diff --git a/dropshell-tool/CMakeLists.txt b/dropshell-tool/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+set(PROJECT_EXE_NAME dropshell-tool)
+project(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} VERSION 1.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+# Force static linking globally
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a")
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build shared libraries" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE OFF)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -static")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -static")
+set(ZLIB_USE_STATIC_LIBS "ON")
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 23)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+# Set default build type to Release if not specified
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build (Debug or Release)" FORCE)
+endif()
+
+# Configure build-specific compiler flags
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3 -DNDEBUG")
+
+# Configure version information
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_YEAR "%Y")
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_MONTH "%m")
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_DAY "%d")
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_HOUR "%H")
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_MINUTE "%M")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION "${CURRENT_YEAR}.${CURRENT_MONTH}${CURRENT_DAY}.${CURRENT_HOUR}${CURRENT_MINUTE}")
+string(TIMESTAMP RELEASE_DATE "%Y-%m-%d")
+
+# Configure version.hpp file
+configure_file(
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/version.hpp.in"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/autogen/version.hpp"
+    @ONLY
+)
+
+# Set CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to include our custom find modules
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
+
+# Auto-detect source files
+file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES "src/*.cpp")
+file(GLOB_RECURSE HEADERS "src/*.hpp")
+
+# Add custom target to run cmake_prebuild.sh at the start of the build process
+add_custom_target(run_prebuild_script ALL
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Running cmake_prebuild.sh..."
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env bash ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_prebuild.sh
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
+
+# Add executable
+add_executable(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} ${SOURCES})
+add_dependencies(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} run_prebuild_script)
+
+# Set include directories
+# build dir goes first so that we can use the generated version.hpp
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} PRIVATE 
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/autogen>
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+)
+
+# Configure libassert
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  libassert
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/jeremy-rifkin/libassert.git
+  GIT_TAG        v2.1.5
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(libassert)
+
+# Add cpptrace
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  cpptrace
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/jeremy-rifkin/cpptrace.git
+  GIT_TAG        v0.8.3
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cpptrace)
+
+# Add nlohmann/json
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  nlohmann_json
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git
+  GIT_TAG        v3.11.3
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nlohmann_json)
+
+# Link libraries
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} PRIVATE
+    libassert::assert
+    cpptrace::cpptrace
+    nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
+)
+
+# Set static linking flags
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} PROPERTIES
+    LINK_FLAGS "-static"
+)
+
+# Install targets
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_EXE_NAME}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION $ENV{HOME}/.local/bin
+)
+
diff --git a/dropshell-tool/cmake_prebuild.sh b/dropshell-tool/cmake_prebuild.sh
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+++ b/dropshell-tool/cmake_prebuild.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "cmake_prebuild.sh complete."
diff --git a/dropshell-tool/src/main.cpp b/dropshell-tool/src/main.cpp
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+++ b/dropshell-tool/src/main.cpp
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+/*
+    dropshell-tool
+
+    dropshell-tool install <tool_name>
+        - confirms dropshell-tool is fully initialised:
+            - adds a line to the user's .bashrc file to source the dropshell-tool ~/.bashrc_dropshell_tool script, if it doesn't exist
+            - creates an empty ~/.bashrc_dropshell_tool script if it doesn't exist
+            - creates the ~/.config/dropshell-tool directory, if it does not exist
+            - creates the ~/.local/bin/dropshell-tool directory, if it does not exist
+
+        - removes the tool from the user's system if it is already installed, and the tool's entries in the ~/.bashrc_dropshell_tool script
+        - downloads the tool archive (tgz) from getbin.xyz (tool_name:ARCH), where ARCH is the architecture of the user's system, and unpacks it to the new tool directory: ~/.local/bin/dropshell-tool/<tool_name>/
+        - sets the PATH to include the tool directory, by modifying the ~/.bashrc_dropshell_tool script
+        - adds an entry for autocompletion for the tool to the ~/.bashrc_dropshell_tool script, where autocomplete just runs <tool_name> autocomplete <args>
+        - creates a ~/.config/dropshell-tool/tool_name.json file, which contains the tool's name, version (by running <tool_name> version), hash from getbin.xyz, and architecture
+        - reads the json file from the tgz called dropshell-tool-config.json:
+            - for each alias in the aliases array:
+                - check if another command is using the alias, and continue only if not
+                - check that the alias is not already in the ~/.bashrc_dropshell_tool script and continue only if not
+                - add an entry to the ~/.bashrc_dropshell_tool script to run the tool via the alias
+            - if the json file has a setup_script entry, run the script named in the entry in the tool directory - using sudo if the entry has sudo set to true.
+
+    dropshell-tool publish <tool_name:ARCH> <folder>
+        - checks that dropshell-tool-config.json exists in the folder, and is valid (see above)
+        - creates a tgz archive of the folder, and uploads it to getbin.xyz's simple object storage server.
+        - prints the URL and hash of the uploaded archive
+        - uses the token ~/.config/getbin.xyz/write_token.txt, or prompts the user for a token if it is not found and writes it to the file
+
+    dropshell-tool update <tool_name>
+        - compares the hash from the ~/.config/dropshell-tool/tool_name.json file with the hash from getbin.xyz (tool_name:ARCH), and continues only if they are different
+        - checks the version from the ~/.config/dropshell-tool/tool_name.json file with the version from getbin.xyz (tool_name:ARCH), and continues only if the remote version is newer (installed is older)
+        - installs the tool as per the install command
+
+    dropshell-tool update all
+        - runs update on all installed tools
+
+    dropshell-tool autocomplete <args>
+        - shows autocomplete for dropshell-tool, and then exits
+        - the tool list to choose from when calling install is hard coded in the autocomplete function
+
+    dropshell-tool version
+        - prints the version of dropshell-tool
+
+    dropshell-tool create <tool_name>
+        - creates a new tool source directory in relative path <tool_name> if it doesn't exist
+        - creates a dropshell-tool-config.json file in the tool source directory if it doesn't exist, with the following entries:
+            - aliases: an array of aliases for the tool
+            - setup_script: the name of the setup script to run (setup_script.sh)
+        - creates a setup_script.sh file in the tool source directory if it doesn't exist, that just prints a completion message and exits
+
+    dropshell-tool help
+        - shows this help message
+
+
+*/
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diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+# install dropshell-tools!