diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 63f4947..1e5ab52 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ let package = Package(
   ],
   dependencies: [
     .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser", from: "1.5.0"),
+    .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-algorithms", from: "1.2.0"),
     .package(url: "https://github.com/tsolomko/SWCompression", from: "4.8.6"),
   ],
   targets: [
     .target(
       name: "darwin-apk",
       dependencies: [
+        .product(name: "Algorithms", package: "swift-algorithms"),
         .product(name: "SWCompression", package: "SWCompression"),
       ],
       path: "Sources/apk"),
diff --git a/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndex.swift b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndex.swift
index 4ec800a..e0d225b 100644
--- a/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndex.swift
+++ b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndex.swift
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ extension ApkIndex {
     }
   }
 }
+
+extension ApkIndex: CustomStringConvertible {
+  var description: String {
+    self.packages.map(String.init).joined(separator: "\n")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexDigest.swift b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexDigest.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52be76d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexDigest.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import Foundation
+import Algorithms
+import CryptoKit
+
+struct ApkIndexDigest {
+  let type: DigestType
+  let data: Data
+
+  init?(type: DigestType, data: Data) {
+    let len = switch type {
+      case .md5: 16
+      case .sha1: 20
+      case .sha256: 32
+    }
+    guard len == data.count else {
+      return nil
+    }
+    self.type = type
+    self.data = data
+  }
+
+  init?(decode: String) {
+    enum Encoding { case hex, base64 }
+    let getEncoding = { (c: Character) -> Encoding? in
+      switch c {
+      case "Q": .base64
+      case "X": .hex
+      default: nil
+      }
+    }
+    let getDigestType = { (c: Character) -> DigestType? in
+      switch c {
+      case "1": .sha1
+      case "2": .sha256
+      default: nil
+      }
+    }
+
+    let hexData = { (from: Substring) -> Data? in
+      // Ensure even number of characters
+      guard from.count & ~0x1 == from.count else { return nil }
+      //FIXME: will explode on encountering non-hexadecimal characters, works for now tho
+      return Data(from.map(\.hexDigitValue).lazy
+        .chunks(ofCount: 2)
+        .map { UInt8($0.last!! + $0.first!! << 4) })
+    }
+
+    if decode.count < 2 {
+      return nil
+    } else if _slowPath(decode.first!.isHexDigit) {
+      // Legacy MD5 hex digest mode
+      guard decode.count != 32, let decoded = hexData(decode[...]) else {
+        return nil
+      }
+      self.init(type: .md5, data: decoded)
+    } else {
+      // First two characters are a letter for the encoding type:
+      // - 'X': hex digest
+      // - 'Q': base64 string
+      // ...and a number for the hash digest type:
+      // - '1': SHA-1
+      // - '2': SHA-256 (SHA-2)
+      guard
+        let encoding = getEncoding(decode.first!),
+        let digest = getDigestType(decode[decode.index(after: decode.startIndex)])
+      else { return nil }
+      let dataString = decode[decode.index(decode.startIndex, offsetBy: 2)...]
+
+      // The remaining characters are the encoded digest
+      var decoded: Data? = nil
+      if _fastPath(encoding == .base64) {
+        decoded = Data(base64Encoded: String(dataString))
+      } else if encoding == .hex {
+        decoded = hexData(dataString)
+      }
+
+      guard let decoded = decoded else {
+        return nil
+      }
+      self.init(type: digest, data: decoded)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+extension ApkIndexDigest: Equatable, Hashable {
+  @inlinable static func == (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
+    lhs.type == rhs.type && lhs.data == rhs.data
+  }
+
+  func hash(into hasher: inout Hasher) {
+    //self.type.hash(into: &hasher)
+    self.data.hash(into: &hasher)
+  }
+}
+
+extension ApkIndexDigest {
+  enum DigestType {
+    case md5, sha1, sha256
+  }
+}
+
+extension ApkIndexDigest.DigestType: CustomStringConvertible {
+  var description: String {
+    switch self {
+    case .md5: "MD5"
+    case .sha1: "SHA-1"
+    case .sha256: "SHA-256"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+extension ApkIndexDigest: CustomStringConvertible {
+  var description: String { "[\(self.type)] \(self.data.map { String(format: "%02X", $0) }.joined())" }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexPackage.swift b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexPackage.swift
index 5ac68de..818b590 100644
--- a/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexPackage.swift
+++ b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexPackage.swift
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import Foundation
 
