diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bec728..eb69df3 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
-project(BLT VERSION 0.7.0)
+project(BLT VERSION 0.8.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ option(ENABLE_TSAN "Enable the thread data race sanitizer" OFF)
 option(BUILD_STD "Build the BLT standard utilities." ON)
 option(BUILD_PROFILING "Build the BLT profiler extension" ON)
 option(BUILD_NBT "Build the BLT NBT + eNBT extension" ON)
+option(BUILD_PARSE "Build the BLT parsers" ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build the BLT test set" OFF)
 option(BLT_DISABLE_LOGGING "Disable blt::logging (all macros and will safely disable logging function!)" OFF)
 option(BLT_DISABLE_TRACE "Disable blt::logging BLT_TRACE macro" OFF)
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ else()
     set(NBT_FILES "")
 endif()
 
+if(${BUILD_PARSE})
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE PARSE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/blt/parse/*.cpp")
+else()
+    set(PARSE_FILES "")
+endif()
+
 #include zlib if the user has it.
 find_package(ZLIB QUIET)
 
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ message("Profiler Files ${PROFILING_FILES}")
 message("Source: ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
 message("Current Source: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
-add_library(BLT ${STD_FILES} ${PROFILING_FILES} ${NBT_FILES})
+add_library(BLT ${STD_FILES} ${PROFILING_FILES} ${NBT_FILES} ${PARSE_FILES})
 
 target_include_directories(BLT PUBLIC include/)
 target_include_directories(BLT PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config/)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 874ab2a..7428d83 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# **BLT v0.6.1a**
+# **BLT v0.8.0a**
 A C++20 common utilities library to make thing easy! 
 
 ![Icon](icon_large.png)
diff --git a/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h b/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h
index 7448432..5c8a4d5 100755
--- a/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h
+++ b/include/blt/nbt/nbt.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 namespace blt::nbt {
 #ifndef HASHMAP
+    #define HASHMAP HASHMAP
     template<typename K, typename V>
     using HASHMAP = std::unordered_map<K, V>;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/blt/parse/argparse.h b/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8669099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*
+ * Created by Brett on 28/07/23.
+ * Licensed under GNU General Public License V3.0
+ * See LICENSE file for license detail
+ */
+
+#ifndef BLT_TESTS_ARGPARSE_H
+#define BLT_TESTS_ARGPARSE_H
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <optional>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+namespace blt::parser {
+
+#ifndef HASHMAP
+    #define HASHMAP HASHMAP
+    template<typename K, typename V>
+    using HASHMAP = std::unordered_map<K, V>();
+#endif
+
+    enum class arg_action {
+            STORE,
+            STORE_CONST,
+            STORE_TRUE,
+            STORE_FALSE,
+            APPEND,
+            APPEND_CONST,
+            COUNT,
+            HELP,
+            VERSION,
+            EXTEND
+    };
+    
+    class arg_t {
+        private:
+        
+        public:
+        
+    };
+    
+    class arg_vector {
+        private:
+            std::vector<std::string> names;
+            std::vector<std::string> flags;
+            
+            void insertAndSort(const std::string& str);
+        public:
+            arg_vector() = default;
+            arg_vector(std::vector<std::string> args);
+            arg_vector(std::initializer_list<std::string> args);
+            arg_vector(const std::string& arg);
+            arg_vector(const char* arg);
+            
+            arg_vector& operator=(const std::string& arg);
+            arg_vector& operator=(const char* arg);
+            arg_vector& operator=(std::initializer_list<std::string>& args);
+            arg_vector& operator=(std::vector<std::string>& args);
+            
+            [[nodiscard]] inline std::vector<std::string>& getNames(){
+                return names;
+            }
+            [[nodiscard]] inline std::vector<std::string>& getFlags(){
+                return flags;
+            }
+    };
+    
+    class arg_nargs {
+        private:
+            static constexpr int UNKNOWN = 0x1;
+            static constexpr int ALL = 0x2;
+            static constexpr int ALL_REQUIRED = 0x4;
+            int args = 0;
+            int flags = 0;
+            void decode(char c);
+        public:
+            arg_nargs() = default;
+            arg_nargs(int args): args(args) {}
+            arg_nargs(char c);
+            arg_nargs(std::string s);
+            arg_nargs(const char* s);
+            arg_nargs& operator=(const std::string& s);
+            arg_nargs& operator=(const char* s);
+            arg_nargs& operator=(char c);
+            arg_nargs& operator=(int args);
+    };
+    
+    struct args_properties {
+        private:
+        public:
+            arg_vector a_flags;
+            arg_action a_action;
+            arg_nargs a_nargs;
+            std::optional<std::string> a_const;
+            std::string a_default;
+            std::string a_def;
+            std::string a_help;
+            std::string a_metavar;
+            bool a_required = false;
+    };
+    
+    class argparse {
+        private:
+        
+        public:
+            argparse() = default;
+            
+    };
+    
+}
+
+#endif //BLT_TESTS_ARGPARSE_H
diff --git a/libraries/parallel-hashmap b/libraries/parallel-hashmap
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..77cab81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/parallel-hashmap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 77cab8192a879e5d27188f97e8f2080dd7e36ca8
diff --git a/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp b/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b535e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Created by Brett on 28/07/23.
+ * Licensed under GNU General Public License V3.0
+ * See LICENSE file for license detail
+ */
+#include <blt/parse/argparse.h>
+
+namespace blt::parser {
+    
+    arg_vector::arg_vector(std::vector<std::string> args) {
+        for (auto& arg : args)
+            insertAndSort(arg);
+    }
+    
+    arg_vector::arg_vector(std::initializer_list<std::string> args) {
+        for (auto& arg : args)
+            insertAndSort(arg);
+    }
+    
+    arg_vector::arg_vector(const std::string& arg) {
+        insertAndSort(arg);
+    }
+    
+    arg_vector::arg_vector(const char* arg) {
+        insertAndSort(arg);
+    }
+    
+    arg_vector& arg_vector::operator=(const std::string& arg) {
+        insertAndSort(arg);
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    arg_vector& arg_vector::operator=(const char* arg) {
+        insertAndSort(arg);
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    arg_vector& arg_vector::operator=(std::initializer_list<std::string>& args) {
+        for (auto& arg : args)
+            insertAndSort(arg);
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    arg_vector& arg_vector::operator=(std::vector<std::string>& args) {
+        for (auto& arg : args)
+            insertAndSort(arg);
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    void arg_vector::insertAndSort(const std::string& str) {
+        if (str.starts_with('-'))
+            flags.push_back(str);
+        else
+            names.push_back(str);
+    }
+    
+    arg_nargs::arg_nargs(char c) {
+        decode(c);
+    }
+    
+    arg_nargs::arg_nargs(std::string s) {
+        decode(s[0]);
+    }
+    
+    arg_nargs::arg_nargs(const char* s) {
+        decode(*s);
+    }
+    
+    arg_nargs& arg_nargs::operator=(const std::string& s) {
+        decode(s[0]);
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    arg_nargs& arg_nargs::operator=(char c) {
+        decode(c);
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    arg_nargs& arg_nargs::operator=(int a) {
+        args = a;
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    arg_nargs& arg_nargs::operator=(const char* s) {
+        decode(*s);
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    void arg_nargs::decode(char c) {
+        if (c == '?')
+            flags |= UNKNOWN;
+        if (c == '+')
+            flags |= ALL_REQUIRED;
+        if (c == '*')
+            flags |= ALL;
+    }
+}
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