diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c6bfa73..edf461b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "crates/krata",
+    "crates/krataoci",
     "crates/krataguest",
     "crates/kratart",
     "crates/kratad",
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 arrayvec = "0.7.4"
+async-compression = "0.4.6"
 async-stream = "0.3.5"
 async-trait = "0.1.77"
 backhand = "0.14.2"
@@ -29,10 +31,8 @@ bytes = "1.5.0"
 cli-tables = "0.2.1"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 ctrlc = "3.4.4"
-directories = "5.0.1"
 elf = "0.7.4"
 env_logger = "0.11.0"
-errno = "0.3.0"
 etherparse = "0.14.2"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3.30"
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ ipnetwork = "0.20.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4.20"
 memchr = "2"
-netlink-packet-route = "0.19.0"
 nix = "0.28.0"
 oci-spec = "0.6.4"
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
@@ -53,28 +52,20 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 redb = "1.5.0"
 rtnetlink = "0.14.1"
 serde_json = "1.0.113"
-sha256 = "1.5.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
+sha256 = "1.5.0"
 signal-hook = "0.3.17"
 slice-copy = "0.3.0"
 smoltcp = "0.11.0"
-termion = "3.0.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-tokio-listener = "0.3.1"
-tokio-native-tls = "0.3.1"
 tokio-tar = { git = "https://github.com/edera-dev/tokio-tar.git", branch = "edera" }
 tokio-tun = "0.11.2"
 tonic-build = "0.11.0"
 tower = "0.4.13"
-trait-variant = "0.1.1"
 udp-stream = "0.0.11"
 url = "2.5.0"
 walkdir = "2"
 xz2 = "0.1"
-zstd = "0.13.0"
-
-[workspace.dependencies.async-compression]
-version = "0.4.6"
 
 [workspace.dependencies.clap]
 version = "4.4.18"
@@ -89,14 +80,14 @@ version = "0.12.0"
 default-features = false
 features = ["rustls-tls"]
 
-[workspace.dependencies.sys-mount]
-version = "3.0.0"
-default-features = false
-
 [workspace.dependencies.serde]
 version = "1.0.196"
 features = ["derive"]
 
+[workspace.dependencies.sys-mount]
+version = "3.0.0"
+default-features = false
+
 [workspace.dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1.35.1"
 features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "io-util"]
diff --git a/crates/krata/Cargo.toml b/crates/krata/Cargo.toml
index 5edf950..a9225ae 100644
--- a/crates/krata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/krata/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ resolver = "2"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
-log = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
 prost = { workspace = true }
 prost-reflect = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml b/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml
index c426401..9ccca3d 100644
--- a/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ env_logger = { workspace = true }
 krata = { path = "../krata" }
 log = { workspace = true }
 prost-reflect = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 serde_yaml = { workspace = true }
-signal-hook = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 tower = { workspace = true }
-url = { workspace = true }
 
 [lib]
 name = "kratactl"
diff --git a/crates/kratad/Cargo.toml b/crates/kratad/Cargo.toml
index fa778ee..681cd5e 100644
--- a/crates/kratad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/kratad/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ kratart = { path = "../kratart" }
 log = { workspace = true }
 prost = { workspace = true }
 redb = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_yaml = { workspace = true }
 signal-hook = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/krataguest/Cargo.toml b/crates/krataguest/Cargo.toml
index 6604d9d..af8e1ab 100644
--- a/crates/krataguest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/krataguest/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sys-mount = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
-tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 walkdir = { workspace = true }
 xenstore = { path = "../xen/xenstore" }
 
diff --git a/crates/kratanet/Cargo.toml b/crates/kratanet/Cargo.toml
index e21146e..e1f37f3 100644
--- a/crates/kratanet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/kratanet/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ etherparse = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-netlink-packet-route = { workspace = true }
 rtnetlink = { workspace = true }
 smoltcp = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/krataoci/Cargo.toml b/crates/krataoci/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa8d82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/krataoci/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[package]
+name = "krataoci"
+version.workspace = true
+edition = "2021"
+resolver = "2"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+async-compression = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio", "gzip", "zstd"] }
+async-trait = { workspace = true }
+backhand = { workspace = true }
+bytes = { workspace = true }
+log = { workspace = true }
+oci-spec = { workspace = true }
+path-clean = { workspace = true }
+reqwest = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha256 = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
+tokio-tar = { workspace = true }
+url = { workspace = true }
+uuid = { workspace = true }
+walkdir = { workspace = true }
+
+[lib]
+name = "krataoci"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+env_logger = { workspace = true }
+
+[[example]]
+name = "krataoci-squashify"
+path = "examples/squashify.rs"
diff --git a/crates/krataoci/examples/squashify.rs b/crates/krataoci/examples/squashify.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d735874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/krataoci/examples/squashify.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use std::{env::args, path::PathBuf};
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use env_logger::Env;
+use krataoci::{cache::ImageCache, compiler::ImageCompiler, name::ImageName};
+use tokio::fs;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    env_logger::Builder::from_env(Env::default().default_filter_or("info")).init();
+
+    let image = ImageName::parse(&args().nth(1).unwrap())?;
+    let seed = args().nth(2).map(PathBuf::from);
+
+    let cache_dir = PathBuf::from("krata-cache");
+    if !cache_dir.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir(&cache_dir).await?;
+    }
+
+    let cache = ImageCache::new(&cache_dir)?;
+    let compiler = ImageCompiler::new(&cache, seed)?;
+    let info = compiler.compile(&image).await?;
+    println!(
+        "generated squashfs of {} to {}",
+        image,
+        info.image_squashfs.to_string_lossy()
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/image/cache.rs b/crates/krataoci/src/cache.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/kratart/src/image/cache.rs
rename to crates/krataoci/src/cache.rs
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/image/compiler.rs b/crates/krataoci/src/compiler.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/kratart/src/image/compiler.rs
rename to crates/krataoci/src/compiler.rs
index 05fb28f..efd0495 100644
--- a/crates/kratart/src/image/compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/krataoci/src/compiler.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use crate::image::cache::ImageCache;
-use crate::image::name::ImageName;
-use crate::image::registry::OciRegistryPlatform;
+use crate::cache::ImageCache;
+use crate::fetch::{OciImageDownloader, OciImageLayer};
+use crate::name::ImageName;
+use crate::registry::OciRegistryPlatform;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use backhand::compression::Compressor;
 use backhand::{FilesystemCompressor, FilesystemWriter, NodeHeader};
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@ use tokio_tar::{Archive, Entry};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
-use crate::image::fetch::{OciImageDownloader, OciImageLayer};
-
 pub const IMAGE_SQUASHFS_VERSION: u64 = 2;
 
