diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 /result
 flamegraph.svg
 perf.data*
-.env
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+.env
+/cli/env
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diff --git a/cli/requirements.txt b/cli/requirements.txt
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+++ b/cli/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tqdm
+websockets
diff --git a/cli/transbeam.py b/cli/transbeam.py
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+++ b/cli/transbeam.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import getpass
+import json
+import math
+import pathlib
+import sys
+from tqdm import tqdm
+from websockets import connect
+
+def file_loader(files):
+    with tqdm(desc="Total", total=sum(size for (path, size) in files), unit='B', unit_scale=True, leave=True, position=1) as total_progress:
+        for (path, size) in files:
+            with tqdm(desc=path.name, total=size, unit='B', unit_scale=True, leave=True, position=0) as file_progress:
+                with path.open("rb") as f:
+                    while f.tell() < size:
+                        data = f.read(min(16384, size - f.tell()))
+                        if data == "":
+                            tqdm.write("file ended early!")
+                            exit(1)
+                        total_progress.update(len(data))
+                        file_progress.update(len(data))
+                        yield data
+
+async def send(paths, uri, password, lifetime):
+    paths = [path for path in paths if path.is_file()]
+    fileMetadata = [
+        {
+            "name": path.name,
+            "size": path.stat().st_size,
+            "modtime": math.floor(path.stat().st_mtime * 1000),
+        } for path in paths
+    ]
+    manifest = {
+        "files": fileMetadata,
+        "lifetime": lifetime,
+        "password": password,
+    }
+    async with connect(uri) as ws:
+        await ws.send(json.dumps(manifest))
+        resp = json.loads(await ws.recv())
+        if resp["type"] != "ready":
+            print("unexpected response: {}".format(resp))
+            exit(1)
+        print("Download code: {}".format(resp["code"]))
+        loader = file_loader([(paths[i], fileMetadata[i]["size"]) for i in range(len(paths))])
+        for data in loader:
+            await ws.send(data)
+            resp = await ws.recv()
+            if resp != "ack":
+                tqdm.write("unexpected response: {}".format(resp))
+                exit(1)
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Upload files to transbeam")
+parser.add_argument("-l", "--lifetime", type=int, default=1, help="Lifetime in days for files (default 10)")
+parser.add_argument("-u", "--uri", type=str, default="wss://transbeam.link/upload", help="Websocket URI for transbeam")
+parser.add_argument("files", type=pathlib.Path, nargs="+", help="Files to upload")
+
+async def main():
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    password = getpass.getpass()
+    await send(args.files, args.uri, password, args.lifetime)
+
+asyncio.run(main())