diff --git a/templates/library/.gitignore b/templates/library/.gitignore
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index 0000000..75ebfc7
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+++ b/templates/library/.gitignore
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+debug
+release
+lib
+*.bz2
diff --git a/templates/library/Makefile b/templates/library/Makefile
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+++ b/templates/library/Makefile
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+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SUFFIXES:
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(DEVKITPRO)),)
+$(error "Please set DEVKITPRO in your environment. export DEVKITPRO=<path to>/devkitpro")
+endif
+
+include $(DEVKITPRO)/devkitA64/base_rules
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# TARGET is the name of the output
+# SOURCES is a list of directories containing source code
+# DATA is a list of directories containing data files
+# INCLUDES is a list of directories containing header files
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TARGET		:=	$(notdir $(CURDIR))
+SOURCES		:=	source
+DATA		:=	data
+INCLUDES	:=
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# options for code generation
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ARCH	:=	-march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a57 -mtp=soft -fPIC -ftls-model=local-exec
+
+CFLAGS	:=	-g -Wall -Werror \
+			-ffunction-sections \
+			-fdata-sections \
+			$(ARCH) \
+			$(BUILD_CFLAGS)
+
+CFLAGS	+=	$(INCLUDE)
+
+CXXFLAGS	:= $(CFLAGS) -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -std=gnu++11
+
+ASFLAGS	:=	-g $(ARCH)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# list of directories containing libraries, this must be the top level containing
+# include and lib
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIBDIRS	:=
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# no real need to edit anything past this point unless you need to add additional
+# rules for different file extensions
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifneq ($(BUILD),$(notdir $(CURDIR)))
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export VPATH	:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) \
+			$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(CURDIR)/$(dir))
+
+CFILES		:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.c)))
+CPPFILES	:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cpp)))
+SFILES		:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.s)))
+BINFILES	:=	$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.*)))
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# use CXX for linking C++ projects, CC for standard C
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifeq ($(strip $(CPPFILES)),)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	export LD	:=	$(CC)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	export LD	:=	$(CXX)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export OFILES_BIN	:=	$(addsuffix .o,$(BINFILES))
+export OFILES_SRC	:=	$(CPPFILES:.cpp=.o) $(CFILES:.c=.o) $(SFILES:.s=.o)
+export OFILES 	:=	$(OFILES_BIN) $(OFILES_SRC)
+export HFILES	:=	$(addsuffix .h,$(subst .,_,$(BINFILES)))
+
+export INCLUDE	:=	$(foreach dir,$(INCLUDES),-I$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) \
+			$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-I$(dir)/include) \
+			-I. \
+			-iquote $(CURDIR)/include/switch/
+
+.PHONY: clean all
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+all: lib/lib$(TARGET).a lib/lib$(TARGET)d.a
+
+lib:
+	@[ -d $@ ] || mkdir -p $@
+
+release:
+	@[ -d $@ ] || mkdir -p $@
+
+debug:
+	@[ -d $@ ] || mkdir -p $@
+
+lib/lib$(TARGET).a : lib release $(SOURCES) $(INCLUDES)
+	@$(MAKE) BUILD=release OUTPUT=$(CURDIR)/$@ \
+	BUILD_CFLAGS="-DNDEBUG=1 -O2" \
+	DEPSDIR=$(CURDIR)/release \
+	--no-print-directory -C release \
+	-f $(CURDIR)/Makefile
+
+lib/lib$(TARGET)d.a : lib debug $(SOURCES) $(INCLUDES)
+	@$(MAKE) BUILD=debug OUTPUT=$(CURDIR)/$@ \
+	BUILD_CFLAGS="-DDEBUG=1 -Og" \
+	DEPSDIR=$(CURDIR)/debug \
+	--no-print-directory -C debug \
+	-f $(CURDIR)/Makefile
+
+dist-bin: all
+	@tar --exclude=*~ -cjf lib$(TARGET).tar.bz2 include lib
+
+dist-src:
+	@tar --exclude=*~ -cjf lib$(TARGET)-src.tar.bz2 include source Makefile
+
+dist: dist-src dist-bin
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+clean:
+	@echo clean ...
+	@rm -fr release debug lib *.bz2
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+
+DEPENDS	:=	$(OFILES:.o=.d)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# main targets
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(OUTPUT)	:	$(OFILES)
+
+$(OFILES_SRC)	: $(HFILES)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%_bin.h %.bin.o	:	%.bin
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	@echo $(notdir $<)
+	@$(bin2o)
+
+
+-include $(DEPENDS)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
diff --git a/templates/library/include/templatelib.h b/templates/library/include/templatelib.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38d25c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/library/include/templatelib.h
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+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+int myLibFunction();
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/templates/library/source/templatelib.c b/templates/library/source/templatelib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..570d9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/library/source/templatelib.c
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+int myLibFunction() {
+
+	
+	return 42;
+
+}