diff --git a/pkgr/src/process/mod.rs b/pkgr/src/process/mod.rs
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+++ b/pkgr/src/process/mod.rs
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+use std::process::Command;
+
+pub mod output;
+
+pub struct Process {
+    pub command: Vec<String>,
+    pub cwd: Option<String>,
+    pub env: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Process {
+    pub fn new(command: Vec<String>, cwd: Option<String>, env: Vec<String>) -> Process {
+        Process {
+            command,
+            cwd,
+            env,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn command<S: Into<String>>(cmd: Vec<S>) -> Process {
+        Process::new(cmd.into_iter().map(|v| v.into()).collect(), None, vec![])
+    }
+
+    pub fn spawn(&self) -> std::io::Result<std::process::Child> {
+        let mut child = Command::new(&self.command[0])
+            .args(&self.command[1..])
+            .current_dir(self.cwd.clone().unwrap_or(".".to_string()))
+            .envs(self.env.iter().map(|v| {
+                let mut split = v.split('=');
+                (split.next().unwrap().to_string(), split.next().unwrap().to_string())
+            }))
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .spawn()?;
+        output::spawn_output_handlers(&mut child);
+        Ok(child)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Process {
+    fn default() -> Process {
+        Process::new(vec![], None, vec![])
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/pkgr/src/process/output.rs b/pkgr/src/process/output.rs
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+++ b/pkgr/src/process/output.rs
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+// create functions that spawn threads for Stdout and Stderr
+// that print the output to info!(target: "command:stdout", ...) and info!(target: "command:stderr", ...) respectively
+
+use std::process::Child;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+
+use log::{info, error};
+
+pub fn spawn_output_handlers(child: &mut Child) {
+    let stdout = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
+    let stderr = child.stderr.take().unwrap();
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
+        for line in reader.lines() {
+            info!(target: "command:stdout", "{}", line.unwrap());
+        }
+    });
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let reader = BufReader::new(stderr);
+        for line in reader.lines() {
+            error!(target: "command:stderr", "{}", line.unwrap());
+        }
+    });
+}
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