diff --git a/tools/cmd/root.go b/tools/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77d161c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "pixeltools",
+	Short: "Pixel tools provide benchmarking and validation tools for developing the pixel library",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		cmd.Help()
+	},
+}
+
+func Execute() {
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e146c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module github.com/gopxl/pixel/tools
+
+go 1.21
+
+require (
+	github.com/gopxl/pixel/v2 v2.2.0-local
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
+)
+
+replace github.com/gopxl/pixel/v2 v2.2.0-local => ../
+
+require (
+	github.com/go-gl/gl v0.0.0-20211210172815-726fda9656d6 // indirect
+	github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20221017161538-93cebf72946b // indirect
+	github.com/go-gl/mathgl v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gopxl/glhf/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gopxl/mainthread/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/image v0.18.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad238f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/go-gl/gl v0.0.0-20211210172815-726fda9656d6 h1:zDw5v7qm4yH7N8C8uWd+8Ii9rROdgWxQuGoJ9WDXxfk=
+github.com/go-gl/gl v0.0.0-20211210172815-726fda9656d6/go.mod h1:9YTyiznxEY1fVinfM7RvRcjRHbw2xLBJ3AAGIT0I4Nw=
+github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20221017161538-93cebf72946b h1:GgabKamyOYguHqHjSkDACcgoPIz3w0Dis/zJ1wyHHHU=
+github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20221017161538-93cebf72946b/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
+github.com/go-gl/mathgl v1.1.0 h1:0lzZ+rntPX3/oGrDzYGdowSLC2ky8Osirvf5uAwfIEA=
+github.com/go-gl/mathgl v1.1.0/go.mod h1:yhpkQzEiH9yPyxDUGzkmgScbaBVlhC06qodikEM0ZwQ=
+github.com/gopxl/glhf/v2 v2.0.0 h1:SJtNy+TXuTBRjMersNx722VDJ0XHIooMH2+7+99LPIc=
+github.com/gopxl/glhf/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:InKwj5OoVdOAkpzsS0ILwpB+RrWBLw1i7aFefiGmrp8=
+github.com/gopxl/mainthread/v2 v2.0.0 h1:jRbeWFzX6/UyhRab00xS3xIVYywBgc0DgwPgwS6EVYw=
+github.com/gopxl/mainthread/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:/uFQhUiSP53SSU/RQ5w0FFkljRArJlaQkDPza3zE2V8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190321063152-3fc05d484e9f/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
+golang.org/x/image v0.18.0 h1:jGzIakQa/ZXI1I0Fxvaa9W7yP25TqT6cHIHn+6CqvSQ=
+golang.org/x/image v0.18.0/go.mod h1:4yyo5vMFQjVjUcVk4jEQcU9MGy/rulF5WvUILseCM2E=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/tools/main.go b/tools/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3694170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gopxl/pixel/tools/cmd"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Execute()
+}