffsException(Exception): pass
+
+class Spiffs(object):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 phys_size,
+                 phys_addr = 0,
+                 phys_erase_block = 65536,
+                 log_page_size = 256,
+                 log_block_size = 65536):
+
+        self.phys_size = phys_size
+        self.phys_addr = phys_addr
+        self.phys_erase_block = phys_erase_block
+        self.log_page_size = log_page_size
+        self.log_block_size = log_block_size
+
+        self.mount()
+
+    def mount(self):
+
+        RWCallback = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(ctypes.c_int32,
+                                      ctypes.c_uint32, #addr
+                                      ctypes.c_uint32, #size
+                                      ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint8), # data
+        )
+
+        EraseCallback = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(ctypes.c_int32,
+                                         ctypes.c_uint32, #addr
+                                         ctypes.c_uint32, #size
+        )
+
+        # hold a reference, otherwise garbage-collection crash
+        self._rcb = RWCallback(self._on_read)
+        self._wcb = RWCallback(self._on_write)
+        self._ecb = EraseCallback(self._on_erase)
+
+        self.fs = spiffs_lib.my_spiffs_mount(self.phys_size,
+                                             self.phys_addr,
+                                             self.phys_erase_block,
+                                             self.log_page_size,
+                                             self.log_block_size,
+                                             self._rcb,
+                                             self._wcb,
+                                             self._ecb)
+
+    def _on_read(self, addr, size, dst):
+        "Extra layer of indirection to unwrap the ctypes stuff"
+        data = self.on_read(int(addr), int(size))
+        for i in range(size):
+            dst[i] = ord(data[i])
+
+        return 0
+
+    def _on_write(self, addr, size, src):
+        data = [chr(src[i]) for i in range(size)]
+        self.on_write(addr, size, data)
+        return 0
+
+    def _on_erase(self, addr, size):
+        print "on_erase",args
+        self.on_erase(addr, size)
+        return 0
+
+    ##############################################
+    # Backend interface
+
+    def on_read(self, addr, size):
+        "Subclass me!"
+        print "read",addr,size
+        return '\xff'*size
+
+    def on_write(self, addr, size, data):
+        "Subclass me!"
+        print "on_write",addr,size
+
+    def on_erase(self, addr, size):
+        "Subclass me!"
+        print "on_erase",addr,size
+
+    ##############################################
+    # API wrap
+
+    def fopen(self, filename, flags):
+        return spiffs_lib.SPIFFS_open(self.fs, filename, flags)
+
+    def fwrite(self, fd, data):
+        res = spiffs_lib.SPIFFS_write(self.fs, fd, data, len(data))
+        if res != len(data): raise SpiffsException(res)
+
+    def fread(self, fd, count=1):
+        buf = (ctypes.c_uint8 * count)()
+        res = spiffs_lib.SPIFFS_read(self.fs, fd, buf, count)
+        if res<0: raise SpiffsException(res)
+        ret = [chr(c) for c in buf][:res]
+        return ret
+
+    def fclose(self, fd):
+        res = spiffs_lib.SPIFFS_close(self.fs, fd)
+        if res<0: raise SpiffsException(res)
+
+    def dir(self):
+        entries=[]
+        def collect_entry(name, size, dentry_id):
+            entries.append([str(name), int(size), int(dentry_id)])
+
+        EntryCallback = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(None,
+                                         ctypes.c_char_p,
+                                         ctypes.c_uint32, #size
+                                         ctypes.c_uint32 #id)
+        )
+        entry_cb = EntryCallback(collect_entry)
+
+        res = spiffs_lib.my_dir(self.fs, entry_cb)
+
+        if res: raise SpiffsException(res)
+
+        return entries
+
+    def fseek(self, fd, offset, whence = SPIFFS_SEEK_SET):