 pub struct ImageInfo {
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/image/fetch.rs b/crates/krataoci/src/fetch.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/kratart/src/image/fetch.rs
rename to crates/krataoci/src/fetch.rs
index b91181d..ea93a1a 100644
--- a/crates/kratart/src/image/fetch.rs
+++ b/crates/krataoci/src/fetch.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+use super::{
+    name::ImageName,
+    registry::{OciRegistryClient, OciRegistryPlatform},
+};
+
 use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     pin::Pin,
@@ -17,11 +22,6 @@ use tokio::{
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 use tokio_tar::Archive;
 
-use super::{
-    name::ImageName,
-    registry::{OciRegistryClient, OciRegistryPlatform},
-};
-
 pub struct OciImageDownloader {
     seed: Option<PathBuf>,
     storage: PathBuf,
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/image/mod.rs b/crates/krataoci/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/kratart/src/image/mod.rs
rename to crates/krataoci/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/image/name.rs b/crates/krataoci/src/name.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/kratart/src/image/name.rs
rename to crates/krataoci/src/name.rs
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/image/registry.rs b/crates/krataoci/src/registry.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/kratart/src/image/registry.rs
rename to crates/krataoci/src/registry.rs
diff --git a/crates/kratart/Cargo.toml b/crates/kratart/Cargo.toml
index f87e9ed..59750a3 100644
--- a/crates/kratart/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/kratart/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,29 +7,15 @@ resolver = "2"
 [dependencies]
 advmac = { path = "../vendor/advmac" }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
-async-compression = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio", "gzip", "zstd"] }
-async-stream = { workspace = true }
-async-trait = { workspace = true }
 backhand = { workspace = true }
-bytes = { workspace = true }
 ipnetwork = { workspace = true }
 krata = { path = "../krata" }
+krataoci = { path = "../krataoci" }
 log = { workspace = true }
 loopdev = { path = "../vendor/loopdev" }
-nix = { workspace = true, features = ["process"] }
-oci-spec = { workspace = true }
-path-clean = { workspace = true }
-reqwest = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-sha256 = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
-tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
-tokio-tar = { workspace = true }
-tonic = { workspace = true, features = ["tls"] }
-url = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
-walkdir = { workspace = true }
 xenclient = { path = "../xen/xenclient" }
 xenstore = { path = "../xen/xenstore" }
 
diff --git a/crates/kratart/examples/squashify.rs b/crates/kratart/examples/squashify.rs
index 6ff62f2..d735874 100644
--- a/crates/kratart/examples/squashify.rs
+++ b/crates/kratart/examples/squashify.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{env::args, path::PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use env_logger::Env;
-use kratart::image::{cache::ImageCache, compiler::ImageCompiler, name::ImageName};
+use krataoci::{cache::ImageCache, compiler::ImageCompiler, name::ImageName};
 use tokio::fs;
 
 #[tokio::main]
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/cfgblk.rs b/crates/kratart/src/cfgblk.rs
index 571f83c..044a16d 100644
--- a/crates/kratart/src/cfgblk.rs
+++ b/crates/kratart/src/cfgblk.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use crate::image::compiler::ImageInfo;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use backhand::{FilesystemWriter, NodeHeader};
 use krata::launchcfg::LaunchInfo;
+use krataoci::compiler::ImageInfo;
 use log::trace;
 use std::fs;
 use std::fs::File;
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/launch/mod.rs b/crates/kratart/src/launch/mod.rs
index d1dcc53..4be2640 100644
--- a/crates/kratart/src/launch/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/kratart/src/launch/mod.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ use xenclient::{DomainConfig, DomainDisk, DomainNetworkInterface};
 use xenstore::XsdInterface;
 
 use crate::cfgblk::ConfigBlock;
-use crate::image::{
+use crate::RuntimeContext;
+use krataoci::{
     cache::ImageCache,
     compiler::{ImageCompiler, ImageInfo},
     name::ImageName,
 };
-use crate::RuntimeContext;
 
 use super::{GuestInfo, GuestState};
 
diff --git a/crates/kratart/src/lib.rs b/crates/kratart/src/lib.rs
index 9c1aab8..ba64aaf 100644
--- a/crates/kratart/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/kratart/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@ use xenstore::{XsdClient, XsdInterface, XsdWatchHandle};
 use self::{
     autoloop::AutoLoop,
     console::XenConsole,
-    image::cache::ImageCache,
     launch::{GuestLaunchRequest, GuestLauncher},
 };
+use krataoci::cache::ImageCache;
 
 pub mod autoloop;
 pub mod cfgblk;
 pub mod console;
-pub mod image;
 pub mod launch;
 
 pub struct ContainerLoopInfo {