 struct ApkIndexPackage: Hashable {
-  let indexChecksum: String  //TODO: Decode cus why not
+  let indexChecksum: ApkIndexDigest
   let name: String
   let version: String
   let architecture: String?
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct ApkIndexPackage: Hashable {
 extension ApkIndexPackage {
   init(raw rawEntry: ApkRawIndexEntry) throws(Self.ParseError) {
     // Required fields
-    var indexChecksum: String? = nil
+    var indexChecksum: ApkIndexDigest? = nil
     var name: String? = nil
     var version: String? = nil
     var description: String? = nil
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ extension ApkIndexPackage {
         do { dependencies = try ApkIndexDependency.extract(record.value) }
         catch { throw .badValue(key: record.key) }
       case "C":
-        indexChecksum = record.value  // base64-encoded SHA1 hash prefixed with "Q1"
+        guard let digest = ApkIndexDigest(decode: record.value) else {
+          throw .badValue(key: record.key)
+        }
+        indexChecksum = digest
       case "S":
         guard let value = UInt64(record.value, radix: 10) else {
           throw .badValue(key: record.key)
@@ -152,7 +155,45 @@ extension ApkIndexPackage {
 }
 
 extension ApkIndexPackage: CustomStringConvertible {
-  var description: String { "pkg(\(self.name))" }
+  var description: String {
+    var s = String()
+    s += "index checksum: \(self.indexChecksum)\n"
+    s += "name: --------- \(self.name)\n"
+    s += "version: ------ \(self.version)\n"
+    if let architecture = self.architecture {
+    s += "architecture: - \(architecture)\n"
+    }
+    s += "package size: - \(self.packageSize) byte(s) (\(self.packageSize.formatted(.byteCount(style: .file))))\n"
+    s += "installed size: \(self.installedSize) byte(s) (\(self.installedSize.formatted(.byteCount(style: .file))))\n"
+    s += "description: -- \(self.packageDescription)\n"
+    s += "url: ---------- \(self.url)\n"
+    s += "license: ------ \(self.license)\n"
+    if let origin = self.origin {
+    s += "origin: ------- \(origin)\n"
+    }
+    if let maintainer = self.maintainer {
+    s += "maintainer: --- \(maintainer)\n"
+    }
+    if let buildTime = self.buildTime {
+    s += "build time: --- \(buildTime)\n"
+    }
+    if let commit = self.commit {
+    s += "commit: ------- \(commit)\n"
+    }
+    if let providerPrio = self.providerPriority {
+    s += "provider prio:  \(providerPrio)\n"
+    }
+    if !self.dependencies.isEmpty {
+    s += "dependencies: - \(self.dependencies.map(String.init).joined(separator: " "))\n"
+    }
+    if !self.provides.isEmpty {
+    s += "provides: ----- \(self.provides.map { $0.name }.joined(separator: " "))\n"
+    }
+    if !self.installIf.isEmpty {
+    s += "install if: --- \(self.installIf.map { $0.name }.joined(separator: " "))\n"
+    }
+    return s
+  }
 }
 
 fileprivate extension Optional {
diff --git a/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexUpdate.swift b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexUpdate.swift
index caadb65..6358329 100644
--- a/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexUpdate.swift
+++ b/Sources/apk/Index/ApkIndexUpdate.swift
@@ -42,13 +42,10 @@ public struct ApkIndexUpdater {
     do {
       let tables = try repositories.map { try readIndex(URL(filePath: $0.localName)) }
       index = ApkIndex.merge(tables)
+      try index.description.write(to: URL(fileURLWithPath: "packages.txt"), atomically: false, encoding: .utf8)
     } catch {
       fatalError(error.localizedDescription)
     }
-
-    for package in index.packages {
-      print("\(package.name):", package.dependencies)
-    }
   }
 
   private func readIndex(_ indexURL: URL) throws -> ApkIndex {