+        res = spiffs_lib.SPIFFS_lseek(self.fs, fd, offset, whence)
+        if res<0: raise SpiffsException(res)
+        return res
+
+    def ftell(self, fd):
+        res = spiffs_lib.SPIFFS_tell(self.fs, fd)
+        if res<0: raise SpiffsException(res)
+        return res
+
+    def remove(self, path):
+        res = spiffs_lib.SPIFFS_remove(self.fs, path)
+        if res<0: raise SpiffsException(res)
+
+        ##############################################
+        # Pythonic API
+
+    def open(self, filename, mode=None):
+        mode = mode or 'r'
+
+        mode = ''.join(mode.split('b'))
+
+        spiffs_mode = {'r':SPIFFS_RDONLY,
+                       'r+':SPIFFS_RDWR,
+                       'w':SPIFFS_WRONLY | SPIFFS_TRUNC | SPIFFS_CREAT,
+                       'w+':SPIFFS_RDWR | SPIFFS_TRUNC | SPIFFS_CREAT,
+                       'a':SPIFFS_WRONLY,
+                       'a+':SPIFFS_RDWR}[mode]
+
+        fd = self.fopen(filename, spiffs_mode)
+
+        if fd<0: raise SpiffsException(fd)
+
+        if mode.startswith('a'):
+            self.fseek(fd, 0, SPIFFS_SEEK_END)
+
+        return SpiffsFile(self, fd)
+
+class SpiffsFile(object):
+    "A Python file-like interface"
+    def __init__(self, parent, fd):
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.fd = fd
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.close()
+
+    def read(self, count=-1):
+        if count < 1:
+            pos = self.tell()
+            size = self.seek(0, SPIFFS_SEEK_END)
+            self.seek(pos)
+            count = size-pos
+        return ''.join(self.parent.fread(self.fd, count))
+
+    def write(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.parent.fwrite(self.fd, *args, **kwargs)
+    def close(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.parent.fclose(self.fd, *args, **kwargs)
+    def seek(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.parent.fseek(self.fd, *args, **kwargs)
+    def tell(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.parent.ftell(self.fd, *args, **kwargs)
+
+class SpiffsCharsBack(Spiffs):
+    "list-of-chars as block device"
+
+    def __init__(self, chars):
+        self.chars = chars
+        super(SpiffsFileBack, self).__init__(len(chars))
+
+    def on_read(self, addr, size):
+        return ''.join(self.chars[addr:size])
+
+    def on_write(self, addr, size, data):
+        was_data = self.chars[addr:size]
+        is_data = []
+
+        for was,new in zip(was_data,data):
+            now = ord(was) & ord(new)
+            is_data.append(chr(now))
+
+        self.chars[addr:addr+size] = is_data
+
+    def on_erase(self, addr, size):
+        self.chars[addr:addr+size] = ['\xff'] * size
+
+class SpiffsFileBack(Spiffs):
+    def __init__(self, fd):
+        self.back_fd = fd
+        fd.seek(0,2) # to the end
+        size = fd.tell()
+        super(SpiffsFileBack, self).__init__(size)
+
+    def on_read(self, addr, size):
+        self.back_fd.seek(addr)
+        return self.back_fd.read(size)
+
+    def on_write(self, addr, size, data):
+        self.back_fd.seek(addr)
+        was_data = self.back_fd.read(size)
+        is_data = []
+
+        for was,new in zip(was_data,data):
+            now = ord(was) & ord(new)
+            is_data.append(chr(now))
+
+        self.back_fd.seek(addr)
+        self.back_fd.write(''.join(is_data))
+
+    def on_erase(self, addr, size):
+        self.back_fd.seek(addr)
+        self.back_fd.write('\xff'*size)
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+
+    file('/tmp/back.bin','w').write('\xff'*8*1024*1024)
+
+    with file('/tmp/back.bin','r+wb') as bf:
+        s = SpiffsFileBack(bf)
+        print s.dir()
+
+        fd = s.fopen("Hello", SPIFFS_CREAT | SPIFFS_WRONLY)
+        print fd
+        s.fwrite(fd, "Hello World")
+        s.fclose(fd)
+
+        print s.dir()
+
+        with s.open("Testfile","w") as tf:
+            for x in range(100):
+                print >> tf, "Test message",x,
+
+        print s.dir()
+        print s.open("Testfile").read()
+
+        print s.dir()
+        s.remove("Testfile")
+
+        print s.dir()