diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f3e56de..2825b4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,22 +7,38 @@ repository = "https://github.com/alemidev/fedicharter"
 readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[lib]
+name = "fedicharter"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "fedicharter-cli"
+path = "src/cli/main.rs"
+required-features = ["cli"]
+
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 async-recursion = "1.0.5"
-axum = "0.6.20"
 chrono = "0.4.31"
-clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive"] }
+thiserror = "1.0.49"
 derive_more = "0.99.17"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-# nodeinfo = { git = "https://codeberg.org/thefederationinfo/nodeinfo-rs.git" }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.20", features = ["json"] }
-sea-orm = { version = "0.12.3", features = ["runtime-tokio-native-tls", "sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.188", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.107"
-thiserror = "1.0.49"
-tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1.37"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
+tracing = "0.1.37" # TODO either this or log
+log = "0.4.20" # TODO either this or tracing
+#nodeinfo = { git = "https://codeberg.org/thefederationinfo/nodeinfo-rs.git" }
 
+# async runtime and cli stuff
+tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["full"], optional = true }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", optional = true }
+axum = { version = "0.6.20", optional = true }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.20", features = ["json"], optional = true }
+sea-orm = { version = "0.12.3", features = ["runtime-tokio-native-tls", "sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres"], optional = true }
+clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+
+
+[features]
+default = ["web", "cli"]
+db = ["dep:tokio", "dep:sea-orm", "dep:reqwest"]
+cli = ["db", "dep:axum", "dep:tracing-subscriber", "dep:clap"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/cli/main.rs
similarity index 87%
rename from src/main.rs
rename to src/cli/main.rs
index 9e7fb8f..f818a29 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/cli/main.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
-use crawl::collector::CollectorHandle;
+use fedicharter::crawl::collector::CollectorHandle;
 use sea_orm::Database;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, filter::{LevelFilter, filter_fn}};
 
-mod nodeinfo; // TODO this should me PRd into upstream
-
-mod entities;
-
-mod crawl;
-mod serve;
-
-
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 /// an API crawling akkoma bubble instances network and creating a map
 struct CliArgs {
@@ -79,12 +71,12 @@ async fn main() {
 				Some(host) => host.parse().expect("could not parse provided host"),
 				None => SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 18811)),
 			};
-			crate::serve::api_routes(addr, db).await;
+			fedicharter::serve::api_routes(addr, db).await;
 		},
 
 		CliAction::Crawl { mode: CliCrawlMode::Bubble { domain } } => {
 			let collector = CollectorHandle::new(db).await;
-			crate::crawl::bubble(&domain, collector).await.expect("network error wtf");
+			fedicharter::crawl::bubble(&domain, collector).await.expect("network error wtf");
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa7de5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+pub mod nodeinfo; // TODO this should me PRd into upstream
+
+#[cfg(feature = "db")]
+pub mod entities;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+pub mod crawl;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+pub mod serve;
diff --git a/src/nodeinfo/mod.rs b/src/nodeinfo/mod.rs
index a5f661f..7b08ec1 100644
--- a/src/nodeinfo/mod.rs
+++ b/src/nodeinfo/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 pub mod model;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cli")]
 pub mod fetcher;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cli")]
 pub use fetcher::fetch_node_info as fetch;